Shandao was a Chinese Buddhist scholar monk and an influential figure of East Asian Pure Land Buddhism.
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View of the Zhōngnán mountains
Portrait of Shandao reciting Amitabha's name, Nanbokuchō period, 14th century, Japan, hanging scroll; ink, color and gold on silk, private collection
A Chinese painting of the Pure Land
Frontispiece of the Rules for Repenting and Rebirth in the Pure Land (Wangsheng Jingtu Chanyuan Yikuei), depicting beings being born in lotus blossoms
A 13th century depiction of the Parable of the White Path to the Pure Land of Amida (Amitābha) between Two Rivers of Worldly Vice, Kosetsu Museum of Art
An illustration of Hōnen dreaming of ShandaoWriters born in the 610s 6
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Writers
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deceased
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Lived 613 to 681 · aged 68
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