Why 21 Tara in specific and not random numbers ?

 

OM TARE TUTARE TURE SOHA

OM TARE TUTARE TURE SOHA

OM TARE TUTARE TURE SOHA

OM to the transcendent subduer, Arya Tara, I prostrate,

Homage to the glorious one, who frees with TARE,

With TUTARE, you calm all fears,

You bestow all success with TURE,

To the sound SOHA, I pay great homage. 

  

Green Tara is known as the “swift One” or the “swift Liberator” due to her immediate response to those who request her help. Green Tara reaches out her hand in the gesture of granting protection, freeing one from fear, obstacles, and difficulties. With her right foot stepping forward, she is alert, determined and ready to actively help all who call upon her.

There are so many inner obstacles to the development of our minds and these inner obstacles create many outer obstacles. Therefore, for the success of our Dharma practices, of our actualizing the graduated path to enlightenment, we must rely upon a special Yidam or Buddha such as the Compassionate Goddess of Mother Tara.

Many great Indian Yogis, an example is the great Pandit Lama Atisha relied upon mother Tara. Lama Atisha was able to bring extensive benefits to the Buddha’s teachings and sentient beings. All his success came from Tara. So it is important to have a full trust, confidence and devotion when reciting the mantra, and the praises to the twenty-one Taras prayer at dawn or dusk, at any time of the day or night.

Reciting the Tara mantra or praises to the twenty-one Tara’s practice. Tara can be able to help us overcome many problems in our life. She will liberate us from the untimely death, help us recover from diseases, bring success in business, help us to get jobs.

One might ask "Why 21 Tara in specific? And not 22 or 23 or 40 or any random numbers?

At the basic level, Buddha had taught us 21 techniques with which we are able to attain Enlightenment. According to the Mahayana Sutra system, as we practice, we traverse the ten different levels (Bhumis), eventually reaching the enlightened state. The basis for our enlightenment is right where we find ourselves now, with the precious endowment of our own human body and our own Buddha-nature.

Vajrayana or Tantra is similar to the sutra system, but its methods are more specifically targeted. According to Tantric teaching, within this human body we have twenty one knots. These are in pairs and they obstruct or block our channels. Through practice, as we release each of these pairs of knots, we obtain a specific experience or realization.

After we have released all of the 21 knots, we are known as enlightened beings, having attained Buddhahood.

Buddhahood is not some force that is outside us, waiting for the knots to be untied in order to come in. From basic Buddhism all the way to Dzogchen, it is made perfectly clear that Buddhahood is an innate state, already within us.

Our inherently awakened state is an already enlightened being, a Buddha, Tathagatagarbha. When we release those 21 knots, we attain the ultimate awakening known as the Dharmakaya state. 

The Dharmakaya, in turn, has 21 spontaneously inherent qualities. They transcend duality, the compound state, permanence and impermanence, and effort or striving. Unceasingly, they arise as necessary for the benefit of all sentient beings. 

These twenty one active Dharma kaya qualities appear as the twenty one emanation of Tara. Thus Tara combines all the active energies of the three kayas by which we release our own knots and those of other beings, the energy by which we achieve enlightenment and help other beings to achieve it. 

The Praise to Tara with Twenty-One Verses of Homage, and the Excellent Benefits of Reciting the Praise is usually abbreviated to Praises to the Twenty-One Taras. It is a twenty-seven-versed tantra that is dedicated to the female Bodhisattva Tara, who has twenty-one emanations; Ranging from peaceful to wrathful forms. These poetic verses describe her physical appearance, iconography, attributes, and mantra; and pay homage to the great Tara.

This article aims to provide general introductions to each of the twenty-one Taras, so that the new practitioner can gain a rudimental understanding of these emanations.

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Commentary On The Praises of 21 Taras - Chapter 2/3

The praises are extremely common and renowned amongst the four Mahayana traditions of Tibetan Buddhism. Not only the great meditators, yogis and pundits, but the common people who rely Tara experience quick success and achieve the happiness they wish for.

Brilliant Rays of Light

A Commentary on the Praise to Tara

Homage to the noble lady Tara!

