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teaching that only nembutsu was an efficacious Buddhist practice, an idea that became known as the senju nembutsu (専修念仏, "exclusive nembutsu"). However, his...

own, distinct Pure Land school. During this period, Hōnen taught the new nembutsu-only practice to many people in Kyoto society and amassed a substantial...

Buddhism in Japan, the Jōdo-shū, the Jōdo Shinshu, the Ji-shu and the Yuzu Nembutsu shu are collectively classified into the lineage of Jōdo Buddhism. (Jōdo...

Yuzu Nembutsu (融通念仏宗, Yūzū-nenbutsu-shū) is a school of Pure Land Buddhism that focuses on the ritual recitation of the Nembutsu (or Nianfo), the name...

neutral in the conflict. He was one of the thinkers who maintained that the nembutsu ritual, which was said to induce a vision of Amida, was an important hermeneutic...

(エンサー). The core of Eisa consists of nembutsu songs. The Ryūkyū-koku yuraiki (1713) attributes the introduction of nembutsu to Taichū (1552–1639), a Jōdo sect...

Jōdo-shū ("the Pure Land"), Jōdo Shinshū ("the True Pure Land") and Yūzū Nembutsu . The school has around 500 temples and 3,400,000 followers. Ji-shū means...

Adashino Nenbutsu-ji (化野念仏寺, Adashino Nenbutsuji) is a Buddhist temple in Ukyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan. In 811 Kūkai is said to have founded a temple, then Honen...

undertook the teaching of rebirth in the pure land of Amitābha through the nembutsu (Chinese nianfo) or "recitation of the Buddha's name". Hōnen gathered a...

Tendai Buddhist sect, who was an early proselytizer of the practice of the nembutsu amongst the populace. Kūya's efforts helped promote the Pure Land teaching...

Tendai figure, Ennin, is known for having brought back the practice of nembutsu from China, and this became the foundation for later Pure Land movements...

military to impose a nembutsu ban, after an incident where two of Hōnen's most prominent followers were accused of using nembutsu practice as a coverup...

Mizutani, creator of the Japanese shōjo manga Magical × Miracle Yuzu Nembutsu, nembutsu in some forms of Pure Land Buddhism Yuzu tea, a Korean beverage Yuzu...

period for example, both Shaka nembutsu (reciting the name of Shakyamuni Buddha: namu Shakamuni Butsu) and Amida nembutsu were promoted by Soto school priests...

Japanese Ōbaku school (which has incorporated Pure Land practice) the nembutsu kōan entails the practice of reciting the name of Amitabha while holding...

favored an approach that relied on exclusive recitation of the verbal nembutsu. The text is also well known for its graphic descriptions of the Hell realms...

invoke Amitābha's name in a practice known as nianfo (念佛) in Chinese and nembutsu in Japanese. This is the central practice of East Asian Pure Land Buddhism...

Tendai Buddhist monk in the late Heian period and the founder of the Yuzu Nembutsu sect. Ryōnin was born the son of Tomita no Shō (富田 荘), the feudal lord...

practice called nembutsu. Ippen and a band of followers then travelled throughout the country proselytizing with their ecstatic nembutsu dance, and won...

entrusting oneself to Amida Buddha, and through the recitation of the nembutsu, one can be reborn in the Pure Land. The original Japanese, with romanization...