If you treat "just say the nembutsu" (in Tannisho) as "reciting the Name," that is considered the Dharma-door of the Contemplation Sutra. If you treat "just say the nembutsu" (in Tanissho) as "Namo Amida Butsu" and "the Vow is inconceivable," that is considered the Dharma-door of the Larger Sutra.
Amida Buddha is so great, we don't need to say His Name in order to be born there.
"Dharma-body’s wheel of light is without bound,
Shining on the blind and ignorant of the world."
Amida uses all his belongings to save sentient beings in the ten quarters; this is the Primal Vow.
Note: This passage is very important as many misunderstand "saying the Name" which appears very frequently in the Tanissho being a condition or requirement for Birth. Tanissho has the Contemplation Sutra spirit entwined in the true spirit of the Larger Sutra. We have to discern the essence.
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