Rest In The Name Of Amida Buddha

Rest in Nembutsu. Let all your thoughts come and go while you just say the Name. Put an image of Amida Buddha that you like in front of you and say Nembutsu while looking at it. Don’t force yourself to feel anything special, just look at Amida and say His Name. Rest in His presence and Name, Na Mo A Mi Da Bu, Na Mo A Mi Da Bu, Na Mo A Mi Da Bu.... Do not pursue the various thoughts and worries that appear in the mind, but rest in Amida’s Name. You can do this wherever you are, even without an image in front of you. Amida Buddha is always present so you can simply change the focus to Him and leave everything else aside. You do not need meditation techniques which will make you go astray from Amida when this simple resting in the Name can be done in any circumstance and it is in accord with Amida’s Primal Vow and Shinran’s words: “In this fleeting world - this burning house - all matters without exception are empty and false, totally without truth and sincerity. The Nemb