12. Homage to her, who’s so brightly adorned with a sliver of moon, which resembles that of the first day of the lunar month, as her crown, blazing rays of light. Amongst her locks resides Amitābha, Buddha of Boundless Light, who graces her as another crown ornament. His gleaming rays stream forever forth, constantly benefitting sentient beings with the shining of his boundless light.

13.  Homage to her, seated in a halo blazing with apocalyptic flames, just like those of the seven suns which burn all the earth, stones, and mountains at the end of the eon. Her posture, with her right leg stretched out and left bent inward, is the opposite of before. Immersed in joy, she crushes all the opposing forces, the legions of foes.

14. Homage to her, who on the earth’s surface strikes her left palm and makes the threatening mudrā and stamps her feet. Her brow deeply furrowed, with the utterance of the syllable Hum, light shoots forth from the Vajra in her right hand. This light fills the seven netherworlds and all their obstacles are dispelled.

15. Homage to her, the lady who is blissful, since she is endowed with untainted bliss; and gracious, because she is free from what needs to be abandoned, the afflictions. She acts out of the domain of the peace—the pacification of suffering—of nirvana, which is the total exhaustion of all thoughts. With the essence of her enlightened from, Om and Svaha perfect union, she lays to waste every terrible evil—the afflictions of others, which must be abandoned.    

16. Homage to her, who, immersed in rapture, shatters the bodies of all her foes. She manifests from the wisdom-syllable Hum, for this is the essence of her wrathful mantra—Om Namas Tare Namo Hare Hum Hare Svaha. She likewise displays each of her peaceful mantra’s ten syllables—Om Tare Tuttare Ture Svaha.

17. Homage to Ture, whose wrathful emanation enters a dance. Her feet stomping boldly, she pacifies obstacles wherever they may be. Her wrathful body is born or formed from the seed of the syllable Hum. The supreme mountain of the three-thousand-fold world system, called Mandara, is pierced by the light radiating from the syllable Hum. All the three worlds—the desire, form and formless realms—she causes them to quake.

18.  Homage to her, who holds in her hand the maṇḍala of a deer-marked moon, which is likened to a divine lake. This is a sign that she has cleared away the poison of the afflictions. With Tara twice and then with Phaṭ, and with the mantra Tare, she totally cleanses all of the poisons of the world and all that moves within it. 

19. Homage to her, who is served—worshipped—by kings of hosts divine, and leaders of gods and of the kiṃnaras, such as King Druma. She is suited or manifests in a deity’s form and mantra, which serves as her armour of joy and splendour. She dispels all nightmares, soothes away the strife caused by those opposed to the Dharma.

20. Homage to her, whose eyes become sources of shining light. p both shine with luster, bright with the fullness of her right eye, represented by the sun, and her left eye, represented by the moon. With twice-uttered Hara—a mantra that is both peaceful and wrathful—and Tuttare she pacifies all, including the most intractable diseases.

21. Homage to her, who has the power to free us from all afflictions. She puts forth the realities of enlightened body, speech and mind as a set of three—the syllables Om, Ah and Hum. Supreme Ture, she completely pacifies and destroys all opposing forces—the hordes of grahas, vetalas, and yaksas that create obstacles—through the power of the ten-syllable mantra.

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Tara of All Colours: Wrathful, Peaceful and Everything In-Between

 

Tara can manifest in myriad—literally endless—forms, suited to the need of the practitioner. Iconographically, She can appear in any color. Famously, She is Green Tara, the saviors—and the chief manifestation of Tara. She is equally known as White Tara, the Goddess of Long Life and Healing.

She can be Ugra Tara, the Black Tara, who is the secret Mantra emanation—the very source of All, since sound (or frequencies) are often considered the source of manifestation in some Budhdist and Hindu beliefs.

Red Tara enjoys much love for her passionate role as the magnetizing Tara, who attracts and who helps beings with the power of positive attraction.

Yellow Tara helps those struggling with poverty, or just to help provide the resources to help other sentient beings. In higher Tantric practices Tara can manifest in the body mandala as simultaneous multi-coloured Taras at each of the body’s chakras.

