Prayer text for the anniversary of Quan Thế Âm Bồ Tát

Cúng vía Quan Thế Âm Bồ Tát (Quan Thế Âm Bồ Tát's birthday celebration, the 19th of the second, sixth and ninth lunar months). Three vía days by the lunar calendar: the 19th of the second month (birth), the 19th of the sixth month (enlightenment), the 19th of the ninth month (renunciation)

  • Used across Vietnam
  • Folk practice

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What this prayer says

Prayer for the Quan Thế Âm Bồ Tát festival, recited for the whole ceremony, in which the tín chủ (the person making the offering) sincerely presents offerings, incense and flowers beneath the lotus throne and asks the Great Being to save and protect the family so that the four seasons are peaceful, the eight festivals prosperous, wealth and fortune increase, and the household flourishes.

The prayer below is kept in Vietnamese, the language it is read aloud in during the rite.

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How it differs from the common version

Same template as the article quan-am-dia-tang.03 (0.85 similarity measured by machine), introduced by the page as a text for the anniversary day: it opens "Nam mô A Di Đà Phật! (3 lần, 3 lạy)", contains the sentence "Cầu gì cũng được, nguyện gì cũng thành", ends "lễ bạc tâm thành, cúi xin được phù hộ độ trì" and then chants "Nam mô Quan Thế Âm Bồ tát! (3 lần, 3 lạy)".

The common version: Prayer text for Bodhisattva Guanyin (hoatieu.vn version)

Offerings and how the rite is done

Offerings, steps and things to avoid for Cúng vía Quan Thế Âm Bồ Tát (Quan Thế Âm Bồ Tát's birthday celebration, the 19th of the second, sixth and ninth lunar months)

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Nhật Nguyệt articles on the rite, the custom and how to prepare.

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Sources

  • Văn khấn ngày vía Mẹ Quan Âm (hoatieu.vn)

Part of the open dataset Vietnamese offering prayers (văn cúng), licensed CC BY 4.0.

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