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Definition of ひゃくまん‐べん in the Japanese dictionary
A thousand million bamboos 【1 million times】. Also repeat as many times as possible. To cast a nun Buddha one million times alone. 3 In Jodo sect, a Buddhist priest who hopes for a pleasant birthday, a monk and a follower of ten people chant the Nembutsu, circling the big beads of 1080 balls 100 times. Together it will be a hundred and eight hundred thousand ubiquitous nuns. It began in Kyoto Takenokuji and later began in general. Hundred thousand Nen Buddha. ひゃくまん‐べん【百万遍】 １ 百万回。また、数限りなく繰り返すこと。２ 一人で念仏を百万回唱えること。３ 浄土宗で、極楽往生を願って10人ずつの僧や信者が輪になって念仏を唱え、1080個の玉の大数珠を100回、順送りにする仏事。合わせて百八万遍の念仏になる。京都知恩寺で始まり、のちに一般でも行われるようになった。百万遍念仏。
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