心しん念ねん口く称しょう

noun

contemplating Buddha while chanting his name

Buddhist term for a practice combining mental focus on the Buddha with vocal recitation of the Buddha's name, especially in Pure Land traditions.

• 心しん念ねん口く称しょうは浄じょう土ど宗しゅうの重じゅう要ような行ぎょう法ほうの一ひとつです。

  Contemplating the Buddha while chanting his name is one of the important practices in the Jōdo sect.