Nembutsu
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Nembutsu is a central Pure Land Buddhist devotional practice of reciting the name of Amida Buddha to express faith and seek rebirth in his Western Paradise.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Nembutsu canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16778041 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nembutsu Context triple: [Jōdo Shinshū, corePractice, Nembutsu]
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Yuzu Nembutsu
Yuzu Nembutsu is a devotional practice within Japanese Pure Land Buddhism that emphasizes the recitation of the Buddha’s name with the belief that its merit is universally shared among all beings.
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Nam-myoho-renge-kyo
Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is the central mantra in Nichiren Buddhism, chanted as an expression of devotion to the Lotus Sutra and the belief in the inherent Buddha nature of all people.
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Shingon Ritsu
Shingon Ritsu is a Japanese Buddhist school that combines esoteric Shingon teachings with a strong emphasis on monastic discipline and precepts.
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Kanmuryōjukyō
Kanmuryōjukyō is a key Mahayana Buddhist scripture of the Pure Land tradition that teaches meditative practices for visualizing Amitābha Buddha and his Western Paradise.
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E.
Dainichi-kyo
Dainichi-kyo is a central esoteric Buddhist sutra in Shingon tradition that expounds the cosmic Buddha Dainichi Nyorai and the practices leading to enlightenment.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nembutsu Target entity description: Nembutsu is a central Pure Land Buddhist devotional practice of reciting the name of Amida Buddha to express faith and seek rebirth in his Western Paradise.
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A.
Yuzu Nembutsu
Yuzu Nembutsu is a devotional practice within Japanese Pure Land Buddhism that emphasizes the recitation of the Buddha’s name with the belief that its merit is universally shared among all beings.
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B.
Nam-myoho-renge-kyo
Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is the central mantra in Nichiren Buddhism, chanted as an expression of devotion to the Lotus Sutra and the belief in the inherent Buddha nature of all people.
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C.
Shingon Ritsu
Shingon Ritsu is a Japanese Buddhist school that combines esoteric Shingon teachings with a strong emphasis on monastic discipline and precepts.
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D.
Kanmuryōjukyō
Kanmuryōjukyō is a key Mahayana Buddhist scripture of the Pure Land tradition that teaches meditative practices for visualizing Amitābha Buddha and his Western Paradise.
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E.
Dainichi-kyo
Dainichi-kyo is a central esoteric Buddhist sutra in Shingon tradition that expounds the cosmic Buddha Dainichi Nyorai and the practices leading to enlightenment.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.