The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2247 page)

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Shokaku Kokushi
(leading Zen monk):
Sh
kan
or Sh
ken
(Jap., ‘seeing one another’). The meeting (
dokusan
) of a Zen student with his teacher (
r
shi
), when he is accepted as pupil; hence, attaining the same spiritual level as one's teacher.
Sh
ken
.
Jap., for ‘right view’, one of the steps on the Eightfold Path (
a
tangika-marga
).
Shoko Asahara
(i.e., Asahara Shoko, Japanese cult leader):

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