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:
- 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'.