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Nembutsu

[nem-boo-tsoo]
noun Japanese.
  1. meditation on the name of Amida.
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  • Again the reading of the sutra began, the intonation of the nembutsu.

    Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House)

    James S. De Benneville

  • We have daily recited the Nembutsu for your soul these many moons!