THE LUNCH OFFERING RITUAL

Composed by Bhikṣuṇī TN Giới Hương

THE FIRST WORDS

Every day Nuns and Buddhists at Hương Sen Buddhist Temple, California, USA, have practiced and recited following the Vietnamese scripture, “Nghi Lễ Hàng Ngày – 50 Kinh Tụng và các Lễ Vía trong Năm” (Daily Chanting – Fifty Discourses and Annual Festivals) of the Pureland Sect, which was composed in 2021 by Bhikkhunī Thích Nữ Giới Hương. It is based on the original ritual of her late Master, the Venerable Elder Hải Triều Âm at Liên Hoa Temple and Dược Sư Temple.1

Since many Vietnamese-Americans, Hispanic, native Americans, and English speakers have come to Huong Sen Temple in search of practice and ritual, Bhikkhunī Giới Hương composed an English version of DAILY MONASTIC CHANTING. It encompasses

16 popular rituals to serve the spiritual needs of any Buddhist sect, including the Pure Land and Meditation Traditions as below:

1. Practice Meditation
2. The Ceremony for Peace
3. The Rice Offering to Buddhas
4. The Lunch Offering at the Dining Hall
5. The Ritual Offering Food To Hungry Ghosts
6. The Pureland Course of Amitabha Sutra
7. The Medicine Buddha Sutra
8. The New Year Ceremony

1 Please read: http://www.huongsentemple.com/index.php/vn/ phat-phap/kinh-ta-ng-ca-a-cha-a-hs/6256-nghi-le-hang-ngay-20.

 

9. The Great Parinirvana Ceremony
10. The Buddha’s Birthday Ceremony
11. The Ullambana Festival (Parents’ Day)
12. The Marriage Ceremony
13. The Blessing Ceremony for The Deceased
14. The Ancestral Ceremony
15. The Enlightened Buddha Ceremony
16. The Uposatha Ceremony (Reciting Precepts)

With regard to mindful chanting, we take sources from the sacred book, Chanting from the Heart: Buddhist Ceremonies and Daily Practices of Thích Nhất Hạnh. In the field of the Pureland School, we have taken material from the above Vietnamese scripture, “Nghi Lễ Hàng Ngày,” and translated it into English.

We should chant at least once a week, any place and any time, or more often if we have more time. The chant will help to avoid negative thoughts, defilements, distractions -any of the myriad things that intrude into the one-pointed mind. We definitely feel the connectedness with Dharma (the Buddha’s teaching), we feel the spirit being lifted up, the awakening and the settling of the mind to enter meditation. We will become bright, enduring, detached, diligent, generous, loving, understanding and so on... because we practice following the chanting and the role model of Buddhas.

Chanting out loud or silently listening to chanting can also be very relaxing as we go about our day. It can be used to calm our mind before work or sleeping.

For the sake of all the general practitioners, there are some changes, combinations, additions,

 

reductions, and creations made in this English version. This is the first time that both traditions have been combined in an English version for the necessary needs at Huong Sen Buddhist Temple.

We would like to gratefully acknowledge with special thanks the Buddhas, Boddhisattvas, Sanghas, the English translators, Master Thích Nhất Hạnh, our Late Respectful Teacher - Venerable Elder Bhikkhunī Hải Triều Âm and others. You all provided us the awakening words to remind and guide us in the right way of practice. We will keep chanting, learning and practicing it until we and all beings get the enlightenment as well as realize our Buddha nature.

If there is any merit in compiling this book, may it be shared with all sentient beings. May they diligently practice and soon gain the way of love and understanding.

Reciting the sutras, practicing the way of awareness

gives rise to benefits without limit.

We vow to share the fruits with all beings.

We vow to offer tribute to parents, teachers, friends,

and numerous beings who

give guidance and support along the path.

(Thích Nhất Hạnh)

Hương Sen Temple, Riverside, California

March 15, 2023

Bhikkhunī TN Giới Hương

 

1.   THE RICE OFFERING TO BUDDHAS

After the morning chanting course is done and before noon, the ritual of rice offering to the Buddhas is conducted. Then, sangha goes to the hall to take lunch and performs the lunch offering there.

