称しょう名みょう

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

intoning the name of the Buddha; chanting the Buddha's name

Buddhist practice of vocally reciting the name of a Buddha, especially Amitabha, as an act of devotion or for merit.

• 浄じょう土ど宗しゅうでは、称しょう名みょう念ねん仏ぶつが重じゅう要ような修しゅ行ぎょうです。

  In the Pure Land school, intoning the Buddha's name is an important practice.

• 彼かれは毎まい朝あさ、仏ぶつ前ぜんで称しょう名みょうする。

  He chants the Buddha's name before the altar every morning.