Refuge and
Bodhichitta to the Arya Taras
Namo kon chok kun ngo jet sun mar,
Dag sog dro kun kyap su chi,
Jang chup mon pei sim kye neh,
Zap moy lam la juk par gyl.
Om Jet Sun Mar, Phagma dromala chhag-tshal lo
(Om Homage to the
Venerable Arya Tara)
OM TARE TUTTARE TURE SVAHA.
OM TARE TUTTARE TURE SVAHA.
OM TARE TUTTARE TURE SVAHA.
The practice of Tara is said to
have many different extraordinary powers of blessing, and is particularly
effective in a wide variety of situations. For example, it is said that at the
end of an aeon or cycle of time, when hardships and calamities may increase,
the mantra and puja rituals of Tara are very crucial.
Anyone can recite the prayers of Tara and it
brings great benefit.
The Buddha Mahavairochana was the Guru, the
spiritual guide, of Tara. Buddha
Vairochana blessed Tara and
prophesied to her that at the end of the aeon, in those lands and worlds where
pujas, prayers, and rituals of Tara are
recited, as a result of these prayers, the many diseases, troubles, and
disturbances caused by evil spirits and by human beings would be pacified and
resolved. I believe that the practice of Tara is one the
most important and critical of all practices in such times.
The prayers of Tara, is said
that not only diseases and disturbances caused by evil spirits, but also hostility,
wars, conflicts and the eight obscurations and sufferings may as well be
pacified and resolved by the power of her practice.
The eight obscurations and sufferings that listed by the
First Dalai Lama as follows:-
- The suffering of
hatred, which symbolize like the fire,
- The suffering of
ignorance, which symbolize like a elephant,
- The suffering of
jealousy, which symbolize like a snake,
- The suffering of
pride, which symbolize like a lion,
- The suffering of
miserliness, which symbolize like a chain,
- The suffering of
wrong view, which symbolize like a thief,
- The suffering of doubt,
which symbolize like a spirit,
- The suffering of
lust/attachment, which symbolize like the floods
All such obstacles and related difficulties can be removed
through the blessing of the prayers and mantras of these goddesses. It is said that these puja prayer rituals and
mantra recitations are particularly important when we come to the end of an age
or cycle of time. For such times, is widely recommended the practices of Guru
Rinpoche, praises of Taras are also
extremely important.
In times of the threat of wars, epidemics, conflict, and so
on, it is very important that the mantras of Tara be put on
prayer flags and hung in the air, as much as people are able to do this. People
from all walks of life should do this and say this mantra as much as possible.
Along with the prayers of Guru Rinpoche, these practices are the most effective
in such times and situations.
One who offers praises to Tara is truly
intellectual. Whether early in the morning or late at night, if one offers the
praises to the twenty-one Taras, such as offering two, three, and then seven
repetitions of the prayer, totaling twelve recitations of the praises to the
twenty-one Taras, all wishes can be fulfilled. This is how it is in the Four
Mandalas' Ritual of Holy Tara "The Illuminating Lamp". In this puja
one repeats the praise twice, then three times, then seven times.
When it is said that all one's wishes will be
fulfilled, it means that if you need a child, you'll get one. If you have
financial needs, these will be met. Whatever wishes you have, all of them can
be fulfilled through praises to Tara.
You only
need to recite and practice it, in order to dispel your obstacles. All of your
obstacles and difficulties, however many there are, can all be removed and
relieved through offering praises to Tara. Through
praying to Tara, all potential obstacles are powerless to
cause you harm; they are naturally pacified. Nothing can get to you or harm you
in any way; you become impossible to pass through.
Certain practices have that strongly
emphasized. For Green Tara practice that is the reason why you are not supposed
to be eating meat or drinking alcohol before you do the practice. For that
reason those practices were tend to be done very early in the morning, before
breakfast, before you eat anything , you do the Tara before, that’s the reason
why it’s mostly done in the morning. But if you are a vegetarian, then you can
do Tara practice any time, all day long, you don’t
have to think that Tara should only be done in the
morning.
There is no doubt that Tara is very
swift in dispelling obstacles. All the activities of the Buddhas are embodied
in Tara, contained in her, complete in her. If you
have been empowered by your Guru or teacher to meditate yourself in the form of
Green Tara. Your body, speech can be transformed into mantra, your thoughts
into wisdom. You are no longer an ordinary being; your body, speech, and mind
have been completely raised into the exalted state of Tara herself, into the
form, mantra, and wisdom of Tara.
The words of the praises to the twenty-one Taras are not the
intellectual composition of scholars. They are spoken directly by Buddha
Mahavairochana and Buddha Shakyamuni themselves. Please recite the praise to Tara as much as
you are able to in the course of your everyday life.
If you are unable at any
time to recite the praise, try to recite the mantra of Tara:-
OM TARE TUTTARE
TURE SVAHA.
OM TARE TUTTARE TURE SVAHA.
OM TARE TUTTARE TURE SVAHA.
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Aspiration
For Bodhichitta
For
those in whom the precious bodhichitta has not arisen
May it
arise and not decrease
But
increase further and further.
Nagarjuna's
Dedication of Merit
By this
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Having
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With
its stormy waves of birth, old age, sickness and death.
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