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'''Sukhavati''' (Tib. ''Dewachen''; [[Wyl.]] ''bde ba can'') - the blissful [[buddhafield]] of [[Amitabha]].
'''Sukhavati''' (Skt. Sukhāvatī; Tib. ''Dewachen''; [[Wyl.]] ''bde ba can'') - the blissful [[buddhafield]] 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 buddhafield to mind
#Dedicating all one's sources of merit as causes for rebirth in that pure realm


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Revision as of 19:58, 5 July 2008

Sukhavati (Skt. Sukhāvatī; Tib. Dewachen; Wyl. bde ba can) - the blissful buddhafield 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 buddhafield to mind
  4. Dedicating all one's sources of merit as causes for rebirth in that pure realm