Prayer text to Mẹ Nam Hải Bạc Liêu (template 2)

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)

  • Mekong Delta
  • Bạc Liêu
  • Buddhist

Culture and belief A record of custom.

What this prayer says

Prayer to Mother Nam Hải Bạc Liêu (template 2), recited for the whole ceremony, in which the child sincerely offers a tray of offerings to the Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, virtuous saints and monks, Đại Địa Tạng Bồ Tát and Mother Quan Thế Âm Bồ Tát to pray for peace for themselves, their family and all beings, and to pray for the deliverance of the spirits of abandoned fetuses and the deceased.

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

It opens with one invocation line and then five lines of reverence (Buddhas of the ten directions, Bodhisattvas, the Virtuous and Holy Sangha, Great Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva, Mother Quan Thế Âm); there are blanks for name and date; besides cầu an (prayer for peace and safety) it also prays for the deliverance of "những vong linh thai nhi vô chủ" and the deceased; it ends with "Con xin thành tâm sám hối!". It does not have the passage of vowing to study and practice as in template 1.

The common version: Prayer text to Mẹ Quan Âm Nam Hải (template 1)

Offerings and how the rite is done

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The wording is kept exactly as published by the source. The dotted italic words are blanks for you to fill in.

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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