1. Incense offering
2. Paying homage to buddhas and bodhisattvas
3. Mantra recitation of food and water
4. Offering gatha
5. Please accept the offering
6. Sharing the

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1.  INCENSE OFFERING

As wonderful as the lotus flower, as bright as the northern star,

let us come back and take refuge in the teacher of gods and men. (o)

 

As the incense is lit, sandalwood perfumes the air, making an auspicious rainbow cloud.

I, your disciple, with all my respect offer it to the Buddhas of the Ten Directions.

May we practice the precepts seriously at all times,

May we practice concentration diligently,

May we offer the precious fruit of insight as our offering of incense of the heart.

Respectfully we offer incense to Buddhas and Bodhisattvas. (o)

Namo Offering the Incense Bodhisattva Mahasattva. (3 times) (ooo)

2.  PAYING HOMAGE TO BUDDHAS AND BODHISATTVAS

 

 

Namo the Buddhas Directions.	abiding	in	the	Ten
Namo the Dharmas Directions.	abiding	in	the	Ten
Namo the Sanghas Directions.	abiding	in	the	Ten

 

Namo Sakyamunaye Buddhaya Namo Amitabhaya Buddhaya

Namo all Buddhas in the Ten Directions and the Three Times. (o)

Namo Manjusraye

Namo Samantabhadraya Namo Mahasthamapraptaya Namo Avalokiteshvaraya Namo Kshitigarbhaya

Namo the Bodhisattvas of the Holy Sangha present in this place of practice. (o)

Namo   the   Bodhisattvas   our   Ancestral Teachers of all generations.

Namo the Bodhisattvas who oversees the kitchen.

Namo the ten Bodhisattvas who are judges of the dead.

Namo   all    Buddhas   and   Bodhisattvas present in this practice center. (ooo)

3.  MANTRA RECITATION

• THE FOOD MANTRA

(Reflecting the food universally available)

 

Namo sarvatathagata’valokite. Omsambharasambharahung.(3times)(ooo)

• THE WATER MANTRA

(Reflecting the water universally available) Namah surupaya tathagataya Tadyatha, Om surupaya surupaya surupaya svaha. (3 times) (ooo)

4.  OFFERING GATHA

The color, fragrance and taste of this food is offered first to all Buddhas, then to all the holy ones and to the people of the six continents.

The offering is made so that all, without distinction, may have enough to eat.

May those who have given this food cross over to the other shore.

Everything that is in the Dharma realms is also offering the Three Virtues and the Six Tastes to the Buddha and the Sangha.

Namo the Buddhas abiding

in the Ten Directions. (3 times) (ooo)

 

5.  PLEASE ACCEPT THE OFFERING

In concentration we make this offering of Dharma nectar

In quantity as great as Mount Sumeru.

Its form, fragrance, beauty and taste fill the whole of space.

Please be compassionate to us and accept it.

Namo the Universal Offering Bodhisattva Mahasattva. (3 times) (ooo)

6.  SHARING THE MERIT

Making this offering, practicing the way of awareness gives rise to benefits without limit.

We vow to share the fruits with all beings.

We vow to offer tribute to parents, teachers, friends and numerous beings who give guidance and support along the path.

With this offering to the Buddha, we vow that all beings may fully realize their career of great awakening. (o)

Namo the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas in Ten Directions. (3 times) (ooo)

 

 

2. THE LUNCH OFFERING AT DINING HALL

 

Monasticsarethepersonslivinginmindfullness all the time and gratitude at any offering. Thus at the dining hall and at the lunch time, first we must perform a formal ritual to offer rice to the Buddha-Dharma-Sangha, return the merit to all beings, especially the rice donars, and finally we can take lunch in mindfullness.

1. Prepare the lunch ritual
2. Offering meal to Buddhas and Bodhisattvas
3. Mantra at the food for the hungry ghosts
4. Mantra to make food universally available
5. Mantra recitation of food and water
6. The way of eating
7. Reflecting deeply
8. The first four mouthfuls
9. The five contemplations
10. Rinsing the bowl with clean water
11. When the meal is finished
12. The great chunda mantra
13. Sharing the

 

1.  PREPARE THE LUNCH RITUAL

 

1. TAKING THE LID OFF THE BOWL

(Sit front of the bowl, each member takes the lid off and reads in silence)

The bowl of the Tathagata is in my two hands. Giver, receiver, and gift held in perfect oneness. (o)

1. SEEING THE EMPTY BOWL

(Each member sees the empty bowl and

reads in silence)

This bowl, empty now, will soon be filled with precious food.

