Nianfo
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Nianfo (念佛. Chinese pinyin nian fo; Japanese: 念仏 nembutsu; Korean: yeombul; Vietnamese: niệm Phật), literally "mindfulness of the Buddha" (interpreted as "I entrust in the Buddha of Immeasurable Light and Eternal Life") is a term commonly seen in the Pure Land school of Mahayāna Buddhism. In the Pure Land tradition, mindfully chanting of the name of Amitabha Buddha allows one to obtain rebirth in Amitabha's Pure Land of the West.
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