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

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

念持仏

ねんじぶつ

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

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

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

踊り念仏

おどりねんぶつ

Buddhist incantation using chanting, drumbeating, and dancing

専修念仏

せんじゅねんぶつ

intently praying to Buddha (esp. Amitabha)

隠れ念仏

かくれねんぶつ

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

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)

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)

念仏踊り

ねんぶつおどり

Buddhist incantation using chanting, drumbeating, and dancing

生き仏

いきぼとけ

saintly person, living Buddha

仏生会

ぶっしょうえ ふつせいかい

Buddha's birthday celebration

誕生仏

たんじょうぶつ

Buddha's Birthday