Nembutsu
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For such surely is the charm of the Sacred Name—the paper with the sacred characters of the Nembutsu, Namu Amida Butsu.
From Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House), Retold from the Japanese Originals Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 2 by James S. (James Seguin) De Benneville
Why, the simple fact that you long supposed O-Tsuyu to be dead, and repeated the Nembutsu for her, and made offerings before her tablet, is itself the proof!…
From In Ghostly Japan by Lafcadio Hearn
We have daily recited the Nembutsu for your soul these many moons!”
From Japanese Fairy Tales by Grace James
My mistress has been constantly repeating the Nembutsu for your sake.
From In Ghostly Japan by Lafcadio Hearn
Every day thereafter he presented offerings, and repeated the Nembutsu; and the memory of O-Tsuyu was never absent from his thought.
From In Ghostly Japan by Lafcadio Hearn
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