Talk:Nianfo

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It seems to me that the Japanese word Nembutsu is much better attested in English than the modern Chinese word Nianfo, even if the modern Japanese term derives from a Chinese original. I would suggest placing this entry under Nembutsu. Charmii 02:36, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
 * True, but the Chinese originally coined the term, so it's probably sensible to leave it at that. Still, I see what you're seeing.  --Ph0kin (talk) 13:54, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
 * I am also more familiar with "nembutsu" than "nianfo", but as the scholarship around Pure Land Buddhism has improved in the last 15 years, nianfo is an increasingly used term, so it would make sense to continue aligning with that. --Ph0kin (talk) 23:52, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

Vietnamese pronunciation
I believe the Vietnamese pronunciation is "a zee da fut", and is true for all dialects, but I'd appreciate if someone could confirm. I learned it in college-courses, but it's been a long time, and I only know Northern Dialect. --Ph0kin (talk) 13:54, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

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Pronounciation Link
Is there anyone skilled with adding english pronounciation, under Indian Sanskrit Nianfo it would be great to have it under Namo'mitabhaya buddhaya and namo'mitayuse buddhaya.

Mistake
The correct transcription of the mantra in Sanskrit would be as follows:

"namo'mitābhabuddhāya" — "na mō mi tā bha bu ddhā ya"

1) https://books.google.ru/books?id=CyLiDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT123&lpg=PT123&dq=namo%27mitabhabuddhaya&source=bl&ots=lEVOp9T5kE&sig=ACfU3U2sNPspF1vTmBI16qej1d6cyW1umg&hl=ru&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj9wIDfpZHvAhVyoosKHTn8Ca4Q6AEwA3oECAoQAg#v=onepage&q=namo'mitabhabuddhaya&f=false

2) https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.264226/2015.264226.The-New_djvu.txt

3) https://archive.org/stream/SanskritLessonsOnAmitabhaSutraInVajraBodhiSeaIssues_201807/Sanskrit%20Lessons%20on%20Amitabha%20Sutra%20in%20Vajra%20Bodhi%20Sea%20Issues_djvu.txt

4) http://www.drbachinese.org/vbs/1_100/vbs25/25_4.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:1FA0:8474:5AB7:0:69:9B51:301 (talk) 09:39, 2 March 2021 (UTC)

Changing the title?
Shouldn't the title be the romanised Sanskrit term, not the Chinese term, since the Sanskrit term is older then the Chinese term itself? 203.29.147.127 (talk) 15:05, 6 April 2021 (UTC)


 * It seems to have developed as the basis of a new sect much more in East Asia than in India. Wikipedia follows common usage in English, not what is most theoretically correct (WP:COMMONNAME)... AnonMoos (talk) 00:36, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

Restructuring Article
It seems a lot of people (myself included) have added a lot of great information, but the article's format is a bit scatter-shot, so I've tried to rearrange things into three general categories: practice, origins, and history. This definitely needs further refinement on my part, but given that it's such a broad subject, it's hard to encapsulate all this content into a cohesive narrative. Anyhow, I tried. :-p --Ph0kin (talk) 23:52, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

Further Restructuring
(or, "I Tried, Part 2")

I've attempted to make major rewrites of the "purpose of the nianfo" section in order to provide more balanced views of the different interpretations and practices associated with the nianfo, while minimizing the essay-link tone that got this article flagged. It still needs more work, and admittedly, I had to chop up quite a bit of text to make things flow more smoothly, but I think the banner is no longer warranted and have removed it. --Ph0kin (talk) 06:09, 20 April 2024 (UTC)