I realize how fortunate I am to have enough to eat to continue the practice. (o)

• HOLDING THE BOWL WHICH IS FULL

(Each member takes rice into his/her bowl

and reads in silence)

In this food, I clearly see the entire universe supporting my existence. (o)

 

2. OFFERING MEAL TO BUDDHAS AND BODHISATTVAS

(Each Buddhist makes the mudra of peace with the right hand and holds it before the middle of their forehead. While the left hand holds up the bowl in front of the right hand.)

We offer this food to:

The Buddha Vairocana, the pure Dharma body,

The Buddha Locana, perfected retribution body,

The Buddha Shakyamuni, the transformation body, which is always and everywhere,

The Buddha Maitreya yet to be born,

The Buddha Amitabha of the land of Great Happiness,

All the Buddhas in the Ten Directions and the Three Times,

Bodhisattva Manjushri of Great Wisdom,

Bodhisattva    Samantabhadra    of    Great Action,

BodhisattvaAvalokita of Great Compassion,

Bodhisattva Mahasthamaprapta of Great Strength,

 

All Bodhisattva Mahasattvas.

All beings in all the Dharma realms want to make this offering of the Three Virtues and the Six Tastes to the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha.

As we eat this food we want all beings to realize perfectly the wisdom of awakening. (ooo)

3.  MANTRA AT THE FOOD FOR THE HUNGRY GHOSTS

(The leader makes the mudra of peace over the bowl which contains water and some grains of rice)

The way of the Buddhas is extraordinary. Seven grains of rice fill the Ten Directions.

ItisofferedeverywhereintheDharmarealms as the nectar of compassion which has no limit.

Namo the Universal Offering Bodhisattva Mahasattva. (3 times) (ooo)

4.  MANTRA TO MAKE FOOD UNIVERSALLY AVAILABLE

 

Namo sarvatathagata’valokite.

Om sambhara sambhara hung. (3 times) (ooo)

(The attendant places the bowl with grains

and water outside and recites this gatha)

Great Garuda bird, hungry spirits in the great desert, yaksa mother who ceases to eat children’s flesh,

may all be satisfied by the Bodhisattva’s nectar.

Namo the Universal Offering Bodhisattva Mahasattva. (3 times) (ooo)

5.  MANTRA RECITATION

• THE FOOD MANTRA

(Reflecting the food universally available)

Namo sarvatathagata’valokite. Om sambhara sambhara hung.

(3 times) (ooo)

• THE WATER MANTRA

(Reflecting the water universally available)

Namah surupaya tathagataya Tadyatha,

 

Om surupaya surupaya surupaya svaha.

(3 times) (ooo)

6.  THE WAY OF EATING

Leader: The Buddha advises us to eat in mindfulness, establishing ourselves in the present moment so that we can be aware of the food in front of us and the community surrounding us.

We eat in a way that makes peace, joy, brotherhood and sisterhood possible during the whole time of eating. (o)

7.  REFLECTING DEEPLY

(Each member raises his/her bowl at forehead

and reads in silence)

There are countless beings struggling to live on this planet.

May they all have enough to eat. (o)

8.  THE FIRST FOUR MOUTHFULS

(Each member takes some rice on his/her

spoon put in mounth and reads in silence)

With the first mouthful I practice the love

 

which brings joy. (o)

With the second mouthful I practice the love which relieves pain. (o)

With the third mouthful I practice the happiness of being alive. (o)

With the fourth mouthful I practice equal love for all beings. (ooo)

9.  THE FIVE CONTEMPLATIONS

Dear Sangha, please practice the Five Contemplations as below. (o)

1. This food is a gift of the Earth, the sky, numerous living beings, and much hard and loving work.
2. May we eat with mindfulness and gratitude so as to be worthy to receive
3. May we recognize and transform unwholesome mental formations, especially our greed, and learn to eat with moderation.
4. May we keep our compassion alive by eating in such a way that we reduce the suffering of living beings, preserve our planet, and reverse the process of global warming.

