- The
Nianfo (Chinese: 念佛; pinyin:
niànfó,
alternatively in ****anese 念仏 (ねんぶつ, nenbutsu); Korean: 염불; RR: yeombul; or Vietnamese: niệm Phật) is a Buddhist...
- as
simply a
Buddhist who
practiced nianfo. ****yuan did
praise nianfo, and he is
recorded as
saying that "the
nianfo samadhi is
preeminent for
height of...
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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"...
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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...
-
visualisation practices, and have been
interpreted in
different ways, such as the
nianfo practice of
repeatedly saying Amitābha's name.
Other practices developed...
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authors to
teach the
primacy of
faithfully reciting Amitābha's name (Ch:
nianfo).
Shandao saw this
practice as
sufficient for
birth in the Pure Land, and...
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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...
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during the Tang dynasty,
known for his
teachings on Pure Land
Buddhism and
nianfo (recitation of
Buddha Amitābha's name). He was
honored by
Chinese emperor...
- Mahāsthāmaprāpta
tells of how he
gained enlightenment through the
practice of
nianfo, or
continuous pure
mindfulness of Amitābha, to
obtain samādhi. In the Amitayurdhyana...
- a
liberating force which could infuse a
person through the
practice of
nianfo (buddha recollection) and take them to the pure land
after death. This doctrine...
