Definition

1. Verb:
   • To pray for the ascent of a soul to Nirvana; to perform a requiem mass: "độ vong" refers to the Buddhist ritual of praying for the soul of a deceased person, wishing for its liberation from the cycle of rebirth and its ascent to Nirvana.
   • To save souls (of the dead): In a broader religious sense, it means to perform rites to save or deliver the souls of the deceased.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Gia đình tổ chức lễ độ vong cho cụ ông. (The family held a requiem mass for the elderly gentleman.)
  • Các nhà sư tụng kinh để độ vong cho những linh hồn. (The monks chant sutras to pray for the souls of the deceased.)

Advanced Usage

• "làm lễ độ vong": to hold/perform a requiem ceremony.
  • Họ làm lễ độ vong rất trang nghiêm. (They perform the requiem ceremony very solemnly.)

Variants and Related Words

• Độ (verb): to deliver, to ferry across (often used in a spiritual sense: to deliver from suffering).
• Vong (noun/adj): ghost, spirit; deceased.
• Cầu siêu (verb): a near-synonym meaning to pray for the repose of a soul, often used interchangeably in some contexts.

Synonyms

• Cầu siêu: to pray for the soul's transcendence.
• Cầu nguyện cho linh hồn: to pray for the soul.

Related Phrases

• Pháp sự độ vong: a requiem ritual/service.
  • Pháp sự độ vong được cử hành tại chùa. (The requiem ritual was conducted at the pagoda.)

1. Pray for the ascent of a soul to virnava, say a requiem mass
   • Làm lễ độ vong cho tín đồ đạo Phật
     To observe a prayer for a Buddhist's soul' ascent to nirvana