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西山 (other)
西山 is an East Asian name meaning "Western mountain" or "Western mountains". 西山 may refer to: * Xishan (other) (xīshān), the Chinese pinyin transliteration * Nishiyama (other), the Japanese transliteration of native Japanese reading * Seizan, Japanese transliteration of borrowed Chinese reading ** Shōkū, Buddhist monk, also called Seizan ** Seizan Amida Hall at Eikan-dō Zenrin-ji, with the famous "Amida looking back" (Mikaeri Amida) statue. is a branch of Jōdo-shū Buddhism that was founded by Hōnen's disciple, Shōkū (1177–1247), who often went by the name ''Seizan.'' The name deri ...
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Xishan (other)
Xishan may refer to the following locations in China: *Western Hills (西山), mountain range in the west of Beijing *Western Mountains (西山), mountain range located 12 km west of Kunming in Yunnan *Xishan (, ''Xīshān'', lit. "Tin Hill"), a hill in Wuxi's Xihui Park *Xishan District, Wuxi (锡山区), Jiangsu *Xishan District, Kunming (西山区), Yunnan *Xishan, Guiping (西山镇), town in Guangxi See also * 西山 (other) 西山 is an East Asian name meaning "Western mountain" or "Western mountains". 西山 may refer to: * Xishan (other) (xīshān), the Chinese pinyin transliteration * Nishiyama (other), the Japanese transliteration of native Jap ..., including Japanese uses * Nishiyama (other), most common Japanese reading {{geodis ...
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Nishiyama (other)
Nishiyama (, "western mountain") may refer to: People with the surname *Hidetaka Nishiyama, American martial arts exponent and founder of Shotokan * Kazutaka Nishiyama, Japanese baseball player * Keiki Nishiyama, Japanese volleyball player *, Japanese photographer *, Japanese handball player *, Japanese baseball player * Norio Nishiyama, Japanese mixed martial artist * Rei Nishiyama, Japanese softball player * Reiji Nishiyama, director of the anime ''Pita-Ten'' *, Japanese footballer * Soin Nishiyama, Tokugawa-era poet *, Japanese footballer * Takahisa Nishiyama, Japanese soccer player *Takashi Nishiyama, Japanese video game developer * Teppei Nishiyama, Japanese football player * Tomoka Nishiyama, Japanese shogi player *, Japanese architect, city planner and architectural scholar *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese long-distance runner ;Fictional characters: * Kankuro Nishiyama, a character in the manga/anime ''Muteki Kanban Musume'' Places * Nishiyama, Niigata * Nishiyama Station ...
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Shōkū
, sometimes called , was a disciple of Hōnen, founder of the Jōdo-shū Buddhist sect. Shōkū later succeeded Jōhen, a Shingon monk with an affinity for Pure Land Buddhism, as the head Eikandō (itself a former Shingon temple). Shōkū then established a separate branch of Jōdo-shū called the Seizan-ha ("West Mountain" branch), and completed the transition of Eikandō from a Shingon temple into a Jōdo-shū one. Shōkū’s teachings reflect a synthesis of Pure Land thought, emphasizing the inseparability of true settled faith ( anjin), ''nembutsu'', and the non-duality between sentient beings and the Dharma through the doctrine of ''kihō ittai'' (one essence, one reality). Shōkū’s thought laid the foundation for later doctrinal developments within the Seizan branch and influenced subsequent Pure Land traditions. His ideas are particularly influential on Jōdo Shinshū, through a text called the '' Anjin Ketsujō Shō'' ''(Determination of the Settled Mind),'' which ...
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