 

5. We accept this food so that we may nurture our sisterhood and brotherhood, build our Sangha, and nourish our ideal of serving living beings. (ooo)

Note: If sangha has time, you can chant a short discourse. You can start with an opening verse, and recite one of the sutras such as, The Eight Realizations of the Great Beings, The Four Establishments of Mindfulness, Four Immeasurables of Loving- Kindness, Compassion, Sympathetic Joy And Equanimity, Discourse on Love (Metta Sutta), and so on.

After that, the sangha takes lunch silently and mindfully and then you perform the ritual of closing as following,

10.   RINSING THE BOWL WITH CLEAN WATER

(After finishing the meal, each member pours water in his/her bowl to drink and reads in silence)

The water which rinses this bowl is the nectar of the gods.

 

I offer it to hungry ghosts, that they all may drink their fill.

Namo the Universal Offering Bodhisattva Mahasattva. (3 times) (ooo)

11.  WHEN THE MEAL IS FINISHED

(Each member reads in silence)

The meal is finished and I am satisfied.

The four gratitudes: to parents, teachers, friends, and all dharmas

I bear deeply in my mind. (ooo)

12.  THE GREAT CHUNDA MANTRA

Namo    Saptanam   Samyak    Sambuddha Kuthinam Tadyatha

Om cale cule Cunde svaha. (3 times) (ooo)

13.   SHARING THE MERIT

To practice generosity gives rise to much happiness.

The one who offers joy also experiences joy. (o)

By the merit of this mindful meal, we

 

aspire that all beings may wholly realize complete awakening. (o)

Namo the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas in Ten Directions. (3 times) (ooo)

_ If sangha has time, you can walk and read the Buddhas’name around the mainhall and recite Three Refuges to end the lunch rite.

 

 

BẢO ANH LẠC BOOKSHELF

 

• THE VIETNAMESE BOOKS

1. Bồ-tát và Tánh Không Trong Kinh Tạng Pali và Đại Thừa (Boddhisattva and Sunyata in the Early and Developed Buddhist Traditions), Thích Nữ Giới Hương, Delhi-7: Tủ Sách Bảo Anh Lạc, 2005. Tổng Hợp Tp HCM Publishing: the 2nd & 3rd reprint in 2008 & 2010.
2. Ban Mai Xứ Ấn (The Dawn in India), (3 tập), Thích Nữ Giới Hương, Delhi-7: Tủ Sách Bảo Anh Lạc, 2005; Văn Hóa Sài Gòn Publishing: the 2nd, 3rd and 4th reprint in 2006, 2008 & 2010.
3. Vườn Nai – Chiếc Nôi (Phật Giáo Deer Park– The Cradle of Buddhism), Thích Nữ Giới Hương, Delhi-7: Tủ Sách Bảo Anh Lạc, 2005. Phương Đông Publishing: the 2nd, 3rd and 4th reprint in 2006, 2008 & 2010.
4. Quy Y Tam Bảo và Năm Giới (Take Refuge in Three Gems and Keep the Five Precepts), Thích Nữ Giới Hương, Tủ Sách Bảo Anh Lạc, Wisconsin, USA, 2008. Phương Đông Publishing: the 2nd, 3rd and 4th reprint in 2010, 2016 &2018.
5. Vòng Luân Hồi (The Cycle of Life), Thích Nữ Giới Hương, Phương Đông Publishing: Tủ Sách Bảo Anh Lạc, Văn Hóa Sài Gòn Publishing: the 2nd, 3rd and 4th reprint in 2010, 2014 & 2016.
6. Hoa Tuyết Milwaukee (Snowflake in Milwaukee), Thích Nữ Giới Hương, Văn Hoá Sài gòn Publishing: Tủ Sách Bảo Anh Lạc, 2008.
7. Luân Hồi trong Lăng Kính Lăng Nghiêm (The Rebirth in Śūrangama Sūtra), Thích Nữ Giới Hương, Văn

 

Hóa Sài gòn Publishing: Tủ Sách Bảo Anh Lạc, 2008. Publishing Phương Đông: the 2nd, 3rd and 4th reprint in 2012, 2014 &2016.

