Sukhavati Practice, Session 1

Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche begins teaching on Sukhavati, the pure realm of Amitabha, with a translator speaking the English. He sets it among the Buddha’s methods for different kinds of people and takes up the listener who is unsure whether there are future lives, saying that preparing for one is sensible either way and eases the fear of death. He explains why rebirth in Dewachen suits those who want to benefit others without obstacles, and how it fits with karma and purification.

He then begins the four causes for rebirth there. The first is to keep Sukhavati in mind, through a visualisation of Amitabha with Avalokiteshvara and Vajrapani, offerings, images, and a story of Vasubandhu and a pigeon.