念仏

ねんぶつ

Buddhist prayer, prayer to Amitabha

観念念仏

かんねんねんぶつ

Contemplating Amida Buddha and the Pure Land

往生

おうじょう

death, passing to the next life, dying a happy death

念持仏

ねんじぶつ

Buddhist image used as jewellery or to decorate one's home

空念仏

そらねんぶつ からねんぶつ

empty words

大念仏

だいねんぶつ

loudly reciting Amithaba's name

往生際

おうじょうぎわ

at the point of death, the time to give up

大往生

だいおうじょう

peaceful death

鬼の念仏

おにのねんぶつ

demon's prayer (Ōtsu-e motif depicting a demon wearing monk's robes and holding a bell)

口称念仏

くしょうねんぶつ

reciting a prayer

念仏三昧

ねんぶつざんまい

praying devoutly to amida buddha

専修念仏

せんじゅねんぶつ

intently praying to Buddha (esp. Amitabha)

踊り念仏

おどりねんぶつ

Buddhist incantation using chanting, drumbeating, and dancing

念仏踊り

ねんぶつおどり

Buddhist incantation using chanting, drumbeating, and dancing

別時念仏

べつじねんぶつ

recitation of amida buddha's name on a specified day and time period (practice of pure land buddhists)

隠れ念仏

かくれねんぶつ

secret Jōdo Shinshū sect of Buddhism (practised in Kyushu in the Edo period)

誕生仏

たんじょうぶつ

Buddha's Birthday

仏生会

ぶっしょうえ ふつせいかい

Buddha's birthday celebration

生き仏

いきぼとけ

saintly person, living Buddha