8. Nghi Thức Hộ Niệm, Cầu Siêu (The Ritual for the Deceased), Thích Nữ Giới Hương, Delhi-7: Eastern Book Linkers, 2008.
9. Quan Âm Quảng Trần (The Commentary of Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva), Thích Nữ Giới Hương, Tổng Hợp Publishing: Tủ Sách Bảo Anh Lạc, 2010. Publishing Phương Đông: the 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5 reprint in 2010, 2014, 2016 & 2018.
10. Nữ Tu và Tù Nhân Hoa Kỳ (A Nun and American Inmates), Thích Nữ Giới Hương, Văn Hóa Sài gòn Publishing: Tủ Sách Bảo Anh Lạc, 2010. Hồng Đức Publishing: the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th & 6th reprint in 2011, 2014, 2016, 2018 & 2020.
11. Nếp Sống Tỉnh Thức của Đức Đạt Lai Lạt Ma Thứ XIV (The Awakened Mind of the 14th Dalai Lama), 2 tập, Thích Nữ Giới Hương, Hồng Đức Publishing: Tủ Sách Bảo Anh Lạc, năm 2012. The 2nd, 3rd and 4th reprint in 2010, 2016 &2018.
12. A-Hàm: Mưa pháp chuyển hóa phiền não (Agama – A Dharma Rain transforms the Defilement), 2 tập, Thích Nữ Giới Hương, Hồng Đức Publishing: Tủ Sách Bảo Anh Lạc, năm 2012. The 2nd, 3rd and 4th reprint in 2010, 2016 &2018.
13. Góp Từng Hạt Nắng Perris (Collection of Sunlight in Perris), Thích Nữ Giới Hương, Hồng Đức Publishing: Tủ Sách Bảo Anh Lạc. 2014.
14. Pháp Ngữ của Kinh Kim Cang (The Key Words of Vajracchedikā-Prajñāpāramitā-Sūtra), Thích Nữ Giới Hương, Hồng Đức Publishing: Tủ Sách Bảo Anh Lạc, năm The 2nd, 3rd and 4th reprint in 2015, 2016

 

&2018.

15. Tập Thơ Nhạc Nắng Lăng Nghiêm (Songs and Poems of Śūraṅgama Sunlight), Thích Nữ Giới Hương, Hồng Đức Publishing: Tủ Sách Bảo Anh Lạc. 2014.
16. Nét Bút Bên Song Cửa (Reflections at the Temple Window), Thích Nữ Giới Hương, Hồng Đức Publishing: Tủ Sách Bảo Anh Lạc. 2018.
17. Máy Nghe MP3 Hương Sen (Hương Sen Digital Mp3 Radio Speaker): Các Bài Giảng, Sách, Bài viết và Thơ Nhạc của Thích Nữ Giới Hương (383/201 bài), Hương Sen Temple. 2019.
18. DVD Giới Thiệu về Chùa Hương Sen, USA (Introduction on Huong Sen Temple). Hương Sen Press Publishing. Thích Nữ Giới Hương & Phú Tôn. 2019.
19. Ni Giới Việt Nam Hoằng Pháp tại Hoa Kỳ (Sharing the Dharma - Vietnamese Buddhist Nuns in the United States), Thích Nữ Giới Hương, Hồng Đức 2020.
20. Tuyển Tập 40 Năm Tu Học & Hoằng Pháp của Ni sư Giới Hương (Forty Years in the Dharma: A Life of Study and Service—Venerable Bhikkhuni Giới Hương), Thích Nữ Viên Quang, TN Viên Nhuận, TN Viên Tiến, and TN Viên Khuông, Xpress Print Publishing, USA.
21. Tập Thơ Nhạc Lối Về Sen Nở (Songs and Poems of Lotus Blooming on the Way), Thích Nữ Giới Hương, Hồng Đức Publishing. 2020.
22. Nghi Thức Công Phu Khuya – Thần Chú Thủ Lăng Nghiêm (Śūraṅgama Mantra), Thích Nữ Giới Hương biên soạn, Hương Sen Press, USA. 2021.
23. Nghi Thức Cầu An – Kinh Phổ Môn (The Universal

 

Door Sūtra), Thích Nữ Giới Hương biên soạn, Hương

Sen Press, USA. 2021.

