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'''Sukhavati''' (Skt. ''Sukhāvatī''; Tib. ''Dewachen''; [[Wyl.]] ''bde ba can'' or ''bde ba chen'') | '''Sukhavati''' (Skt. ''Sukhāvatī''; Tib. ''Dewachen''; [[Wyl.]] ''bde ba can'' or ''bde ba chen'') is the blissful [[buddha field]] of [[Amitabha]] said to be located in the western direction. | ||
==Four Causes of Rebirth in Sukhavati== | ==Four Causes of Rebirth in Sukhavati== | ||
Revision as of 15:06, 24 October 2010
Sukhavati (Skt. Sukhāvatī; Tib. Dewachen; Wyl. bde ba can or bde ba chen) is the blissful buddha field of Amitabha said to be located in the western direction.
Four Causes of Rebirth in Sukhavati
According to Jamgön Ngawang Lekpa, the four causes of rebirth in Sukhavati are:
- Generating bodhichitta
- Accumulating merit in many ways
- Repeatedly bringing the buddha field to mind
- Dedicating all one's sources of merit as causes for rebirth in that pure realm
Literature
- Sukhāvatīvyūhasūtra
- Amitāyurdhyānasūtra
Prayers to Be Reborn in Sukhavati
- Brief Amitabha Mönlam, 'spoken' directly by Buddha Amitabha to Tertön Mingyur Dorjé
- Dechen Mönlam, by Raga Asé aka Karma Chakmé Rinpoche
Teachings Given to the Rigpa Sangha
- Sogyal Rinpoche, Lerab Ling, 5 Sept. 2010
- Mingyur Rinpoche, Lerab Ling, 13 July 2008
Further Reading
- J. Eracle, La Doctrine bouddhique de la terre pure (Paris: Devry Livres, 1973)
- Trois Soutras et un traité sur la terre pure (Geneva: Aquarius, 1984)
- Tulku Thondup, Peaceful Death, Joyful Rebirth (Boston & London: Shambhala, 2005), Ch.7 'The Buddha of Infinite Light and His Blissful Pure Land'.