Trạo văn diễn âm (Thí thực cô hồn 16)

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

A chant text for the thí thực cô hồn (food-offering to wandering spirits) rite, recounting the offering of the vegetarian feast and inviting all kinds of spirits to share the sweet dew; recited during the whole rite, after the food offering.

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

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Your regional custom

This text is the version from the Centre.

How it differs from the common version

A long trạo praise text in lục bát, opening with "Hôm nay cúng thí trai đàn, Dây nhân duyên gặp A Nan cơ lành"; used for chanting with musical accompaniment in the chẩn tế ceremony.

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

Other texts for Cúng thí thực (Mông Sơn thí thực)

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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