Moreover, Buddhists respect the number three, such as three treasures, three studies and three secret processes so that the way of 'reciting the Nichiren chant three times' is used broadly at the beginning and end of Buddhist religious services or memorial ceremonies as a means of showing respect to the main image.
また、仏教においては三宝・三学・三大秘法など数字の3を尊ぶところから、本尊への礼式として勤行や法要の始まりと終わりには「題目三唱」の化儀が広く用いられている。