Dictionary Definition :
Definition[1]
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To contemplate the image of (Amitābha) Buddha and repeat his name.
Source
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A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms, William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
Definition[2]
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謂觀阿彌陀佛形像相好,口稱佛名,則心不散亂。心不散亂,則本性佛從而顯現。如是則念念不斷,純一無雜,臨命終時,定見彼佛現身迎接,決得往生極樂世界矣。
Source
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明,一如《三藏法數》字庫
Definition[3]
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===(術語)四種念佛之一。觀念阿彌陀佛化身之形像於心也。見普賢行觀記,三藏法數十七。
Source
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丁福保《佛學大辭典》