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Daimoku

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Daimoku, daimoku [ˈdaɪməʊkuː]
n
(Non-Christian Religions / Buddhism)
a.  (in Nichiren Buddhism) the words nam myoho renge kyo ('devotion to the Lotus Sutra') chanted to the Gohonzon
b.  the act of chanting these words
[from Japanese, literally: title]
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