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念仏 [spec2,news2,nf25]
【 ねんぶつ [spec2,news2,nf25] 】
1. [n,vs,vi] {Buddhism}
▶ nembutsu
▶ nianfo
▶ [expl] the three-word invocation "Namu Amida Butsu" dedicated to the Amitabha Buddha
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 1460650 南無阿弥陀仏 1. Namu Amida Butsu; Hail Amitabha Buddha; Homage to Amida Buddha; prayer for rebirth in Sukhavati, the Pure Land of Amitabha
  ⇐ see: 1471580 馬の耳に念仏【うまのみみにねんぶつ】 1. preaching to the deaf; chanting the nembutsu into a horse's ear
  ⇐ see: 2051770 念仏往生【ねんぶつおうじょう】 1. being reborn in the Pure Land through the invocation of the nembutsu
  ⇐ see: 1900820 念仏を唱える【ねんぶつをとなえる】 1. to chant the nembutsu
  ⇐ see: 2812710 大念仏【だいねんぶつ】 1. loudly reciting Amithaba's name
  ⇐ see: 2647970 口称【くしょう】 1. chanting the invocation to Amida Buddha
2. [n,vs,vi] {Buddhism}
▶ visualizing a Buddha (in one's mind)

Conjugations


History:
11. A 2022-01-12 03:55:38  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
10. A* 2022-01-08 13:22:03  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
mk
  Diff: 
@@ -18,0 +19,2 @@
+<pos>&vi;</pos>
+<xref type="see" seq="1460650">南無阿弥陀仏</xref>
@@ -21 +22,0 @@
-<gloss>nenbutsu</gloss>
@@ -23 +24 @@
-<gloss>prayer to Amitabha Buddha</gloss>
+<gloss g_type="expl">the three-word invocation "Namu Amida Butsu" dedicated to the Amitabha Buddha</gloss>
@@ -27,0 +29 @@
+<pos>&vi;</pos>
9. A 2021-06-08 11:44:11  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
nembutsu 21704
nenbutsu 2370
  Comments: 
Not sure we need both.
8. A* 2021-06-08 07:59:57  Opencooper
  Refs: 
* OED: https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/nembutsu ["(also nenbutsu, nembutzu)"]
* M-W: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nembutsu
* Britt: https://www.britannica.com/topic/nembutsu
* https://www.nichirenlibrary.org/en/dic/Content/N/24
* https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780198605607.001.0001/acref-9780198605607-e-1233
  Diff: 
@@ -19,0 +20 @@
+<gloss>nembutsu</gloss>
7. A 2019-07-09 06:51:05  Johan Råde <...address hidden...>
  Diff: 
@@ -20 +20 @@
-<gloss>nenbutsu (Buddhist prayer)</gloss>
+<gloss>nenbutsu</gloss>
@@ -22 +22 @@
-<gloss>prayer to Amitabha</gloss>
+<gloss>prayer to Amitabha Buddha</gloss>
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