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Hold the five precepts, do merit-making practices, and give dana (charity). Chant NA MU A MI DA BU TSU and focus on Amida's infinite light. If you have faith in his vows (you should!) then you can count on being born into his Western Pure Land. When you leave this body, he will descend with his retinue of bodhisattvas and bring you, personally, to his realm.
Master Shinran listed ten benefits of reciting the Buddha's name (as I described above):
>Protected by unseen divine beings (myoshu goji)
>Possessed of the supreme virtue (shitoku gusoku)
>Having evil turned into good (tenaku jyozen)
>Protected by all Buddhas (shobutsu gonen)
>Praised by all Buddhas (shobutsu shyosan)
>Protected by the Buddha's spiritual light (shinko jogo)
>Having much joy in mind (shinta kangi)
>Acknowledging His benevolence and repaying it (chion hotoku)
>Always practicing the Great Compassion (jyogyo daihi)
>Entering the Rightly-Established Group (shojyoju ni iru)