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'''Sukhavati''' (Skt. ''Sukhāvatī''; Tib. ''Dewachen''; [[Wyl.]] ''bde ba can'') - the blissful [[buddha field]] of [[Amitabha]].
'''Sukhavati''' (Skt. ''Sukhāvatī''; Tib. ''Dewachen''; [[Wyl.]] ''bde ba can'') the blissful [[buddha field]] of [[Amitabha]].


==Four Causes of Rebirth in Sukhavati==
==Four Causes of Rebirth in Sukhavati==
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#Repeatedly bringing the buddha field to mind
#Repeatedly bringing the buddha field to mind
#Dedicating all one's sources of merit as causes for rebirth in that pure realm
#Dedicating all one's sources of merit as causes for rebirth in that pure realm
==Internal Links==
*[[Brief Amitabha Mönlam]]


[[Category:Places]]
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Revision as of 13:49, 4 May 2009

Sukhavati (Skt. Sukhāvatī; Tib. Dewachen; Wyl. bde ba can) — 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

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