praying for rebirth in the Pure Land. The Lotus Sutra and the Amitabha Sutra are the most commonly used sutras. Most sutras and texts are in Văn ngôn and are merely recited with Sino-Xenic pronunciations, making them incomprehensible to most practitioners. Three services are practiced regularly at dawn, noon, and dusk. They include sutra reading with niệm Phật and dhāraṇī, including the Chú Đại Bi (the Nīlakaṇṭha Dhāraṇī), recitation and kinh hành (walking meditation). Laypeople at times join the services at the temple, and some devout Buddhist practice the services at home. Special services such as sám nguyện/sám hối (confession/repentance) takes place on the full moon and new moon each month. The niệm Phật practice is one way of repenting and purifying bad karma. Buddhist temples also serve a significant role in death rituals and funerals among overseas Vietnamese. The Chú Đại Bi At the entrance of many pagodas, especially in tourist places, the Chú Đại Bi (Vietnamese version of the Chinese 大悲咒 Dàbēi zhòu, the Nīlakaṇṭha Dhāraṇī or Great Compassion Dharani or Mantra), is made available to visitors, either printed on a single sheet in black and white, or as a color booklet on glossy paper. They are printed on the initiative of Buddhist practitioners who make an offering to the sangha. Text The Chú Đại Bi (Vietnamese translation of the Chinese title 大悲咒 Dàbēi zhòu), is divided into 84 verses and available in either unnumbered or numbered versions. The text recited in religious services is a transcription into modern Vietnamese (Chữ Quốc ngữ) from the ancient Vietnamese (Chữ Nôm and Chữ Hán) text, which was itself a transcription from Chinese (not a traduction). The following translations into modern Vietnamese and English are based on the work of Vietnamese historian Lê Tự Hỷ and Indian historian Lokesh Chandra. A reconstruction in Sanskrit IAST from the original text, by Lê Tự Hỷ, is also proposed. {|role= "presentation" class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" scope=col style="width: 1050px;" |- |style="text-align:center;"| Chú Đại Bi1 & 2. Transcription and traduction from ancient Vietnamese (Chữ Nôm and Chữ Hán) to modern Vietnamese (Chữ Quốc ngữ) and translation in English.3. Reconstructed text in Sanskrit IAST. |- |-style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black" | * 1. Text without the numbering of the verses.The following text is the transcription into modern Vietnamese (chữ Quốc ngữ) from Old Vietnamese (Chữ Nôm and Chữ Hán) version, itself a transliteration from the Chinese 大悲咒 Dàbēi zhòu