檢視 Sukhavati 極樂世界／極樂淨土的原始碼

[[File:Sukhavati.jpg|frame|Sukhavati]]
'''Sukhavati''' (Skt. ''Sukhāvatī''; Tib. [[བདེ་བ་ཅན་]], ''Dewachen''; [[Wyl.]] ''bde ba can'' or ''bde ba chen'') is the blissful [[buddha field]] of [[Amitabha]]. One of the [[buddha fields of the five families]], 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

[[Lala Sonam Chödrup]], in his famous commentary on the ''[[Prayer of Sukhavati]]'' (Tib. ''Démön''; Wyl. ''bde smon''), gives them as:

#the support, visualizing the pure realm
#accumulating merit and purifying obscurations
#the aid, generating bodhichitta
#the circumstance, pure prayers of aspiration, dedicating all sources of virtue so that oneself and others may be reborn in Sukhavati

==Literature==
===Sutras===
*[[Amitabhavyuha Sutra]] (Skt. ''Amitābhavyūhasūtra''), which is also known as the longer Sukhavativyuha Sutra
*[[Sukhavativyuha Sutra]] (Skt. ''Sukhāvatīvyūhasūtra'')
*[[Amitayurdhyana Sutra]] (Skt. ''Amitāyurdhyānasūtra'')

==Prayers to Be Reborn in Sukhavati==
*''[[Brief Amitabha Mönlam]]'', 'spoken' directly by Buddha Amitabha to [[Tertön Mingyur Dorjé]]
*''[[Aspiration to be Reborn in the Pure Realm of Sukhavati]]'' (aka ''Dechen Mönlam'' or ''Dé Mön''), by [[Karma Chakmé]] Rinpoche (aka Raga Asé)

==Teachings Given to the Rigpa Sangha==
*[[Sogyal Rinpoche]], San Diego, 3 December 2010
*[[Sogyal Rinpoche]], [[Lerab Ling]], 5 September 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'.

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