Tara Does What?

Although all Buddhas and enlightened beings have the same realizations, the first question from people newly introduced to Tara, or any deity, is often “What does She do?”

What does Tara do? “Does” is a relative term. Relatively, She is wisdom in action. She is compassion in action. Tara is the penultimate combination of both wisdom and compassion. Ultimately, She is Wisdom realizing emptiness. Relatively, She is the ultimate action hero—means and method. Her names include “Swift Heroine,” which describes Her perfectly.

With Tara, Wisdom and Compassion are perfectly combined.

She is swift like the wind. Her green color is representative of the swift, active wind element, fearlessness, and imperturbable wisdom—very much a reflection of Her male consort, Amoghasiddhi. Also, without contradiction, often Tara is seen as the consort of other male Buddhas. She can also be thought of as the female aspect of Avalokitesvara (Chenrezig).

Tara – The Female Buddha

Tara is actually the perfection of wisdom, and she is the mother of all the Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, Shravakas, and Pratyeka Buddhas. This wisdom is actually beyond any forms or signs or descriptions. But out of great compassion, in order to help sentient beings, she appears in a physical form that is the Tara. The word Tara means “Saviour” or “One Who Saves”.

Why Tara is called as the female Buddha?

There are male and female Buddhas just as there are male and female people. There are many female Buddhas, not just Tara and Vajrayogini; there are so many female deities! For some people, it is much easier to practice female deities. 

It depends on one’s own karmic connections. For some, female deities are more suited, and for others, male deities are more suited. Although is it said, in terms of their wisdom, compassion, and power, that all deities are the same, but due to their motherly figure, it is easier to invoke the blessing of female deities.

Why is Tara in particularly regarded for her compassion?

Basically, all the deities are the nature of compassion and emptiness, but Tara is special in two ways: firstly, she is in the motherly figure, and secondly, she is an emanation of Avalokiteshvara, the manifestation of all the Buddhas’ compassion. Therefore, there is a particular connection between compassion and Tara.

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Goddess Marici - The Ray of Light Bodhisattva 摩利支天菩薩

Marici — “Ray of Light” Bodhisattva Goddess — protective Bodhisattva for “turbulent times”; the aspect of glorious Mother Tara.

Marici’s most popular praise, written by the great Vidyadhara Jigdral Lingpa, states her most important role is  “to bring protection from fear in these turbulent times.”

The turbulent times referred to were centuries ago, and sadly, we still need the powerful protection of Marici, the emanation of Tara. Her Dharani, most effective in these difficult times, was proclaimed by Shakyamuni Buddha in the Dharani of Marica, spoken by the Buddha.

Marici, the ray of light, the glorious Bodhisattva Goddess of compassion who rides a boar, is an aspect of Tara in most Tibetan traditions. She is revealed as the 21st Tara in some Nyingma traditions. In the Surya Gupta tradition, she is the attendant of the 9th Tara along with Ekajati (in this context they are considered aspects of Tara.)

The greatest enemy of the Maras

Marici Goddess of the Dawn is the “enemy of the Maras” and an important Mahayana and Vajrayana Enlightened Deity. 

She is called the “great enemy of the Maras” — due to her well-known protective role. In this beautiful Tibetan praise, her protective aspects are acclaimed — by the Vidyadhara Jigdral Lingpa:

Om, lhamo özer chenma la chaktsal lo

Om, Homage to the goddess Marici.

Chaktsal du kyi du dra chenmo

Homage to her, the great enemy of the maras.

Zhen gyi mitub nampar jomma

Utterly invincible, vanquisher of all,

Nyima dawe dun ne dro zhing

She who travels before the sun and moon,

Chusin gyaltsen nampar troma

And drives away Makaradhvaja, God of Desire,

Khyo la solwa tabpa tsam gyi

Simply by praying to you,

Dra yi pung ni nampar chom shik

May the hosts of opposing forces be destroyed!

Se dang ye dang tre mong jerwe

Slay them, divide them, drive them away, confuse them and disperse them,

Chok le namgyal ngodrub tsol chik

And grant us the siddhi of total victory over all adversity!

