Reciting the Nembutsu

Japanese: 口称念仏 - くしょうねんぶつ
Reciting the Nembutsu
〘Noun〙 Buddhist term. The act of chanting the Nembutsu aloud. Also, the Nembutsu itself. ※Tsuma Kagami (around 1300): "To attain enlightenment, one must establish a practice that will bring about proof. The practice is the practice of the mind, or the oral recitation of the Nembutsu (kushonenbutsu) , which is the initiation into enlightenment."

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Japanese:
〘名〙 仏語。口に念仏を唱えること。また、その念仏。※妻鏡(1300頃か)「菩提を可証有縁の行を立べし。其行と者、悟入門には心地修行、口称念仏(クショウネンぶつ)也」

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