24. Nghi Thức Cầu An – Kinh Dược Sư (The Medicine Buddha Sūtra), Thích Nữ Giới Hương biên soạn, Hương Sen Press, USA. 2021.
25. Nghi Thức Sám Hối Hồng Danh (The Sūtra of Confession at many Buddha Titles), Thích Nữ Giới Hương biên soạn, Hương Sen Press, USA. 2021.
26. Nghi Thức Công Phu Chiều – Mông Sơn Thí Thực (The Ritual Donating Food to Hungry Ghosts), Thích Nữ Giới Hương biên soạn, Hương Sen Press, USA.
27. Khóa Tịnh Độ – Kinh A Di Đà (The Amitabha Buddha Sūtra), Thích Nữ Giới Hương biên soạn, Hương Sen Press, USA. 2021.
28. Nghi Thức Cúng Linh và Cầu Siêu (The Rite for Deceased and Funeral Home), Thích Nữ Giới Hương biên soạn, Hương Sen Press, USA. 2021.
29. Nghi Lễ Hàng Ngày - 50 Kinh Tụng và các Lễ Vía trong Năm (The Daily Chanting Rituals and Annual Ceremonies), Thích Nữ Giới Hương biên soạn, Hương Sen Press, USA. 2021.
30. Hương Đạo Trong Đời 2022 (Tuyển tập 60 Bài Thi trong Cuộc Thi Viết Văn Ứng Dụng Phật Pháp 2022 - A Collection of Writings on the Practicing of Buddhism in Daily Life in the Writing Contest 2022), Thích Nữ Giới Hương biên soạn, Hồng Đức Publisher. 2022.
31. Hương Pháp 2022 (Tuyển Tập Các Bài Thi Trúng Giải Cuộc Thi Viết Văn Ứng Dụng Phật Pháp 2022 - A Collection of the Winning Writings on the Practicing of Buddhism in Daily Life in the Writing Contest 2022) Thích Nữ Giới Hương biên soạn, Hồng Đức

 

2022.

32. Giới Hương - Thơm Ngược Gió Ngàn, Nguyên Hà. Hương Sen Publisher. USA. 2023.
33. Pháp Ngữ Kinh Hoa Nghiêm (2 tập). Thích Nữ Giới Hương. NXB Hương Sen. USA. 2023.
34. Tinh Hoa Kinh Hoa Nghiêm. Thích Nữ Giới Hương. NXB Hương Sen. USA. 2023.
35. Phật Giáo và Đại Dịch Coronavirus Covid 2019. Thích Nữ Giới Hương. NXB Hương Sen. USA. 2023

• THE ENGLISH BOOKS

1. Boddhisattva and Sunyata in the Early and Developed Buddhist Traditions, Bhikkhuni Gioi Huong, Delhi-7: Eastern Book Linkers, 1st print 2004, 2nd reprint 2005 & Vietnam Buddhist University: 3rd reprint 2010.
2. Rebirth Views in the Śūraṅgama Sūtra, Bhikkhunī Giới Hương, Fifth Edition, Hồng Đức Publishing: Tủ Sách Bảo Anh Lạc. 2018.
3. Commentary of Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva, Bhikkhunī Giới Hương, Fourth Edition, Hồng Đức Publishing: Tủ Sách Bảo Anh Lạc. 2018.
4. The Key Words in Vajracchedikā Sūtra, Thích Nữ Giới Hương, Hồng Đức Publishing. 2020.
5. Sārnātha-The Cradle of Buddhism in the Archeological Hồng Đức Publishing. 2020.
6. Take Refuge in the Three Gems and Keep the Five Precepts, Thích Nữ Giới Hương, Hồng Đức Publishing. 2020.
7. Cycle of Life, Thích Nữ Giới Hương, Hồng Đức

Publishing. 2020.

 