Ray of Light — shining light of protection

Marici “Ray of Light” in Chinese: 摩利支天菩薩; Japanese: Marishiten, Marici is a Buddhist Devi or Enlightened goddess, as well as a Bodhisattva associated with light and the Sun. She is typically depicted with multiple arms and riding a charging boar or sow, or on a fiery chariot pulled by seven horses or seven boars. 

She has either one head, or between three to six with one shaped like a boar. In parts of East Asia, in her fiercest forms, she may wear a necklace of skulls. In some representations, she sits upon a lotus flower.

Maric is popular in Japan, China, Korea, Tibet, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Vietnam. In Japan she is also known as Bari Kannon (摩利観音). In China she is also known as Moli Tian or Boli Tian. In Korea she is also known as Bulmujongwon-bosal.

In the Dharani sutra of Marici, her benefits are recited by the Buddha [for the full text, including Sanskrit of this Dharani, see section below]:

“Oṃ, goddess Marici, please protect me on the road!

Please protect me from taking wrong paths!

Please protect me from dangerous beings!

Please protect me from the danger of tyrants!

Please protect me from the danger of elephants!

Please protect me from the danger of thieves!

Please protect me from the danger of nagas!

Please protect me from the danger of lions!

Please protect me from the danger of tigers!

Please protect me from the danger of fire!

Please protect me from the danger of water!

Please protect me from the danger of snakes!

Please protect me from the danger of poison!

Please protect me from the danger of opponents and adversaries!”

A more wrathful manifestation of Marici. Marici is the “Enemy of the Maras” and protects from many dangers.

This is followed by her special Dharani of protection, spoken by Shakyamuni Buddha:

Tadyathā | oṃ vattālī vadālī varālī varāha-mukhī | sarva-duṣṭa-pra-duṣṭānāṃ cakṣur-mukhaṃ bandha bandha | bandha mukhaṃ jambhaya stambhaya mohaya svāhā | oṃ mārīcyai svāhā | oṃ varālī vadālī vattālī varāha-mukhī sarva-duṣṭa-pra-duṣṭānāṃ cakṣur-mukhaṃ bandha bandha svāhā 

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No.21 Emanation of Taras - Lhamo Ozer Chenma / Marichi (21/21)

 

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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. 21 Taras - Lhamo Ozer Chenma / Marichi   

OM TARE TUTTARE TURE MARITSE YE TSE BHRUM NRI DZA SVAHA

Goddess Endowed With Light Who Replenishes the Longevity and Life Force of the Sick

Lhamo Ozer Chenma – Divine Mother of Brilliant Light Rays. The 21st of Atisha’s 21 Taras is peaceful and white in color. This emanation of Tara offers protection from the depletion of energy and vitality by replenishing life force and increasing longevity. She also safeguards the well-being of animals. Golden fish rest upon the utpala flower by her left ear.

Lhamo Ozer Chenma is peaceful and white in color. She radiates light, instantly summoning all evil spirits who steal the vitality and longevity of the sick. Upon her utpala flower is a golden fish. Light radiates from the three syllables OM AH HUNG of her body, speech, and mind, completely pacifying all obstacles: outer forces, inner imbalance of the elements, and secret obstacles of dualistic grasping at afflictive emotions. 

Tara Ozer Chenma is the divine great Mother of “brilliant light rays”, Ozer. She is particularly beneficial to us because she can protect our longevity. She helps us when our energy, vitality, or life force is endangered. She is also renowned as a protector of animals.

Om Jetsunma pal ma drolma la chaktsal lo

Om Homage to the noble lady Tara

Chaktsal den yi sum nam ko pe

Homage to you, adorned with three natures

Shi we tu dang yang dak den ma

Perfectly endowed with peaceful strength

Don dang ro lang no jin tsok nam

You destroy demons, zombies, and yakshas

Jom pa tu re rab chok nyi ma

O TURE, most exalted and sublime

Tsa we ngak kyi to pa di dang

I praise with this root mantra

Chak tsal wa ni nyi shu tsa chik

and pay homage twenty one times

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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May it arise and not decrease

But increase further and further.

