Sám văn thí thực hồi hướng (Repentance text of the thí thực with dedication of merit) (Thí thực cô hồn 5)

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
  • Dedication of merit
  • Buddhist repentance text or verse (sám, kệ)

Culture and belief A record of custom.

What this prayer says

A repentance text for the dedication of merit in the thí thực cô hồn rite, after the food offering is done, dedicating the merit and praying for wandering spirits and soldiers to be liberated; recited in the dedication of merit section.

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 South.

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Offerings, steps and things to avoid for Cúng thí thực (Mông Sơn thí thực)

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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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