No.11 Emanation of Taras - Phagma Norter Drolma (11/21)

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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. 11 Taras - Phagma Norter Drolma 

OM TARE TUTTARE TURE MAMA BASU PUSHTIM KURU SVAHA

Bestowing Wealth and Removing Poverty

Phagma Norter Drolma is semi-wrathful and golden red in color. The name Phagmo means “noble one” or “supreme one”. Roughly translated, Norter means “bestowing riches”, so Phagma Norter Drolma is the Noble Tara, who bestows wealth, renowned as Tara the wealth-giver, who removes the sufferings of poverty.

Her shower of blessings fills the entire world, completely liberating sentient beings from the suffering of poverty. Upon her utpala flower is a treasure vase that grants all wishes. 

The light of the syllable HUNG radiates from her body, speech, and mind, showering down all the wealth and glory of the gods, nagas, and humans.

OM jetsun ma phag ma drol ma la chhag tshal lo

Om Homage to the noble lady Tara

Chhag tshal sa zhi kyong wai tshog nam

Homage to you, Tara, who are able to invoke

Tham cha gug par nu ma nyi ma

The entire assembly of local protectors

Thro nyer yo wai yi ge HUM gi

Whose wrathful expression fiercely shakes

Phong pa tham cha nam par drol ma

Rescuing the impoverished through the letter HUM

Prayers 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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