Prayer text to Mẹ Quan Âm at home

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

Culture and belief A record of custom.

What this prayer says

Prayer to Mother Quan Âm at home, recited for the whole ceremony, in which the tín chủ (the person making the offering) presents offerings, incense and flowers to Quán Thế Âm Bồ Tát and prays for health, blessings and longevity, wealth and advancement, smooth work, and that all wishes be granted for themselves and their family.

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.01 (0.92 similarity measured by machine): it adds the sentence "Con lạy chín phương trời, mười phương Chư Phật", the title adds "tầm thinh cứu khổ cứu nạn", has a field for age, writes "nơi điện Cửa hoa" and "theo Phật phó chúc trên cung trời Đạo lợi"; the page introduces it as a text to read at home on the anniversary day.

The common version: Prayer text for the ceremony for Bodhisattva Guanyin (Bodhisattva Guanyin)

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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More about 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)

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

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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