No.1 Emanation of Taras - Jetsun Drolma Nyurma Pamo (1/21)

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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. 1 Taras - Jetsun Drolma Nyurma Pamo 

OM TARE TUTTARE TURE BODHICITTA SVAHA

Swift heroine who increases Bodhicitta and overpowers obstacles.

Jetsun Drolma Nyurma Pamo is one of the forms of 21 tara. The name of the first Tara, with all her Tibetan titles, is Jetsun Drolma Nyurma Pamo. Nyurma means that Tara’s activity is very quick and swift, without delay. Pamo is the feminine form of the term for a hero, which can be translated as “heroine”. It describes Tara’s heroic courage and commitment to the liberation of all beings.

Jetsun Drolma Nyurma Pamo is semi-wrathful and red in color. She liberates beings from the suffering of Samsara and protects them from fear. With her compassionate power, she removes obstacles and increases Bodhicitta, awakened heart. Upon her utpala flower is a white conch shell that curls clockwise, symbolizing the glorious sound of relative and absolute Bodhicitta pervading the entire world.

Om jetsunma pakma drolma la chaktsal lo

Om, Homage to the noble lady Tara

Chaktsal drolma nyurma pamo

Homage to Tara, swift and gallant

Chen ni kechik lok dang drama

Whose glance flashes like lightning

Jikten sum gon chukye shyal gyi

Born on the heart of a blossoming lotus

Gesar jewa le ni jungma

From the face of the triple-world’s lord

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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