No.19 Emanation of Taras - Dugkarmo (19/21)

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Praises to the Twenty-One Tara is a traditional prayer in Tibetan Buddhism to the female Bodhisattva Tara. (Tibetan called Drolma) also known as Arya Tara or Jetsun Dolma. The prayer is found in all four traditions of Tibetan Buddhism.  

Each of the twenty-one emanations of Tara has her own name, and a specific mantra with which she is associated, offering protection from various types of fears, harm, and calamities.

Tara has Twenty-One ultimate emanations according to the mantra of the Buddha Samantabhadra called “Twenty-One Praises of Tara”. Twenty-One Tara with 21 specific colors serves with a specific function. 

There are different styles and designs of tangka paintings that represent the Twenty-One manifestations of Tara based on distinct lineages and practices, in which forms, colors, ritual objects and even names or functions can vary. 

Homage to The No.19 Taras - Dugkarmo

OM TARE TUTTARE TURE HUNG HUNG PHAT PHAT RAKSHA RAKSHA MAM SVAHA

Invincible Queen of the White Umbrella Who Dispels Conflicts and Bad Dreams

Tara Dugkarmo is peaceful and white in color. Meditating upon her and reciting her mantra brings joy and bliss, causing the practitioner’s body, speech, and mind to blaze with power and splendor. Upon her utpala flower is a white umbrella. Fire, weapons, and Vajra spark emanated from her body, completely uprooting hostility toward the Dharma, worldly disputes, curses, misuse of mantric power, and negative signs in dreams.

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Tara Dugkarmo is a famous emanation of Tara, who protects from nightmares, bad omens in dreams, and black magic. She especially protects the Dharma and the lamas from spir­itual harm, as well as protecting us from arguments and violence. Dugkar means "white umbrella," so she is often called Queen White Umbrella.

Tara Dugkarmo – Queen of the White Umbrella. The 19th of Atisha’s 21 Taras displays a semi-wrathful smile and is white in colour. This manifestation of Tara offers protection from nightmares and bad omens, perpetuating serenity and peace in their place. She also plays the important role of safeguarding the Dharma and those that teach it from discord and conflict. A white umbrella appears in Tara’s utpala flower.

Om Jetsunma pal ma dolma la chaktsal lo

Om Homage to the noble lady Tara

Chaktsal lha yi tsok nam gyal po

Homage to you on whom the kings of gods

Lha dang mi am chi yi ten ma

The gods themselves, and all spirits rely

Kun ne go cha ga wa ji kyi

Your armor radiates joy to all

Tso dang mi lam ngen pa sel ma

You soothe conflicts and nightmares as well

Prayer of the Benefits

Whoever is endowed with devotion for the goddess and recites this with supreme faith, remembering it at dawn upon waking and in the evenings, will be granted all fearlessness, will perfectly pacify all negativities, and will eliminate all unfortunate migrations.

The multitudes of conquerors will quickly grant initiation: Thus, endowed with this greatness, one will eventually reach the state of a Buddha. If affected by the most terrible poison, whether ingested, drunk, or from a living being, just by remembering will one be thoroughly cleansed.

If this prayer is recited two, three, or seven times, It will pacify all the sufferings of torments caused by spirits, fevers, and poisons, and by other beings as well. If you wish for a child, you will get a child; if you wish for wealth, you will receive wealth. All your wishes will be fulfilled and all obstacles pacified.  

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