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Name-chanting is calling the names of the Buddha and bodhisattvas outloud. In the Pureland sect., chanting means the name-chanting, the right karma which enables one to be born in the pure land. It is the infuluence of Mater Sundo that makes the name-chanting the right karma. Therefore, this study is to examine the specific meaning of the name-chanting by reviewing how Master Sundo interpreted chanting, especially in [Intreptrtation of Sukha vativyuha] and [Th prasis for good birth].
The main contents from the study are as follows First, the name-chanting is for the final age of the dharma, deeply recognizing all of the wrongdoing easy to make in common life of the birth and death, and the belief of saving humans by developing one's Buddha nature with the power of original vow of "Amita Buddha."
Second, the name-chanting, which is illuminated by the 18th origianl vow of the Amita Buddha in [Sukha vativyuha], is declared as the only right karma to acquire being born in the pure land.
Third, the name-chanting is the practice for lay people, with its easiness to conduct and ultimateness to be compared with other method of practice.
Fourth, it is the belief that gives the hope even for the blunders with five severe sins, which offers them the chance to be born in the pure land only by ten chanting 'Return to the Amita Buddha' with sincere mind.
Last, the name-chanting is the firm belief that all the common people are able to develop their own Buddha nature by the right practice of calm mind and raising practice and conducting work with name-chanting.