Dedication of Merit

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Having defeated the enemies wrong-doings.

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No.20 Emanation of Taras - Ritro Loma Gyonma / Parnashavari (20/21)

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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. 20 Taras - Ritro Loma Gyonma  / Parnashavari

OM TARE TUTTARE TURE NAMA TARE MANO HARA HUNG HARA SVAHA

Noble Lady of Mountain Retreat, Clothed in Leaves, Who Removes Contagious Diseases

Ritro Loma Gyonma is peaceful and yellow, red like saffron. Devotedly reciting her mantra dispels all deadly epidemics. Upon her utpala flower is a round vessel filled with nectar. Her eyes are like the sun and the full moon. From the sun of her right eye shines a radiant light, destroying all disease-bearing beings. From the moon of her left eye, a rich stream of nectar descends healing all forms of disease, including their causes and consequences. 

Ritro Loma Gyonma, Noble lady of mountain retreat , Clothed in Leaves. The twentieth of Atisha’s 21 Taras is saffron in colour and known for vanquishing infectious disease and sickness. Medicinal substances fill the vessel supported by her utpala flower, and her eyes restore and preserve the health of sentient beings with the light of the sun and the moon.

Ritro Loma Gyonma / * Parnasavari’s practice is very sacred and very supreme because it focuses specifically on purifying the karma and the causes that ravage our bodies with diseases. Diseases, illness and sickness are tremendous obstacles to our practice because sometimes we recover and sometimes we don’t recover from them.  

* Parnasavari’s practice specifically requires initiation from your Guru or master

And if we do not recover, we do not know when we will have another chance to achieve another precious human body to practice, meet our teachers, to believe, trust and develop spiritual maturity in order that we have confidence in our practice.

When we practice this deity, Ritro Loma Gyonma /  Parnasavari, it is specifically aimed at purifying karma that can harm our body, karma that can manifest diseases, or if we are sick and disease-ridden, this practice can help us heal in conjunction with the medicines we are taking. 

If we do this practice every single day, we can set up a simple altar to her or include her onto our existing altar.  It can be a statue, tsa tsa, picture or painting of her, or we could have an altar specifically for her. Either way, she is a fully enlightened Buddha so there is no conflict whatsoever.

During this time and age when our food is toxic, the air is toxic, the water is toxic and the ground is very polluted, many types of diseases arise that we never heard of in the past. Ritro Loma Gyonma or Parnasavari is extremely effective in combating new diseases, virulent diseases and diseases that are extremely contagious, dangerous and life threatening. 

Doing her practice not only heals diseases, but also creates the situation where we can accumulate merits through practicing the Six Paramitas. When we accumulate merits via the Six Paramitas, we also create the causes for ourselves to become a fully enlightened being in the future. Therefore, by practicing Ritro Loma Gyonma / Parnasavari it is definitely possible to plant the seeds and to create the causes for our full enlightenment in the future.

You can do her mantra every single day, one mala, one rosary or you can do more. It will be very good to do more of her mantra if you are very ill. It’s up to you how much you would like to do. After reciting her mantra, you can also blow on the medicines that you are going to consume orally or apply topically, as an extra blessing for the effectiveness of the medication. 

Om Jetsunma pal ma dolma la chaktsal lo

Om Homage to the noble lady Tara

Chak tsal nyi ma da wa gye pe

Homage to you whose eyes, the sun and moon

Chen nyi po la o rab sal ma

Radiate with pure brilliant light

Ha ra nyi jo tut ta ra yi

Uttering HARA twice and TUTTARA

Shin tu drak po rim ne sel ma

Dispels extremely fearful plagues

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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May it arise and not decrease

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Dedication of Merit

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Having defeated the enemies wrong-doings.

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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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Aspiration For Bodhichitta

For those in whom the precious Bodhichitta has not arisen

May it arise and not decrease

But increase further and further.

Dedication of Merit

By this merit may we obtain omniscience then.

Having defeated the enemies wrong-doings.

May we liberate migratory from the ocean of existence.

With its stormy waves of birth, old age, sickness and death.

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