Kệ cúng thí cô hồn (Verse for offering to wandering spirits) (Thí thực cô hồn 1)

Cúng thí thực (Mông Sơn thí thực). The pagoda performs it daily and during trai đàn chẩn tế (rites to feed the hungry) and lễ cầu siêu (prayers for the dead); the head of the household can request it to be done at home

  • Southern Vietnam
  • Buddhist
  • Buddhist repentance text or verse (sám, kệ)

Culture and belief A record of custom.

What this prayer says

Verse for the offering to wandering spirits in the Mông Sơn thí thực rite, setting up an altar before the Buddha's gate to give offerings to wandering spirits and urge them to take refuge and hear the Dharma; recited throughout the ceremony.

The prayer below is kept in Vietnamese, the language it is read aloud in during the rite.

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Part of the open dataset Vietnamese offering prayers (văn cúng), licensed CC BY 4.0.

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