一いち行ぎょう三ざん昧まい

noun

single-minded absorption; complete concentration on one practice

A yojijukugo from Buddhist practice, referring to total immersion in a single act, especially prayer or meditation. Often used in religious or spiritual contexts, but can be extended to any deep, focused dedication to one thing.

See also: 念仏三昧

• 彼かれは一いち行ぎょう三昧ざんまいの境きょう地ちで写しゃ経きょうに取とり組くんでいる。

  He is engaged in copying sutras in a state of single-minded absorption.

• 念ねん仏ぶつ三昧ざんまいから一いち行ぎょう三昧ざんまいへと修しゅ行ぎょうを深ふかめた。

  He deepened his practice from nembutsu absorption to one-practice absorption.