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Visiting temples has been a longstanding tradition of the Vietnamese people throughout history. Everyone, every family goes to temples to seek a sense of peace, to pray for blessings, for luck. The concise temple prayer includes Buddhist worship, offering to ancestors, the Triple Gem, Guanyin Bodhisattva, and the Earth Store Bodhisattva in the year 2024.
1. How to pray when visiting temples
Surely, many of us have accompanied our families to the temple to pay respects. But not everyone knows how to pray when visiting temples or the order of rituals, right?
The order of rituals when visiting the temple is as follows:
Step 1: Upon arriving at the temple, first acquire offerings. Place the offerings and light incense at the altar of Ancestor Deities.
Step 2: After placing offerings at the Ancestor Deities' altar, proceed to the main hall's incense table, place offerings, light three incense sticks, then commence the worship of Buddhas and Guanyin Bodhisattva.
Step 3: After completing offerings at the main hall, proceed to light incense at other altars in the temple courtyard. Note that when lighting incense, perform three or five sets of offerings. If the temple has altars for the Mother Goddess and the Four Palaces, go there to make offerings, light incense, recite prayers, and pray as desired.
Step 4: Ritual at the ancestral hall, also known as the temple of the ancestors.
Step 5: At the end of the ceremony, after offering gratitude and concluding the ritual, proceed to the reception room to pay respects to the resident monks and abbots of the temple.
2. Concise Buddhist temple prayer
Namo Amitabha Buddha!
Namo Amitabha Buddha!
Namo Amitabha Buddha!
Respectfully invoking the nine directions of the heavens, the ten directions of the Buddhas, and the Buddhas of the ten directions.
Today is the day of ............, the ............ month, ............ year.
I, the disciple, am .....................
Residing at ...........................
With the whole family gathered sincerely before the Grand Hall, at ........ Temple, offering devout incense, bowing in reverence:
Lord Buddha Shakyamuni, Amitabha Buddha, the ten directions of Buddhas, the supreme Dharma of Buddhas, Great Bodhisattva Guanyin, and the Holy Saints of the Sangha.
We, the long-time disciples, burdened by heavy karma, trapped in delusion.
Today, standing before the Buddha's altar, repenting sincerely, vowing to refrain from evil deeds, aspiring to do good deeds, looking up to the blessings of the Buddhas, Great Bodhisattva Guanyin, and the Holy Saints of the Sangha, Dragon Kings, Dharma Protectors, compassionate guardians. May our hearts and those of our family be free from worries, our bodies free from illness, may we diligently practice the Buddha's teachings every day, wishing for a smooth journey through life, perpetually receiving the blessings of the Buddha's teachings.
Purposing to save and guide all venerable parents, siblings, relatives, and all beings onto the path of Buddhahood.
With heartfelt wishes, bowing reverently, seeking enlightenment.
Namo Amitabha Buddha!
Namo Amitabha Buddha!
Namo Amitabha Buddha!
Concise Buddhist prayer at the temple
3. Prayer for Ancestor Deities - Lord Buddha (Monastic title Tu-datt)
Namo Amitabha Buddha!
Namo Amitabha Buddha!
Namo Amitabha Buddha!
We pay homage to Venerable Tu-datt, the Eighteen Arhats, and the Elderly Master.
Today is the day ..... of the month ..... in the year .....
I, the disciple, am ...........................
Residing at:...............
Together with our beloved family, we stand at the temple gate before the altar of Ancestor Deities, offering sincere reverence. (If there are offerings, we offer them, saying 'dedicating offerings, pure wealth, and prosperity'), we implore Venerable Tu-datt, from the celestial realms, to bestow his gaze upon us.
We beseech Elderly Master Già Lam Chân Tể, overseeing us within the temple's sanctum alongside the Holy Assembly.
We acknowledge our worldly origins, our multitude of mistakes. Today, with sincere hearts, we humbly beseech Ancestor Deities for filial piety and compassion, praying for protection over the next three hot months and nine cold months, warding off illness and calamity, welcoming luck and fortune, granting all wishes, fulfilling all desires.
We offer our sincere devotion, humbly seeking your benevolent protection.
Prayer for Ancestor Deities - Lord Ancestor
4. Temple prayer for peace at the Triple Gem altar
Namo Amitabha Buddha!
Namo Amitabha Buddha!
Namo Amitabha Buddha!
I, your disciple, sincerely pay homage to the Buddhas of the ten directions, the Bodhisattvas, the Noble Sangha, the Dharma Protectors, and the Celestial Dragons.
Today is the day ..... of the month ..... in the year .....
As your disciple, I am ...........
Residing at:.................
With sincere devotion, we offer our solemn offerings and funeral offerings (if written, place the funeral offerings on the altar) to the Ten Directions, the Abode of the Triple Gem.
