Short Tứ Phủ prayer text (VOH version)

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)

Culture and belief A record of custom.

What this prayer says

Short Tứ Phủ prayer text, offered to the Buddhas, immortals, saints and the patron saint of the temple, stating name, age, address and offerings and asking for protection in work and specific matters; recited when visiting a temple or phủ.

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

Fill in before the rite

Your name and address appear in the prayer below and are kept on this device only.

Your regional custom

Showing the version used across Vietnam.

How it differs from the common version

It differs from the original in that it has only three bows (to the nine directions of heaven and ten directions of earth, to the Buddhas, Immortals, and Saints, and to the Thánh chủ of this temple) instead of eleven bows to each rank of the Four Palaces; it does not mention the date; the requests are written in long prose, with a passage asking for forgiveness of faults.

The common version: Prayer text for the Công đồng altar

Offerings and how the rite is done

Offerings, steps and things to avoid for Lễ ban Công đồng Tứ phủ (offering at the Công đồng altar of the Four Palaces)

Other texts for Lễ ban Công đồng Tứ phủ (offering at the Công đồng altar of the Four Palaces)

The wording is kept exactly as published by the source. The dotted italic words are blanks for you to fill in.

Sources

  • Mẫu văn khấn Tứ Phủ đầy đủ và chi tiết (VOH)

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

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