Causes of rebirth in the Pure Land - Oujoujuuin

Japanese: 往生拾因 - おうじょうじゅういん

Written by Yokan of the Todaiji Sanron sect. It is said to have been completed in 1103 (Kōwa 5). It explains in ten points how, as there are ten causes for the practice of nembutsu, if one chants the name of Amida Buddha with one's whole heart, one will surely attain rebirth in the Pure Land. In comparison with exoteric and esoteric sects, it teaches that nembutsu does not interfere with one's walking, standing, sitting or lying down, that paradise is for all, whether religious or secular, and that all living beings are equally saved from their sins. It was called the "Nenbutsu sect." It is said that this book had a great influence among nembutsu practitioners, and there was a competition to copy it. [Nishiguchi Junko]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

東大寺三論宗永観（ようかん）撰。1103年(康和5)の成立と伝える。念仏の一行は10種の因あるがゆえに，一心に称名念仏すれば必ず往生を得ることを10項目にわたって述べ，顕密諸宗と比較して，念仏は行住坐臥を妨げず，極楽は道俗貴賤を選ばず，衆生の罪もひとしく救済されると説き，これを〈念仏宗〉と称した。本書は念仏者たちの間に大きな影響を与え，競って書写されたといわれる。【西口順子】

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