Sám tán khô lâu (Repentance text praising the dry skull) (Thí thực cô hồn 15)
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
- South Central Coast
- Bình Định
- Buddhist
- Buddhist repentance text or verse (sám, kệ)
Culture and belief A record of custom.
What this prayer says
Repentance text praising the skeleton in the thí thực rite, lamenting the exposed bones of the dead and urging wandering spirits to rely on blessings and go to the Western Paradise; 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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This text is the version from the Centre.
How it differs from the common version
A lục bát praise text telling of encountering a dry skeleton in an empty field and then exhorting the chanting of Buddha's name; it does not call or invite wandering spirits to receive the offering.
The common version: Kệ cúng thí cô hồn (Verse for offering to wandering spirits) (Thí thực cô hồn 1)
Offerings and how the rite is done
Offerings, steps and things to avoid for Cúng thí thực (Mông Sơn thí thực)
Other texts for Cúng thí thực (Mông Sơn thí thực)
- Southern Vietnam, BuddhistKệ cúng thí cô hồn (Verse for offering to wandering spirits) (Thí thực cô hồn 1)
- Southern Vietnam, BuddhistSám triệu cô hồn (Thí thực cô hồn 2)
- Southern Vietnam, BuddhistSám cầu siêu thủy lục vớt vong (Repentance text for the thủy lục deliverance of the dead) (Thí thực cô hồn 13)
- South Central Coast, Bình ĐịnhTrạo văn diễn âm (Thí thực cô hồn 16)
- South Central Coast, Bình ĐịnhVăn thỉnh thập loại cô hồn (Text inviting the ten kinds of wandering spirits) (Thí thực cô hồn 17)
- Southern Vietnam, BuddhistSám văn thí thực hồi hướng (Repentance text of the thí thực with dedication of merit) (Thí thực cô hồn 5)
- Southern Vietnam, BuddhistHồi hướng tế văn (Thí thực cô hồn 12)
- South Central Coast, Bình ĐịnhVăn hồi hướng cúng thí (Text for dedication of merit in the thí offering) (Thí thực cô hồn 14)
- Buddhist, Offering to wandering spiritsPrayer text for the thí thực offering to wandering spirits (without sutra chanting)
Collected text. The dotted italic words are blanks for you to fill in.
Part of the open dataset Vietnamese offering prayers (văn cúng), licensed CC BY 4.0.
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