Is reciting Namo Amituofo a form of repentance?A question for the Buddhists.
there's a Buddhism forum around.
Namo Amituofuo means "I take refuge in/I pay homage to Amitabha Buddha"
so namo means "i take refuge in"?
Yes. Can mean refuge or homage.
And Amitabha means Immeasurable Light (no space barrier) and Immeasurable Life (no time barrier)
To repent, one must give rise to the mind of repentance. That is most important.
One can also recite the following verses (with the repentant mind):
All the evil karma that I have committed in the past,
Arising from my aeons of greed, anger and ignorance,
Committed by my body, speech and mind,
Now I repent before the Buddha.
But without a repentant mind, whatever one recites doesn't mean there is 'repentance'.
True, I think to take refuge in Amitabha is itself repentance from evil. So one can chant that with a sincere and repentant mind.