In the case of the Shinshu Otaniha (Otani school of the Jodo Shishu sect), Gongyo (devotional exercises) is to do gassho (putting the palms of hands together), raihai (adoration), shomyo nenbutsu (invocation of the Buddha's name), and to do dokuju (hailing) of gemon (recitation of verses) in front of an 'onaibutsu' (another name for butsudan (a Buddhist altar)) or portable 'mitsuori honzon' (mitsuori - can be folded into thirds, honzon - principal object of worship).
真宗大谷派における勤行（ごんぎょう）とは、「お内仏」や、携帯する事のできる「三折本尊」などの前で、合掌礼拝・称名念仏し、偈文などを読誦することをいう。