What is Amitabha Buddha's Dewachen?

 

What's Dewachen?
Dewachen is the blissful Buddha field of Amitabha, one of the Buddha fields of the five families, said to be located in the western direction. 

In Sukhavati, sentient beings experience neither physical pain nor mental suffering, and the causes for their happiness are limitless.

Dewachen, also known as Sukhavati, is a pure land in Buddhism that is said to be a paradise of bliss. It is the western pure land of the Buddha Amitabha, where beings can be reborn based on their faith and aspirations. 

In Dewachen, practitioners can continue their dharma practice and awaken to enlightenment. 

Some causes of rebirth in Dewachen include generating bodhichitta, accumulating merit, repeatedly bringing the Buddha field to mind, and dedicating all one's sources of merit as causes for rebirth. 

In Chinese translation, the land of Sukhavati is known as a pure land (淨土).

Sukhavati, or Dewachen, is the western pure land of the Buddha Amitabha. This land is said to be a paradise of bliss, where beings can be reborn based on their faith and aspirations. 

This pure land offers practitioners the opportunity to continue their Dharma practice and awaken to full enlightenment.

Dewachen is the blissful realm/Buddha field. Blissful Realm, Sukhavati. The pure land of Buddha Amitabha in which a practitioner can take rebirth during the bardo of becoming through a combination of pure faith, sufficient merit, and one-pointed determination. 

One of the main reasons Sukhavati became the most popular pure land is that it is said to be the easiest for practitioners to be reborn in. 

Unlike many other pure lands, which require achievement of at least the first bhumi rebirth in Sukhavati, this can be attained by ordinary beings, solely through their faith in Amitabha and their heartfelt wish to be reborn in his pure land.

Here are some other details about Sukhavati:

Blissful

The word Sukhavati comes from the feminine of sukhavat, which means "blissful.". 

World of Ultimate Bliss

Sukhavati is also known as the World of Ultimate Bliss because its bliss is said to be incomparable to the happiness of human and god realms. Pure Land sutras

The Pure Land sutras describe Sukhavati as a joyous world filled with music and the sound of trees adorned with jewels and bells. Rebirth

The newly dead are said to enter into lotus buds, which unfold when they have attained. Many are said to be reborn on Earth to become Buddhas.

What does Sukhavati look like?

Sukhavati is expressively described in the Pure Land sutras as being a joyous world, soft and glowing, filled with the music of birds and the tinkling of trees adorned with precious jewels and garlands of golden bells.

What is the ceremony of Sukhavati?

The Sukhavati ceremony is performed for the benefit of helping the deceased transition through the Bardo by lessening suffering, fear, and loss and offering focus and clarity.

How to be reborn in Sukhavati?

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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