The One Pillar Pagoda is a historic Buddhist temple in Hanoi. It is regarded as one of Vietnam's most iconic temple.
The pagoda was first built in 1049 under the Ly dynasty, on the west side of the ancient Thang Long capital. Its original name was Dien Huu, expressing the wish for longevity for the second Ly King. The pagoda is built in the shape of a lotus blooming on its stem.
A small shrine with a statue of the Goddess of Mercy stands inside the pagoda.
The Goddess of Mercy is the Bodhisattva associated with compassion as venerated by East Asian Buddhists. She is the source, the female aspect of the universe, which gives birth to warmth, compassion and relief from bad karma as experienced by ordinary beings in cyclic existence. She engenders, nourishes, smiles at the vitality of creation, and has sympathy for all beings as a mother does for her children. In Vietnamese, the name of Bodhisattva of Mercy is Quan Âm or Quán Thé Âm.
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