Sukhavati

Sukhavati (Skt. Sukhāvatī; Tib. Dewachen; Wyl. bde ba can or bde ba chen) — the blissful buddha field of Amitabha.

Four Causes of Rebirth in Sukhavati

According to Jamgön Ngawang Lekpa, the four causes of rebirth in Sukhavati are:

1. Generating bodhichitta
2. Accumulating merit in many ways
3. Repeatedly bringing the buddha field to mind
4. 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

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'.