It refered to the group (or member) who divided a day into six parts and kept practicing nenbutsu (Buddhist invocation), and they usually used kenmitsu-jiin (exoteric temples of Esoteric Buddhism) since the group had been formed. |
一日を6分割して不断念仏する集団(ないし成員)を指し、古代以来、顕密寺院にいた。 |