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Also known as nenbutsu, yeombul, niệm Phật, nian fo, nembutsu

thumb|250px|Chinese Nianfo carving

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Chinese.title
念佛
Chinese.t
念佛
Chinese.p
niànfó
Chinese.kanji
念仏
Chinese.hiragana
ねんぶつ
Chinese.romaji
nenbutsu
Chinese.hangul
염불
Chinese.rr
yeombul
Chinese.vie
niệm Phật

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31 sections
Contents
  • Origins
  • Indian Mahāyāna Buddhism
  • Key Mahāyāna texts for East Asian Buddhism
  • Nianfo in China
  • The Chinese Pure Land tradition
  • In other traditions
  • Modern Chinese Buddhism
  • In Korea
  • Nembutsu in Japan
  • The Pure Land sects
  • Esoteric nembutsu
  • Later developments
  • In Vietnamese Buddhism
  • Nianfo methods
  • List of methods
  • Group nianfo
  • Graded nianfo paths
  • Genshin's schema of practices
  • Mental attitude
  • Phrases used in recitation
  • Sanskrit
  • Nianfo in East Asia
  • Variations and alternate names
  • Alternate Sanskrit phrases
  • Esoteric phrases
  • East Asian Nianfo variants
  • See also
  • Notes
  • References
  • Bibliography
  • External links

thumb|250px|Chinese Nianfo carving

Nianfo (, ; , ) is a Buddhist practice central to East Asian Buddhism. The Chinese term nianfo is a translation of Sanskrit Buddhānusmṛti| ("recollection of the Buddha"), a classic Buddhist mindfulness (smṛti) practice.

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