Dewachen Lhakhang is the pure land of Buddha Amitabha, one of the Buddhas of the five families. Buddhist believe that this is the most important and sacred of the Buddhas' pure realms and the one where it is easiest to be born. Therefore, people worship Buddha Amitabha, the lord of Dewachen, and wish to be born there.
The Very Venerable Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche built the Dewachen Temple at Namo Buddha as a representation of this pure realm. Namo Buddha is the extraordinary holy site where our supreme teacher the Buddha, having taken birth as Prince Great Courage while on the path of learning, unhesitatingly offered his body to starving tigress.
Moreover, because there is a stupa here containing his bone relics, keeping pictures of the living and the deceased in the Dewachen Temple brings exceptional blessings. We place the remains of the deceased and their pictures in the Dewachen Temple and firmly pray that they may take birth in this pure realm, which is the state of ultimate bliss. We perform Amitabha and five other well-known aspiration prayer twice a month, on the full moon and new moon, as well as on other auspicious days of the Tibetan calendar, in other to eliminate difficulties in the intermediate state and to bring about swift rebirth in the supreme pure land of Buddha Amitabha.
We offer dedicated space for both prayers for the living and memorials for those who have passed.
Medicine Buddha Practice for Health and Longevity
Amitabha Practice for Rebirth in the Pure Land
Amitabha Buddha, the Buddha of Infinite Light, is the principal buddha in Pure Land Buddhism. He resides in the Western Pure Land of Sukhavati. Amitabha is known for his longevity attribute, magnetising red fire element, the aggregate of discernment, pure perception and the deep awareness of uniqueness of phenomena. According to these scriptures, Amitabha possesses infinite merit resulting from good deeds over countless past lives as a bodhisattva named Dharmakara.
Devotion to Amitabha is central to the practice at Dewachen Lhakang. Through the recitation of his name and mantra, and by cultivating faith and the aspiration to be born in his Pure Land, practitioners aim to overcome the obstacles of samsara. His radiant red form signifies his boundless compassion and his ability to transform the poison of attachment into the wisdom of discernment.