8. Forty Years in the Dharma: A Life of Study and Service—Venerable Bhikkhuni Giới Hương. Thích Nữ Viên Quang, TN Viên Nhuận, TN Viên Tiến, and TN Viên Khuông, Xpress Print Publishing, USA. 2020.
9. Sharing the Dharma -Vietnamese Buddhist Nuns in the United States, Thích Nữ Giới Hương, Hồng Đức Publishing. 2020.
10. A Vietnamese Buddhist Nun and American Inmates. 5th Bhikkhunī Thích Nữ Giới Hương. Hương Sen Press Publishing, USA. 2021.
11. Daily Monastic Chanting, Bhikkhunī Thích Nữ Giới Hương composed. Hương Sen Publisher. 2023.
12. Weekly Buddhist Discourse Chanting, vol 1, Bhikkhunī Thích Nữ Giới Hương composed. Hương Sen Publisher. 2023.
13. Practice Meditation and Pure Land, Bhikkhunī Thích Nữ Giới Hương composed. Hương Sen Publisher.
14. The Ceremony for Peace, Bhikkhunī Thích Nữ Giới Hương composed. Hương Sen Publisher. 2023.
15. The Lunch Offering Ritual, Bhikkhunī Thích Nữ Giới Hương composed. Hương Sen Publisher. 2023.
16. The Ritual Offering Food to Hungry Ghosts, Bhikkhunī Thích Nữ Giới Hương composed. Hương Sen Publisher. 2023.
17. The Pureland Course of Amitabha Sutra, Bhikkhunī Thích Nữ Giới Hương composed. Hương Sen Publisher. 2023.
18. The Medicine Buddha Sutra, Bhikkhunī Thích Nữ Giới Hương Hương Sen Publisher. 2023.
19. The New Year Ceremony, Bhikkhunī Thích Nữ Giới

 

Hương composed. Hương Sen Publisher. 2023.

20. The Great Parinirvana Ceremony, Bhikkhunī Thích Nữ Giới Hương composed. Hương Sen Publisher.
21. The Buddha’s Birthday Ceremony, Bhikkhunī Thích Nữ Giới Hương composed. Hương Sen Publisher.
22. The Ullambana Festival (Parents’ Day), Bhikkhunī Thích Nữ Giới Hương composed. Hương Sen Publisher. 2023.
23. The Marriage Ceremony, Bhikkhunī Thích Nữ Giới Hương composed. Hương Sen Publisher. 2023.
24. The Blessing Ceremony for The Deceased, Bhikkhunī Thích Nữ Giới Hương composed. Hương Sen Publisher. 2023.
25. The Ceremony Praising Ancestral Masters, Bhikkhunī Thích Nữ Giới Hương composed. Hương Sen Publisher. 2023.
26. The Enlightened Buddha Ceremony, Bhikkhunī Thích Nữ Giới Hương composed. Hương Sen Publisher.
27. The Uposatha Ceremony (Reciting Precepts), Bhikkhunī Thích Nữ Giới Hương composed. Hương Sen Publisher. 2023.

• THE BILINGUAL BOOKS (VIETNAMESE-ENGLISH)

1. Bản Tin Hương Sen: Xuân, Phật Đản, Vu Lan (Hương Sen Newsletter: Spring, Buddha Birthday and Vu Lan, annual/ Mỗi Năm). 2019 & 2020.
2. Danh Ngôn Nuôi Dưỡng Nhân Cách - Good Sentences

 

Nurture a Good Manner, Thích Nữ Giới Hương sưu tầm, Hồng Đức Publishing. 2020.

3. Văn Hóa Đặc Sắc của Nước Nhật Bản-Exploring the Unique Culture of Japan, Thích Nữ Giới Hương. Hồng Đức Publishing. 2020.
4. Sống An Lạc dù Đời không Đẹp như Mơ - Live Peacefully though Life is not Beautiful as a Dream, Thích Nữ Giới Hương. Hồng Đức Publishing. 2020.
5. Hãy Nói Lời Yêu Thương-Words of Love and Understanding, Thích Nữ Giới Hương. Hồng Đức Publishing. 2020.
6. Văn Hóa Cổ Kim qua Hành Hương Chiêm Bái -The Ancient- Present Culture in Pilgrim, Thích Nữ Giới Hương. Hồng Đức Publishing. 2020.
7. Nghệ Thuật Biết Sống - Art of Living. Thích Nữ Giới Hương, Hồng Đức Publishing. 2020.

• THE TRANSLATED BOOKS

1. Xá Lợi Của Đức Phật (Relics of the Buddha), Tham Weng Yew, Thích Nữ Giới Hương chuyển ngữ, Delhi-7: Tủ Sách Bảo Anh Lạc, Delhi 2006: 2nd reprint. Tổng Hợp Tp HCM Publishing: the 3rd and 4th reprint in 2008 & 2016.
2. Sen Nở Nơi Chốn Tử Tù (Lotus in Prison), many authors, Thích Nữ Giới Hương translated from English into Vietnamese, Văn Hóa Sài gòn Publishing: Tủ Sách Bảo Anh Lạc, The 2nd, 3rd and 4th reprint in 2012, 2014 & 2016.
3. Chùa Việt Nam Hải Ngoại (Overseas Vietnamese Buddhist Temples), Võ Văn Tường & Từ Hiếu Côn, vol Translated into English: Thích Nữ Giới Hương. Hương Quê Publishing. 2016.

