Auxiliary Practices and Deathbed Nenbutsu
Auxiliary Practices and Deathbed Nenbutsu
Although Genshin maintained that the nenbutsu is the central Pure Land practice, he also argued that it must be undertaken in conjunction with various auxiliary practices, such as keeping the precepts, in order to ensure the efficacy of the nenbutsu. This chapter takes up the various auxiliary practices that Genshin enumerates in the Ōjōyōshū. In addition, this chapter also describes the deathbed nenbutsu ritual which Genshin also highlights in the Ōjōyōshū.
Keywords: Nenbutsu, auxiliary practices, precepts, deathbed nenbutsu
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