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念ねん仏ぶつ往おう生じょう

Meanings

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noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

rebirth in the Pure Land through nembutsu

Buddhism

A Pure Land Buddhist term: attaining birth in Amida Buddha's Pure Land by reciting the nembutsu (念仏, the name of Amida Buddha). Used as both a noun and a suru-verb.

See also: 念仏 · 浄土

念ねん仏ぶつ往おう生じょうを願ねがう人ひと々びとが集あつまった。
People who wished for rebirth in the Pure Land through nembutsu gathered.

彼かれは念ねん仏ぶつ往おう生じょうしたと伝つたえられている。

It is said that he attained rebirth in the Pure Land through nembutsu.

Kanji

念wish, sense, idea
仏Buddha, the dead, France
往journey, travel, chase away
生life, genuine, birth

Similar words

念ねん仏ぶつ
念仏 refers specifically to the invocation of Amida Buddha's name, while 念仏往生 is the resulting rebirth in the Pure Land through that practice.
往おう生じょう
往生 is a broader term for rebirth in a Buddha's land, not necessarily through nembutsu; 念仏往生 specifies the method.

Etymology

Compound of 念仏 (nembutsu, invocation of Amida Buddha) and 往生 (ōjō, rebirth in a pure land). The term is specific to Pure Land Buddhism.