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Venerable Shangpa Rinpoche will be conducting an Amitabha Jang Chog Puja on the 4th of April 2009. Merit is accumulated through making offerings to Buddha Amitabha and this is transferred to the deceased for their purification and liberation. This practice helps the deceased in the bardo and shows them the path to enlightenment. During Jang Chog (nameplate ritual), the name of the deceased is written on a paper tablet and burned in the process of the puja to symbolize that the burning of the wisdom fire purifies all the gross and subtle defilements, obscurities and negative karma of the individual and thereby ripen their merit to be reborn in the Amitabha's pure land of Dewachen (Sanskrit: Sukhavati).

About Dewachen: Buddha Amitabha, through his aspiration to benefit all sentient beings, created the pure land of Dewachen (Land of Bliss) where sentient beings may be reborn if they have the strength of faith in Buddha Amitabha and the aspiration to be reborn in the pure land.

In the pure land, one will be reborn in a lotus flower and obtain a perfect body. One will be able to receive Dharma teachings directly from Buddha Amitabha and also travel effortlessly to all the pure lands of other Buddhas and Bodhisattvas and receive empowerments, blessings and teachings from them. Flowers shower down which one may collect to make offerings to the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas in whichever pure land they reside in. Through the opportunity to listen to dharma teachings and accumulate great merits one will be able to progress rapidly on the path to enlightenment.

There is no strife or arguments, sadness, misfortune, pain or discomfort. All act according to the Dharma and there is no selfishness. There are sweet-smelling beautiful flowers and trees laden with jewels. The ground is smooth, radiant with beams of light, springy and yields to the touch. Emanation birds sing the teachings of the profound Buddha Dharma. The flowing river waters and the nectar water of bathing pools are perfumed and have the eight qualities of being pure, cool, sweet, smooth, moistening, comforting, thirst-quenching, and nourishing. Simply by the power of thought, all needs are spontaneously fulfilled.