南無妙法蓮華経

Phrase compound of 南 (な)無 (む) (namu, Buddhist salutation or expression of faith) + 妙 (みょう)法 (ほう)蓮 (れん)華 (げ)経 (きょう) (Myōhō Renge Kyō, “Lotus Sutra”).[1][2][3]

南無妙法蓮華経 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 南無妙法蓮華經, hiragana なむみょうほうれんげきょう, rōmaji Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō, historical hiragana なむめうほふれんげきやう)

1. (Buddhism) Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō: a mantra commonly chanted in the Nichiren school of Buddhism, praising the Lotus Sutra

   Synonym: 御題目 (o-daimoku)

• Namu Myoho Renge Kyō is the most common pronunciation of the mantra; but there are also regional variants:
  • The Soka Gakkai religious movement uses なんみょうほうれんげきょう (Nam Myōhō Renge Kyō).
  • The Tendai school mainly uses なもべいほうれんがけい (Namo Beihō Renga-kei), a mostly kan'on pronunciation of the kanji.
  • The Honzan Shugen sect of Tendai uses a mixed goon-kan'on reading of なむべいはれんがけい (Namu Beiha Renga-kei).

• 題目 (だいもく) (daimoku, “daimoku”, literally “title”)
• 唱題 (しょうだい) (shōdai, “daimoku chanting”)
• 帰 (き)依 (え) (kie, “devotion”)
• 法 (ほ)華 (け)経 (きょう) (Hoke-kyō, “Lotus Sutra”)
• 本 (ほん)尊 (ぞん) (honzon), 御 (ご)本 (ほん)尊 (ぞん) (go-honzon, “principal image”, especially of the daimoku)
• 南無妙法蓮華経 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja