Word Meaning 口称念仏

Listen to 心念口称

心念口称

しんねんくしょう

contemplating Buddha while chanting his name

Listen to 口称

口称

くしょう

chanting the invocation to Amida Buddha

Listen to 専修念仏

専修念仏

せんじゅねんぶつ

intently praying to Buddha (esp. Amitabha)

Listen to 隠れ念仏

隠れ念仏

かくれねんぶつ

secret Jōdo Shinshū sect of Buddhism (practised in Kyushu in the Edo period)

Listen to 鬼の念仏

鬼の念仏

おにのねんぶつ

demon's prayer (Ōtsu-e motif depicting a demon wearing monk's robes and holding a bell)

Listen to 念仏

念仏

ねんぶつ

visualizing a Buddha (in one's mind)

Listen to 別時念仏

別時念仏

べつじねんぶつ

recitation of Amida Buddha's name on a specified day and time period (practice of Pure Land Buddhists)

Listen to 大念仏

大念仏

だいねんぶつ

loudly reciting Amithaba's name

Listen to 念持仏

念持仏

ねんじぶつ

Buddhist image used as jewellery or to decorate one's home

Listen to 空念仏

空念仏

からねんぶつ

empty words

Listen to 観念念仏

観念念仏

かんねんねんぶつ

contemplation (on Amida Buddha, the Pure Land, etc.)

Listen to 馬の耳に念仏

馬の耳に念仏

うまのみみにねんぶつ

preaching to the deaf