 

4. Việt Nam Danh Lam Cổ Tự (The Famous Ancient Buddhist Temples in Vietnam), Võ Văn Tường. Translated into English: Thích Nữ Giới Hương. Phương Nam Publishing. 2016.
5. Hương Sen, Thơ và Nhạc – (Lotus Fragrance, Poem and Music), Nguyễn Hiền Đức. Translated into English: Thích Nữ Giới Hương. Hồng Đức Publishing. 2020.
6. Phật Giáo-Một Bậc Đạo Sư, Nhiều Truyền Thống (Buddhism: One Teacher – Many Traditions), Đức Đạt Lai Lạt Ma 14th & Ni Sư Thubten Chodren, Translated into Vietnamese: Ven. Dr. Thích Nữ Giới Hương, Prajna Upadesa Foundation Publshing. 2018.
7. Cách Chuẩn Bị Chết và Giúp Người Sắp Chết-Quan Điểm Phật Giáo (Preparing for Death and Helping the Dying – A Buddhist Perspective), Sangye Khadro, Translated into Vietnamese: Thích Nữ Giới Hương. Hồng Đức Publishing. 2020.

BUDDHIST MUSIC ALBUMS

from POEMS of THÍCH NỮ GIỚI HƯƠNG

1. Đào Xuân Lộng Ý Kinh (The Buddha’s Teachings Reflected in Cherry Flowers), Poems: Thích Nữ Giới Hương. Music: Nam Hưng, Vol. 1. 2013.
2. Niềm Tin Tam Bảo (Trust in the Three Gems), Poems: Thích Nữ Giới Hương. Music: Hoàng Y Vũ and Hoàng Quang Huế, Vol. 2. 2013.
3. Trăng Tròn Nghìn Năm Đón Chờ Ai (Who Is the Full Moon Waiting for for Over a Thousand Years?). Poems: Thích Nữ Giới Hương. Music: Võ Tá Hân, Hoàng Y Vũ, Khánh Hải, Khánh Hoàng, Hoàng Kim Anh, Linh Phương và Nguyễn Tuấn, Vol. 3. 2013.
4. Ánh Trăng Phật Pháp (Moonlight of Dharma-Buddha).

 

Poems: Thích Nữ Giới Hương. Music: Uy Thi Ca and Giác An, Vol. 4. 2013.

5. Bình Minh Tỉnh Thức (Awakened Mind at the Dawn) (Piano Variations for Meditation). Poems: Thích Nữ Giới Hương. Solo Pianist: Linh Phương, 5. 2013.
6. Tiếng Hát Già Lam (Songs from the Temple). Poems: Thích Nữ Giới Hương. Music: Nam Hưng, vol. 6.
7. Cảnh Đẹp Chùa Xưa (The Magnificent, Ancient Buddhist Temple). Poem: Thích Nữ Giới Hương. Music: Võ Tá Hân, Nam Hưng, Hoàng Quang Huế, vol. 7. 2015.
8. Karaoke Hoa Ưu Đàm Đã Nở (An Udumbara Flower Is Blooming). Poem: Thích Nữ Giới Hương. Musician: Nam Hưng, Hương Sen Temple. 2015.
9. Hương Sen Ca (Hương Sen’s Songs), Thơ: Thích Nữ Giới Hương. Nhạc: Nam Hưng, vol. 9, năm 2018.
10. Về Chùa Vui Tu (Happily Go to Temple for Spiritual Practices), Poem: Thích Nữ Giới Hương. Music: Nam Hưng and Nguyên Hà. Volume 10. 2018.
11. Gọi Nắng Xuân Về (Call the Spring Sunlight), Poem: Thích Nữ Giới Hương. Music: Nam Hưng, Hương Sen Temple. Volume 11. 2020.

Please consult the Bảo Anh Lạc Bookshelf at this website:

http://huongsentemple.com/index.php/en/about-us/b-o- anh-l-c-bookshelf

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