Recitation of the name of Amitabha Buddha. The central practice of all schools of Pure Land Buddhism. The nembutsu can be said in either the simple form (either 'Amida butsu' or just Amida), which truly is only the name of the Buddha Amida, or in a very slightly longer version that includes some Sanskrit/Pali borrow words:

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