Namu Amidah Buddha
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Namu Amidah Buddha is a Buddhist prayer, an invocation to Amitabha, Lord of Compassion. Variant forms include:
- Nama Amitapa in China
- Nembutsu or Namu Amida Butsu [1][2] in Japan[3]
- Namu Amitabha Buddhaya in Sanskrit
This prayer is believed to be powerful enough to grant instant forgiveness for a sin as serious as taking a life. It is also believed that saying the Nembutsu (mantra/prayer) will instantly connect a person to the Buddha-Dharma[4]. Therefore, Japanese Buddhists utter it (usually in the short form Nembutsu), as a matter of habit, when killing a fly or mosquito.[citation needed] It is also believed that chanting the nembutsu when one is dying will "ensure rebirth in the Western Pure Land." [1]
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b The Nembutsu: Namu Amida Butsu
- ^ Amida Buddhism
- ^ Buddhism Glossary http://uwacadweb.uwyo.edu/Religionet/er/buddhism/BGLOSSRY.HTM
- ^ "Becoming Natural" Rev. T. Kenjitsu Nakagaki (Sensei) http://www.newyorkbuddhistchurch.org/documents/Dharma_Message_2004_03.pdf
