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Seishi@¨ŽŠ
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Lit. obtained strength. Also Daiseishi ‘吨ŽŠ (Sk: Mahasthamaprapta) or 'he who has obtained great strength'. Also Tokudaiseishi “Ύ‘吨ŽŠ or Tokudaisei “Ύ‘吨. A bodhisattva *bosatsu •μŽF who, together with *Kannon ŠΟ‰Ή, is one of the two main attendants of *Amida ˆ’–ν‘Ι. Although mentioned in early Mahayana sutras, he never attained any great popularity in India. He grew in importance, however, with the spread of the Pure Land faith joudokyou ς“y‹³ in China and Japan. He is often encountered in representations of the Amida triad *Amida sanzon ˆ’–ν‘ΙŽO‘Έ, in which case he is usually positioned to the right of Amida with hands clasped, and a water jar in his crown. Whereas Kannon symbolizes compassion, Seishi symbolizes wisdom, but he never gained the popularity of Kannon and is rarely represented outside of the Amida triad. He is counted among the 25 bodhisattvas *nijuugo bosatsu “ρ\Œά•μŽF accompanying Amida when he comes to welcome a dying person to the Pure Land, and he appears in various depictions of this scene (see *raigou-zu —ˆŒ}}). In Esoteric Buddhism mikkyou –§‹³, he appears in the Rengebu-in ˜@‰Ψ•”‰@@section of the Matrix mandara *Taizoukai mandara ‘Ω‘ ŠE™ΦδΆ—…. In Japan he also figures among the so-called Thirteen Buddhas *juusanbutsu \ŽO•§, presiding over the memorial service held on the first anniversary of a person's death.
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