NEW! 3GEMS BAND! Buddha Weekly’s new band sings 21 Tara Praise Inspirational Style — Don’t miss!
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Pre-launch tease of 3Gems Band ( @3GemsBand ) Release: “21 Tara Praise Inspirational” by the 3Gems Band, written by Kongchok Namkha. (Available soon on most music streaming services.
3Gems Band takes a light, joyous approach to ancient praises, a celebratory and modern inspirational style.
Pre-launch tease of 3Gems Band ( @3GemsBand ) Release: “21 Tara Praise Inspirational” by the 3Gems Band, written by Kongchok Namkha. (Available soon on most music streaming services.) @3GemsBand is a Buddha Weekly band.
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3Gems Band is a Buddha Weekly band takes a light, joyous approach to ancient praises, a celebratory and modern inspirational style.
BASED ON THE ANCIENT SANSKRIT PRAISE DHARANI TO the 21 TARAS, translated first to English, then written as English song lyrics. Although this is song rhythmic, it contains the entire essence of the praise
LYRICS:
Homage to Tara the Swift and Courageous,
You drive away all our fears with Tuttare,
Saviouress fulfilling all aims with Ture,
With syllables Svaha, we offer homage.
Homage to You, the Swift One, the Heroine,
Your gaze is as quick as flashes of lightning
Who arose from the majestic flower
From the Lotus face of the Lord of Three Worlds.
Homage to You with a face that resembles
The gathering of one hundred autumn full moons
And who with the brightness of stars by the thousands
Shines in a vast perfect light of resplendence.
Homage to You divine golden-blue Goddess
Whose hands are adorned by water-born lotus.
Embody Six Perfections: Giving, Patience
Ethics, Concentration, Vigor, and Wisdom
Homage to You who crowns Buddha’s ushnishas,
Whose victorious actions have no limit.
Who has attained every transcendent wisdom,
On whom the Bodhisattvas themselves rely.
Homage to You who with Hum and Tuttara,
Fill all worlds of desire, direction, space.
Who with your feet press down on the Seven Worlds;
You subdue all beings under your power.
Homage to You praised by Indra and Agni,
Brahma, Vayu, Ishvara and all the gods
All the spirits, zombies, and the smell-eaters,
Even the Yakshas give praise in Your presence.
Homage to You who with the Trey and Phat sounds,
Crush every magical wheel, evil forces,
Right leg extended and left bent, you trample,
You burn them completely in Your whirling fire.
Homage to You, Ture, the Boundless Fierce One,
Who totally destroys leaders of maras.
Whose lotus-like face forms furious wrinkles,
You annihilate foes without exception.
Homage to You whose fingers held at Your chest,
Displaying the mudra of the Three Jewels;
Beautiful swirling light in your precious hands
Dharma wheels connect every direction.
Homage to You, the majestic and joyful
With brilliant garlands of light around your crown
With the great clangor of laughter Tuttara
Over power all the worlds and the maras.
Homage to You, endowed with the great power,
To draw assembly of worldly guardians.
The One who with the Hum of wrathful wrinkles
You rescue completely from all poverty.
Homage to You, who is crowned with crescent moon,
And whose ornaments so brilliantly sparkle.
Amitabha in front of your ushnisha,
Eternally radiating beams of light.
Homage to You, who dwell in garlands of flames
Engulfed in fire like the end of the aeon.
Right leg outstretched and left bent with blissful joy
Who with your power destroy all enemies.
Homage to You, striking the ground with your hand
And crushing the earth with your majestic foot.
With wrathful, wrinkled face and the sound of Hum
You fully subdue seven levels of worlds.
Homage to You, happy, virtuous and peaceful,
Who acts from eternal bliss of Nirvana.
And who with the pure sounds of Om and Svaha,
Eliminates the most unwholesome Karmas!
Homage to You, who turns the Wheel of Dharma
For truly devoted, who love the teachings
Crushing enemies — all types of obstacles
with the Hum and the ten syllable mantra.
Homage to You with feet stamping and Ture
Whose essence is the sacred syllable Hum.
You cause Mount Meru, Mandhara and Vindhya
Making all three worlds to tremble and shake!
Homage to You, holding the moon in Your hand
Like a celestial ocean of nectar.
Sound of the Pat and the twice uttered Tara
You completely dispel every poison.
Homage to You on whom the devas rely
And also the lords of all the Gandharvas.
Your armor of joy, a radiant brightness,
You eliminate arguments and nightmares.
Homage to You, whose two eyes are shining bright,
Brilliant with light like the sun and the full moon.
Saying Hara twice and Tuttare again
You clear and eliminate epidemics.
Homage to You whose pure Body, Speech and Mind
Are perfect with the strength and power of peace.
Suppressing Maras, Dons, Zombies and Yakshas
With the most exalted syllable Ture.
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Lee Kane is the editor of Buddha Weekly, since 2007. His main focuses as a writer are mindfulness techniques, meditation, Dharma and Sutra commentaries, Buddhist practices, international perspectives and traditions, Vajrayana, Mahayana, Zen. He also covers various events.
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