Chanted Praise to the 21 Taras in Sacred Sanskrit sung by Hrishikesh Sonar!
The 21 Praises to Tara are famous for blessing activity, protection, healing, long-life practice and wish-fulfillment. Tara, the Mother of the Buddhas, emanates in countless forms to help suffering beings in our troubled world. Each of these forms specializes in one of these Enlightened activities: the various White Taras for peaceful activity, the Red Taras for magnetizing and enchanting, the Yellow Taras for auspiciousness and wish-fulfilment, and the Black Taras for wrathful power to overcome evil or negative forces and obstacles.
Transcript and sing-along text
Sanskrit Praise chanted by
Hrishikesh Sonar
for Buddha Weekly
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Chanting Taraโs Praises daily โ especially in the original Sanskrit โ is a practice recommended by countless Buddhist teachers. Shakyamuni Buddha taught the 21 Praises originally in Sacred Sanskrit. Chanting the praise with the original Sanskrit vowels of Buddha is important as an empowering method, energizing the sounds with mantra and seed syllable vibrations.
Sing along now, with the amazing Hrishikesh Sonar, created on behalf of Buddha Weekly. profound praise sung in the Mother language Sanskrit.
Bring the blessings and protection of Mother Tara into your life with this sacred and profound praise sung in the Mother language Sanskrit. Visualize the 21 Taras โ here presented through the art of Niels Petersen, according to the ancient lineage of Surya Gupta, as taught in the books Tara in the Palm of Your Hand, and Tara at Your Lotus Heart by Venerable Zasep Rinpoche.
Sanskrit for chant-along
om namo bhagavatyai aฬryasฬriฬ ekavimฬฃsฬati taฬraฬyai
namastฤre ture vฤซre
tuttฤre bhayanฤลini
ture sarvฤrthade tฤre
svฤhฤkฤre namoโstute
1st Tara
namastฤre ture vฤซre
kแนฃaแนa dyuti nibhekแนฃaแนe
trailokya nฤtha vaktrฤbja
vikasat kesarodbhave
2nd Tara
namaแธฅ ลata ลaraccandra
sampลซrแนa paแนญalฤnane
tฤrฤ sahasra nikara prahasat
kiraแนojjvale
3rd Tara
namaแธฅ kanaka nฤซlฤbja-pฤแนi
padma vibhลซแนฃite
dฤna vฤซrya tapaแธฅ ลฤnti titikแนฃฤ
dhyฤna gocare
4th Tara
namas tathฤga toแนฃแนฤซแนฃa
vijayฤ nanta cฤriแนi
aลeแนฃa pฤramitฤ prฤpta
jina putra niแนฃevite
5th Tara
namas tuttฤra huแน kฤra
pลซritฤลฤ digantare
saptaloka kramฤkrฤnt niแธฅลeแนฃ
ฤkarแนฃaแนa kแนฃame
6th Tara
namaแธฅ ลakrฤ nala brahma
marud viลveลvar ฤrcite,
bhลซta vetฤla gandharva gaแนa
yakแนฃa puraskแนte
7th Tara
namastriแธiti phaแนญkฤra
parayantra pramardini
pratyฤlฤซแธha padanyฤse
ลikhi jvฤlฤ kulojjvale
8th Tara
namasture mahฤghore
mฤra vฤซra vinฤลini
bhแนkuแนญฤซ kแนta vaktrฤbja
sarva ลatru niแนฃลซdini
9th Tara
namastrฤซratna mudrฤแน ka
hแนdayฤแน guli vibhลซแนฃite
bhลซแนฃitฤ ลeแนฃa dikcakra
nikara-sva-karฤkule
10th Tara
namaแธฅ pramuditoddฤซpta
mukuแนญฤkแนฃipta mฤlini
hasat prahasat tuttฤre
mฤra loka vaลaแน kari
11th Tara
namaแธฅ samasta bhลซpฤla
patal ฤkarแนฃaแนa kแนฃame
calada bhแนkuแนญi hลซแนkฤra
sarvฤpada vimocini
12th Tara
namaแธฅ ลฤซkhaแนแธa-khaแนแธendu
mukuแนญฤ bharaแนoj-jvale
amitฤbha-jaแนญฤ-bhฤra
bhฤsvara-kiraแนa-dhruve
13th Tara
namaแธฅ kalpฤnta huta bhuga
jvฤlฤ mฤlฤntara sthite
ฤlฤซแธha muditฤbaddha
ripu cakra vinฤลini
14th Tara
namaแธฅ karatalฤ ghฤta
ฤaraแนa hatabhลซtale
bhแนkuแนญฤซ kแนta hลซแนkฤra
sapta pฤtฤla bhedini
15th Tara
namaแธฅ ลive ลubhe ลฤnte
ลฤnta nirvฤแนa gocare,
svฤhฤ praแนava saแนyukte
mahฤ pฤtaka nฤลini
16th Tara
namaแธฅ pramuditฤbaddha
ripu-gฤtra prabhedini
daลฤkแนฃara pada-nyฤse
vidyฤ-hลซแนkฤra-dฤซpite
17th Tara
namas ture pฤdaghฤta
hลซแนkฤrฤkฤra bฤซjite
meru mandharva vindhyaลca
bhuvana trayacฤlini
18th Tara
namaแธฅ sureลarฤkฤra
hariแนฤแน ka kara sthite
tฤrฤ dvirukta phaแนญkฤra
aลeแนฃa viแนฃa nฤลini
19th Tara
namaแธฅ sura gaแนฤ dhyakแนฃa
sura kinnara sevite
ฤbaddha muditฤbhoga
kari duแธฅ svapna nฤลini
20th Tara
namaล candrฤrka sampลซrแนa
nayana dyuti bhฤsvare
hara dvirukta tut-tฤre
viแนฃama jvara nฤลini
21st Tara
nama stritat tvavi nyฤse
ลiva-ลakti samanvite
graha vetฤla yakแนฃa gaแนa
nฤลini pravare ture
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