Marichi, The Divine Mother of Brilliant Light Rays.

Marichi, The Divine Mother of Brilliant Light Rays. 

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

Be glad today. Be brave today.

Tomorrow may bring tears,
There is no darkness,
So dense, so menacing,
So difficult that it can not be overcome by night,
The darkest night will pass,
And the golden rays of light will usher in the dawn.

Marici is the Goddess of Dawn, the moment when light overcomes darkness. She represents awakening, triumph over evil, and victory in the face of extreme hardship. Riding on a chariot driven by boars, Marichi fearlessly removes all obstacles to freedom, happiness, and well-being.

Marichi she is regarded as the guardian of all nations, whom she is protects from the fury of war.  She is seated in a chariot drawn by savage boars. The seven savage boars are symbolizes of removing all obstacles to happiness and well-being. The goddess of Marichi is very popular in Tibet, Mongolia and there are several shrines dedicated to her in Tibet.

Every morning, the goddess of Marichi is invoked by the Lamas of Tibet about the time of sun-rise, which shows her connection with the sun.  Recite her ritual prayer once and mantra as many as possible, this is to invoke Marichi her power of blessing and to remove our obstacles and to bring great blessing and pleasure.

The rays of Marichi also reaching out to all evil spirits, demons, and let the power of rays of light that can blind all the harmful evil spirits, demons and take away their evil desire and intention that bring harm to the practitioners or the affected love ones and friends.To complete the ritual prayer, and wish is expressed that the merit gained from the ritual will bring into enlightenment

Throughout antiquity, warriors worshipped Marichi at dawn to invoke her courage and her powers of invisibility. Since she rides in front of the sun, she is undetectable and can never be captured or bound. Meditations devoted to her offered a path for warriors to strengthen compassion. Through mastery of the self, they became selfless servants of their mission.

Marichi she is typically depicted as a multi-armed goddess who is riding a charging boar or sow, or on a fiery chariot pulled by seven horses or seven boars. She has either one head, or three to six with one shaped like a boar. In parts of East Asia, in her most fiercest forms, she may wear a necklace of skulls. An alternate representation is she sitting on a lotus.

Some of the earliest iconography of Marichi is found in India and Tibet, particularly near the ancient port-city and Buddhist site Salihundam of Andhra Pradesh where Marici is depicted as riding on a chariot pulled by seven horses in a manner similar to Surya (Sun deity with goddesses Usha and Chaya).

In Mahayana Buddhist texts, Marici is the goddess of dawn, one introduced by the Buddha at Shravasti. In some aspects, she is comparable to, and likely a fusion deity derived from the feminine version of Surya and in others ways to Usha, Durga and Vajravarahi. She is one of the goddesses invoked in Buddhist dharanis.

In Tibetan Buddhism, she is depicted as goddess of dawn (or light), a healer or the one who seeks enlightenment of all beings. In Japanese Buddhism, she is depicted as the warrior goddess – the protector of the Bushi or Samurai, his passion of justice; she is alternatively a healer from the wrong state to the right state of existence.

Marichi she is highly revered in Esoteric Chinese Buddhism. Most often, she is depicted with three eyes in each of her three faces; with four arms on each side of her body. Two of her hands are held together, and the other six holds a sun, moon, bell, golden seal, bow, and a halberd. She is either standing/sitting on top of a lotus or pig, or on a Lotus on top of seven pigs. She is celebrated on the 9th day of the 9th lunar month. 

Doumu or Beidou constellation or in English it's known as the Big Dipper constellation.

In Taoism, Marichi is known as Doumu. She remains a popular deity and is often referred to as the Queen of Heaven and she is widely worshipped as the Goddess of Beidou (the Chinese equivalent of Ursa Major except that it also includes 2 "attendant" stars). She is also revered as the mother of the Nine Emperor Gods who are represented by the nine stars in the Beidou constellation or in English it's known as the Big Dipper constellation.

Marichi she wears red celestial garments and her body is elegantly adorned with various precious jewels and ornaments. She has three faces with three eyes on each face, and eight arms. The left hands hold a lasso, a bow, an Ashoka branch, and a thread. The right hands hold a Vajra sceptre, a needle, a hook, and an arrow.

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The kindly and dark yellow front face of the three faces is smiling, with the eyes open and the lips as red as vermilion. This face represents courage and non-hindrance. The right face is dark red in color, as perfect as the full autumn moon, the color of a lotus, emitting supreme light, affable, and with the looks of a young girl.

To complete the ritual prayer, and wish is expressed that the merit gained from the ritual will bring into enlightenment

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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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