- The
Nianfo (Chinese: 念佛; pinyin:
niànfó),
alternatively in ****anese as 念仏 (ねんぶつ, nenbutsu), Korean: 염불; RR: yeombul, or in Vietnamese: niệm Phật, is a...
- as
simply a
Buddhist who
practiced nianfo. ****yan did
praise nianfo, and he is
recorded as
saying that "the
nianfo samadhi is
preeminent for
height of...
-
practice of
nianfo based on the
phrase Nāmó Āmítuófó (Homage to Amitabha) is a
widely practiced form of Zen
meditation which came to be
known as "
Nianfo Chan"...
-
visualisation practices, and have been
interpreted in
different ways, such as the
nianfo practice of
repeatedly saying Amitābha's name.
Other practices developed...
-
mentally repeating a
phrase (which
could be a koan, a mantra, a
huatou or
nianfo) and a kind of open
monitoring in
which one is
aware of
whatever comes to...
-
teaching of
rebirth in the pure land of Amitābha
through the
nembutsu (Chinese
nianfo) or "recitation of the Buddha's name". Hōnen
gathered a wide
array of followers...
-
external to oneself.
Nianfo on the
level of the
ultimate principle refers to
reciting nianfo while knowing it as mind-only (cittamatra).
Nianfo practice on the...
- with
benefits said to be
available merely by
thinking about his name with
Nianfo practice. He is thus
hailed as "King of Buddhas"
through such
skillful comp****ion...
- Land
Buddhism that
focuses on the
ritual recitation of the
Nembutsu (or
Nianfo), the name of the
Amitabha Buddha.
Followers believe this
recitation benefits...
- Mahāsthāmaprāpta
tells of how he
gained enlightenment through the
practice of
nianfo, or
continuous pure
mindfulness of Amitābha, to
obtain samādhi. In the Amitayurdhyana...
