The invocation Namu Amida Butsu and the act of repeating it, by which rebirth into Amida’s Paradise at death may be, according to the tenets of the Pure Land School, assured. Esoterically, it implies concentration on the Buddha within for the...

NIANFO The Chinese term nianfo (Jpn., nembutsu) is a translation of the Sanskrit word buddhānusmṛti. Anusmṛti is a feminine noun derived from smṛ-, a verbal root, with the prefix anu- meaning following, toward, or along....

Nianfo (念佛. Chinese pinyin nianfo; Japanese: 念仏 nembutsu; Korean: 염불 yeombul; Vietnamese: niệm Phật), literally "mindfulness of the Buddha" is a term commonly seen in the Pure Land school of Mahayāna Buddhism. It refers to praise...