We humbly implore:
Lord Buddha Amitabha, the supreme teacher of the Western Pure Land realm.
Lord Buddha Shakyamuni, the supreme teacher of the Saha world.
Lord Buddha Medicine Master, the supreme teacher of the Eastern realm.
Lord of Heaven, Omniscient One, renowned for rescuing beings from suffering and calamity, compassionate Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva.
We pay homage to the benevolent Dharma Protectors, the Bodhisattvas of the Heavenly Court.
We beseech your compassion and protection, may we be granted ............................ (success, wealth, resolution of obstacles, peace...).
We pray that through our sincere offerings, with heartfelt devotion (and funeral offerings), we may be protected from harm, bring about goodness, dispel evil, attract fortune and wealth, and enjoy health and prosperity.
We, mere mortals, with many faults and errors, humbly beseech the compassionate Buddhas and Saints to protect us (and our families) from harm, fulfill all good wishes, fulfill all desires with one heart.
As faithful devotees, we offer our sincere devotion, humbly seeking your benevolent protection.
Namo Amitabha Buddha!
Namo Amitabha Buddha!
Namo Amitabha Buddha!
Prayer for peace at the Triple Gem altar
5. Concise temple prayer at the Quan Yin Bodhisattva altar
Namo Amitabha Buddha!
Namo Amitabha Buddha!
Namo Amitabha Buddha!
Namo Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva, Great Compassion, Great Loving-kindness.
We pay homage to the Wise One, the supreme teacher of clarity and evidence.
We have heard that the Buddha taught in the Lotus Sutra:
“Even if only hearing the name of Avalokiteshvara
Or even if only seeing a portrait,
With single-minded concentration, recite that sacred name,
Escape from all calamities, attain ultimate peace.”
Today is the day of ….., the month of ….., the year …..
My faith lies in …
Residing at ….
With heartfelt sincerity, approach the Buddha's altar, the place of great compassion, offering precious items, fragrant flowers, and pure gold, with five bodies kneeling, single-mindedly revering under the pink lotus canopy.
We humbly implore the Great Compassionate Bodhisattva not to forsake our prayers, to shelter and save us like a caring mother. Through the power of compassionate water, our earthly desires seek pure grace, elevating virtuous aspirations. Illuminated by the light of wisdom, may our worldly burdens lessen, our spiritual paths blossom, granting our disciples and families four seasons of peace, eight festivals of prosperity, increasing fortune, flourishing households, eliminating potential calamities, advancing steadily on the path of righteousness. All requests are granted, all aspirations fulfilled.
Our faithful devotees offer heartfelt prayers, humbly seeking divine protection and support.
Homage to Quan Yin Bodhisattva!
Homage to Quan Yin Bodhisattva!
Homage to Quan Yin Bodhisattva!
Short prayer for visiting the Quan Yin Bodhisattva hall
6. Prayer for visiting the hall of Earth Treasury Bodhisattva
Homage to Amitabha Buddha!
Homage to Amitabha Buddha!
Homage to Amitabha Buddha!
I pay homage to the nine realms of heaven, the ten directions of Buddhas, and the Buddhas of the ten directions.
Homage to the Great Compassion, Great Aspiration, Great Sage, and Great Mercy of Earth Treasury Bodhisattva.
We respectfully honor the venerable U Minh, the abbot, for his compassionate testimony.
Today is the ….. day of ….. month ….. year….
My faith lies in: ……………………………
Residing at: …………………………………………
With heartfelt devotion, I come before the Buddha's altar, at the Nine Lotus Temple, offering precious gifts and fragrant flowers, seeking blessings and prosperity, with a single-minded reverence under the sacred lotus.
We beseech Earth Treasury Bodhisattva not to stray from his vow, to guide us under the Buddha's auspices, to protect and rescue us and our families, like a loving mother, granting us relief from sins, expanding wisdom, sheltering us under the clouds of compassion, blossoming our spiritual path, alleviating mental burdens. While alive, practicing virtuous deeds, following the example of the Great Sages, saving sentient beings.
When afflicted by illness and suffering, seeking solace in virtuous blessings, local deities provide tranquility. At the brink of death, guided by the luminous compassion, transcending the cycle of birth and death, ascending to the realm of goodness.
Once again, we pray for the ancestral spirits to attain liberation through the merits of these offerings.
With sincere intentions, we bow in reverence.
Namo Amitabha Buddha!
Namo Amitabha Buddha!
Namo Amitabha Buddha!
In reverence, we embark on a journey to the temple of Địa Tạng Vương Bồ Tát.
Here are 5 concise and heartfelt temple visitation scripts by PasGo Team, invoking blessings and auspiciousness upon oneself and family, showering descendants with virtue.
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