The teaching of Junen Nembutsu appears in the Eighteenth Vow of Amida Buddha in Sutra of Immeasurable Life (Muryoju-kyo). It states that every person who recites the Nembutsu ten times shall be saved. “Namu Amida Butsu” is recited eight times in one breath without voicing “tsu,” a breath is taken and the full “Namu Amida Butsu” is recited once making nine times. The final (tenth) Nembutsu is chanted with the “tsu” almost silent again, as if one has swallowed the word. …