Prayer text for the Công đồng altar

Lễ ban Công đồng Tứ phủ (offering at the Công đồng altar of the Four Palaces). When visiting a temple (đền) or a phủ (Mother Goddess shrine)

  • Used across Vietnam
  • Mother Goddess worship (Tứ Phủ)

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What this prayer says

Prayer text for the Công đồng altar in a temple or phủ, offered to the Tam phủ Công đồng and Tứ phủ Vạn linh and the ranks of deities, stating name, age and address and asking for protection of health, wealth and peace for the family; recited when visiting a temple or phủ.

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

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Sources

  • Văn khấn ban Công đồng (vankhan.vn)
  • Hướng dẫn cách sắm lễ và văn khấn Ban Công Đồng (VOH)
  • Văn khấn tạ lễ cuối năm ở Đền, đình, chùa, miếu phủ (hoatieu.vn)

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