Black Tara’s Ultimate Protection Ritual: 15-Minute Practice for times of Global Uncertainty
Recitation of the concise, but complete, protection and merit practice (15 Minutes) of Black Tara, Vadi Pramardani Tara, for crushing the harm-doers of the eight classes. This practice supresses all evil intentions, black magic, curses, demons and spirits, war-bringers and trouble-makers.
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She destroys the 8 classes of Harm-Doers, the 9-Evils and helps transform the 5 poisons.
Black Tara Mantra:
oṃ tāre tuttāre ture sarva vidyā avarṇā ye bhye phaṭ svahā
She is called Tara Who Destroys all Enemies, and Tara who is Invicible. She is the 7th of the twenty-one Taras, and one of the most reassuring in times of threat, danger or attack from internal or external enemies.
How does she destroy enemies? By destroying the five poisons in the minds of enemies (keshas). All of these enemies are actually harmful mental states:
- Anger and Hate
- Jealousy
- Greed
- Attachments
- Ignorance (Delusion)
Most demons, black magic, evil intentions and harm-doers arise from Anger and Hate. These are symbolized with the Black color (wrath) and blue or dark blue (the colour of soothing water, which cools the anger).
Black Tara, is beautiful Mother Arya Tara in her wrathful energetic form, ready to destroy totally the anger and hate in all harm doers of the eight classes.
8 Classes of Harm-Doers
The 8 Classes of Harm-Doers (besides humans) are:
- Yamas (gshin rje) : death-bringing demons
- Tsan (btsan): War-like evil spirits (tsen) and war-like non-human spirits (tsan), also disease-causing demons and powerful ghosts. Can also be demons of mountains, rivers, hunting demons, etc.
- Maras (bdud): These are the demons of our poisons: hate, seduction, attachment, jealousy, pride.
- Mamo (mamo): wrathful female deities: natural spirits but with a tendency to be destructive (stormy spirits)
- Rakshasa (sprin po): supernatural often malevolent beings, can be cannibals. Rakshashi are female.
- Yaksha (gnod sbyin): usually benovolent but sometimes mischievous or capricious, (rarely evil but they can be harm-doers) connected with water, fertility, trees, the forest, treasure and wilderness
- Kinnara (mi-am ci): usually look like part human and part bird
- Bumipati (sa dbag): these are deities often associated with fire
It is recommended, when you have time, to do the short Mother Tara (Green Tara) first, followed by Black Tara. Ideally, also chant the 21 Taras Dharani or praise in Sanskrit.
VIDEO RESOURCES:
Black Vadi Pramardani Tara Mantra 108 Times, chanted beautifully in Sanskrit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jsBS2igHzM
Black Vadi Pramardani Tara Mantra one hour of chanting in Sanskrit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcXvmaL5IIQ
About Black Tara (documentary): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCle3cfyNIg
About Arya Mother Tara Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7LsdX6VRtg
Mother Green Tara 7-Minute (It is ideal to practice Green Tara first when you have the time): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgbHrXKTyDE
All 21 Tara Mantras in 21 Minutes (a good daily practice): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4GCzOHx6hk
21 Tara Dharani Praise in Sanskrit : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XlYma5HW_Q
21 Tara Praise in English: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuj98g2DqOw
WHO CAN PRACTICE: This is a frontal-generation merit practice with offerings, 7-Limbs, Praise in Sanskrit, Requests, Mantra and visualization (frontal generation). As a Tara practice, this normally does NOT require permission. (Do not self-generate (or visualize yourself as Tara) unless you have empowerment.)
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