Word Meaning 馬の耳に念仏

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 踊念仏

踊念仏

おどりねんぶつ

Buddhist incantation using chanting, drumbeating, and dancing

Listen to 馬耳東風

馬耳東風

ばじとうふう

utter indifference

Listen to 馬の耳に風

馬の耳に風

うまのみみにかぜ

preaching to the deaf

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 口称念仏

口称念仏

くしょうねんぶつ

chanting an invocation (to Amida Buddha)

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)