Tiên Thường Prayer — to the Earth Deity

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 Eastern Kitchen Sovereign of Destiny, Lord of the Kitchen Court. - I respectfully bow to the spirit-deities and Earth Deity overseeing this region. Today is the ….. day of the ….. month, year ……………………………………………………. The day before the death anniversary — Tiên Thường……………………………………………………………. The faithful: ……………………………………………………………………………. Residing at: ……………………………………………………………………………………. In light of tomorrow being the death anniversary of…………………………………………………………… We and our entire family follow the rite, with sincere heart preparing offerings: betel and areca, incense, flowers, tea, fruit; lighting incense of devotion before the seat of the venerable deities and all the sacred ones, respectfully reporting. We respectfully invite the household Earth Deity, the Kitchen Gods, the Long Mạch Deity, and all the spirit-deities to manifest in sacred power before the altar, bear witness to our sincerity, partake of these offerings, and shelter our whole family with peace, ease, and all things good. We respectfully invite the spirits, our ancestors, and the spirits of the lineage that we worship to come together and partake. We offer modest gifts with sincere hearts; we humbly ask to be sheltered and supported. Namo Amitābha Buddha! Namo Amitābha Buddha! Namo Amitābha Buddha!