Who is Quán Âm? Quán Âm is the female Buddha (she shouldn’t be confused with the historic Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama who was the first buddha). You may have seen her as massive statues around Vietnam or as a venerated statue at a temple or pagoda, but you haven’t realized her significance. She is the most common Buddhist statue you will probably see around Vietnam. She is typically depicted in white marble (or marble like resin), but sometimes is painted ceramic when you see her in a shrine. There are so many reasons why she is beloved by Vietnamese, with some main reasons attributed to her compassion and kindness as she listens to the prayers and cries of suffering people and offers comfort and assistance to those in need. She is considered highly generous and is sometimes one of the many gods one might pray to for good fortune. For a country who has faced such adversity over the last couple hundred years, is it any wonder that she is the buddha of Vietnam?
The Secrets of how Quán Âm became the Icon of Vietnam
The Secrets of how Quán Âm became the Icon of…
The Secrets of how Quán Âm became the Icon of Vietnam
Who is Quán Âm? Quán Âm is the female Buddha (she shouldn’t be confused with the historic Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama who was the first buddha). You may have seen her as massive statues around Vietnam or as a venerated statue at a temple or pagoda, but you haven’t realized her significance. She is the most common Buddhist statue you will probably see around Vietnam. She is typically depicted in white marble (or marble like resin), but sometimes is painted ceramic when you see her in a shrine. There are so many reasons why she is beloved by Vietnamese, with some main reasons attributed to her compassion and kindness as she listens to the prayers and cries of suffering people and offers comfort and assistance to those in need. She is considered highly generous and is sometimes one of the many gods one might pray to for good fortune. For a country who has faced such adversity over the last couple hundred years, is it any wonder that she is the buddha of Vietnam?