Tết Hàn Thực Prayer (3rd of the 3rd Month)

Namo Amitābha Buddha! Namo Amitābha Buddha! Namo Amitābha Buddha! - I bow to the nine directions of Heaven, the ten directions of all Buddhas, the Buddhas of the ten directions. - I respectfully bow to August Heaven and Sovereign Earth and all the venerable deities. - I respectfully bow to the local Tutelary Deity, the Earth Deity of this place, the household Kitchen Gods, and all the venerable deities. - I respectfully bow to the High Ancestors and Ancestresses, the uncles and brothers, aunts and sisters of both paternal and maternal sides. The faithful (we) are: ........... Residing at: ……………………… Today is …………………… falling on the Hàn Thực festival. The faithful, feeling the deep kindness of Heaven and Earth and the venerable deities, remembering the labor of our ancestors, sincerely prepares offerings: betel and areca, incense, flowers, tea, fruit; lights incense of devotion before the altar. We respectfully invite the local Tutelary Great Kings, the Earth Deity of this place, the household Kitchen Gods, the Five-Direction Long Mạch Wealth Deity to descend before the altar, bear witness to our sincerity, and partake of these offerings. We respectfully invite the High Ancestors and Ancestresses, all the spirits of the lineage on both paternal and maternal sides of the family ....................., humbly asking the venerable ones to have compassion on the descendants, descend in sacred power, bear witness to our sincere heart, and partake of these offerings. We also respectfully invite the spirits of former and latter occupants of this house and land to come together before the altar, gather and partake, sheltering our whole family — that we always enjoy good health, peace in all things, all things going well, family harmony, the elders speaking and the young listening. Namo Amitābha Buddha! Namo Amitābha Buddha! Namo Amitābha Buddha!