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 Tara’s Praises daily — especially in the original Sanskrit — 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 — 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 āryaśrī ekaviṃśati tārāyai

namastāre ture vīre

tuttāre bhayanāśini

ture sarvārthade tāre

svāhākāre namo’stute

1st Tara

namastāre ture vīre

kṣaṇa dyuti nibhekṣaṇe

trailokya nātha vaktrābja

vikasat kesarodbhave

2nd Tara

namaḥ śata śaraccandra

sampūrṇa paṭalānane

tārā sahasra nikara prahasat

kiraṇojjvale

3rd Tara

namaḥ kanaka nīlābja-pāṇi

padma vibhūṣite

dāna vīrya tapaḥ śānti titikṣā

dhyāna gocare

4th Tara

namas tathāga toṣṇīṣa

vijayā nanta cāriṇi

aśeṣa pāramitā prāpta

jina putra niṣevite

5th Tara

namas tuttāra huṅkāra

pūritāśā digantare

saptaloka kramākrānt niḥśeṣ

ākarṣaṇa kṣame

6th Tara

namaḥ śakrā nala brahma

marud viśveśvar ārcite,

bhūta vetāla gandharva gaṇa

yakṣa puraskṛte

7th Tara

namastriḍiti phaṭkāra

parayantra pramardini

pratyālīḍha padanyāse

śikhi jvālā kulojjvale

8th Tara

namasture mahāghore

māra vīra vināśini

bhṛkuṭī kṛta vaktrābja

sarva śatru niṣūdini

9th Tara

namastrīratna mudrāṅka

hṛdayāṅguli vibhūṣite

bhūṣitā śeṣa dikcakra

nikara-sva-karākule

10th Tara

namaḥ pramuditoddīpta

mukuṭākṣipta mālini

hasat prahasat tuttāre

māra loka vaśaṅkari

11th Tara

namaḥ samasta bhūpāla

patal ākarṣaṇa kṣame

calada bhṛkuṭi hūṃkāra

sarvāpada vimocini

12th Tara

namaḥ śīkhaṇḍa-khaṇḍendu

mukuṭā bharaṇoj-jvale

amitābha-jaṭā-bhāra

bhāsvara-kiraṇa-dhruve

13th Tara

namaḥ kalpānta huta bhuga

jvālā mālāntara sthite

ālīḍha muditābaddha

ripu cakra vināśini

14th Tara

namaḥ karatalā ghāta

ćaraṇa hatabhūtale

bhṛkuṭī kṛta hūṃkāra

sapta pātāla bhedini

15th Tara

namaḥ śive śubhe śānte

śānta nirvāṇa gocare,

svāhā praṇava saṃyukte

mahā pātaka nāśini

16th Tara

namaḥ pramuditābaddha

ripu-gātra prabhedini

daśākṣara pada-nyāse

vidyā-hūṃkāra-dīpite

17th Tara

namas ture pādaghāta

hūṃkārākāra bījite

meru mandharva vindhyaśca

bhuvana trayacālini

18th Tara

namaḥ sureśarākāra

hariṇāṅka kara sthite

tārā dvirukta phaṭkāra

aśeṣa viṣa nāśini

19th Tara

namaḥ sura gaṇā dhyakṣa

sura kinnara sevite

ābaddha muditābhoga

kari duḥ svapna nāśini

20th Tara

namaś candrārka sampūrṇa

nayana dyuti bhāsvare

hara dvirukta tut-tāre

viṣama jvara nāśini

21st Tara

nama stritat tvavi nyāse

śiva-śakti samanvite

graha vetāla yakṣa gaṇa

nāśini pravare ture