Boosting of Confidence about Amitabha Pureland

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Here it is:
From "Naked Awareness: Practical Instructions on the
Union of Mahamudra and Dzogchen"
by Karma Chagme; with commentary by Gyatrul Rinpoche,
and translated by B. Alan Wallace.

From the Conclusion Chapter:
Bodhisattvas who voluntarily serve the needs of
sentient beings do not cringe at the miseries of the
cycle of existence. We, on the other hand, fear the
suffering of samsara, so if we wish to attain
spiritual awakening in a state of joy and happiness,
without experiencing suffering, we should pray to be
born in the realm of Sukhavati (Tib. Dewachen,
Bliss-Endowed--ktt). If we pray to be born
there--except in cases of sins of immediate
retribution and the abandonment of Dharma--our birth
there will be due to the power of Amitabha's prayers.
If we are reborn there, we will not have even the
slightest suffering, and our joy and happiness will be
abundant. We will be able to go miraculously to
Abhirati (Buddha Akshobya's pure land, usually needing
to be on 1st Bhumi...ktt), the Glorous Copper-colored
Mountain, and Tusita, meet [the buddhas there] and
receive the Dharma. With unimpeded extrasensory
perception and paranormal abilities, we will be able
to lead those with whom we have a connection out of
the intermediate state. For countless hundreds of
millions of eons, there will be no illness, no aging,
and no death. We will behold the face of Buddha
Amitabha and listen to Dharma. Incalculable clouds of
offerings will be emanated from the palms of our hands
and be offered to the buddhas. Thus, the qualities of
the grounds and paths will be perfected, and we will
become enlightened.

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How easy is it to be born there? It is said that if
one earnestly prays ten times, one will take birth
there. There is no point is doubting whether or not
you will be born there. If you nurture doubts, you
will be born in that pure realm, but the lotus flower
[in which you are born] will not open for five hundred
years. It is said that during that time, you will
experience joy and happiness, and you will hear the
voice of the Buddha; but unfortunately there will be a
delay in seeing his face. Therefore, without harboring
doubts, tonight when you are about to sleep, you
should dedicate whatever spiritual practice you have
done today to be reborn there. If you know them,
recite The Prayer of Fine Conduct and The Sukhavati
Prayer, but if you do not know them, it is enough to
say, "May I be born in Sukhavati!" By so doing, when
you die--whether or not you are able to sustain your
spiritual practice, or succeed in the practice of
transference, or recognize the assemblies of peaceful
and wrathful deities in the transitional process of
reality-itself---two weeks after your death, you will
determine that you have died; and before the
messengers of Yama arrive, and before the verdict is
made concerning your actions and their karmic
consequences, with defiled extrasensory perception you
will be aware of your past and future lives and the
intermediate states. You will be able to demonstrate
various paranormal abilities, and you will have great
freedom to go where you will. At that time, hold
Buddha Amitabha in mind, and go to Sukhavati. There is
no doubt that you will go there simply by thinking of
it. (end of quote).

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--The author of this text, Karma Chagme Rinpoche, was
born in 1613. He took refuge, novice ordination, and
eventually full ordination from the Karmapa at Tsurphu
Monastery. He then entered Thupten Nyingling Monastery
of the Zurmang tradition.
In his 21st year he was given a public examination
during the Monlam of the Karma Kagyu order before a
gathering of 12,000 monks, which increased his already
considerable renown as an outstanding scholar.
Karma Chagme spent 13 years in retreat during which he
meditated on the form of Avalokitesvara known as
Jinasagara (Tib. Gyalwa Gyatso) as his chosen deity.
Karma Chagme passed away in the year 1678 after
announcing to thousands of his disciples that the time
had come for him to depart to another realm. He
revealed amazing signs at his death. It is said that
he dissolved his mind into the heart of Buddha
Amitabha, and after the cremation of his body many
images of Avalokitesvara Jinasagara were found to be
embossed on his bones.