Decoding the 21 Tara Activity Mantras: Which Tara Mantra is Best for Your Situatio
Which of the 21 Tara Mantras should I practice for specific requests? What do the mantras mean? Which activity do I need for my situation?
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CONTENTS
00:00-02:24 Decoding Tara’s Mantras and Which Mantra Do I need?
02:24-03:56 Decoding Green Tara’s Principle Mantra
03:56-05:14 Decoding Tara 1 Red Tara Swift Lady of Glory Mantra
05:14-06:24 Decoding Tara 2 White Tara called Tara of Supreme Peace Mantra
06:24-07:15 Decoding Tara 3 Tara of Golden Yellow Color
07:15-08:08 Decoding Tara 4 Yellow Tara of Complete Victory
08:08-09:14 Decoding Tara 5 Red Tara Who Proclaims the Sound of Hum
09:14-10:27 Decoding Tara 6 Red, Tara, Victorious Over the Three Worlds
10:27-11:45 Decoding Tara 7 Black Tara who Conquers Enemies
11:45-13:04 Decoding Tara 8 Red Tara Who Conquers Maras and Enemies
13:04-14:19 Decoding Tara 9 White Tara Who Protects From All Fears
14:19-14:57 Decoding Tara 10 Red Tara Who Brings the World Under Her Power
14:57-15:41 Decoding Tara 11 Gold Tara Who Brings Proseperity
15:41-16:13 Decoding Tara 12 Golden Tara Who Grants Auspiciousness
16:13-17:18 Decoding Tara 13 Tara Who Blazes Like Fire and Averts War
17:18-18:24 Decoding Tara 14 Black Tara Who is Frowning Wrathfully
18:24-19:12 Decoding Tara 15 White Tara of Supreme Peacefulness
19:12-19:51 Decoding Tara 16 Red Yellow Tara Who Arises from the Hum
19:51-20:38 Decoding Tara 17 Red Yellow Tara Who Causes the Three Realms to Tremble
20:38-21:39 Decoding Tara 18 White Tara Who Neutralizes Poisons
21:39-22:22 Decoding Tara 19 White Tara Who Alleviates All Suffering
22:22-23:35 Decoding Tara 20 Red Tara Who Removes Pestilence
23:35-24:33 Decoding Tara 21 White Tara Who Perfects All Activities
24:33-24:33 How to make mantra practice effective with dedication
Mother Arya Tara is the action-hero of the Buddhas. She is described as the activity of all the Buddhas. Principle Green Tara represents all activities, the activities of the Karma family. White Taras are for pacifying. Red Taras are for magnetizing, attracting and controlling. Yellow Taras are for enriching. Blue or Black Taras are for powerful activities. Why though are there several red, yellow, white and blue Taras?
VIDEO RESOURCES
May redirect to Buddha Weekly’s YouTube Channel
— Start your session with Green Tara Practice (7 minutes)>>
— For Daily Practice: 21 Tara Mantras in 21 Minutes (3 times each)
— “How to Chant Mantras: Advice from Guru Rinpoche Padmasambhava”
— Advice “Why mantras work, and sometimes don’t”
— “9 Benefits of Mantra Practice and How to Practice”
— “Guru Rinpoche’s Teaching on Malas: How to Choose and Use, a Complete Guide”
— All about “Swift Hero Arya Tara”
— “Green Tara Mantra beautifully chanted in Sanskrit”
— Chintachakra Wish-Granting Wheel White Tara>>
— White Tara Healing Mantra chanted in Sanskrit:
ART CREDITS:
Lasha Mutual (for her superb 21 Taras series) Website>>
Each Tara is a specialist. To practice any of the 21 Tara mantras, we usually begin with a short Green Tara practice. We have a short recite-along practice linked at the information icon.
Then, we focus on the activity we are supplicating, such as healing, enriching or influence. Here, we decode each of the 21 Tara mantras. Although it is taught you do not have to know the meaning of a mantra for it to be effective, it can be helpful to understand.
All 21 of the mantras begin with Om Tare Tuttare Ture and end with Svaha, so the entire Tara mantra is contained within each of the longer 21 mantras. Even without the supplemental activity supplication, Om Tare Tuttare Ture Svaha is already both her Praise mantra and also a supplication to save from the 8 fears and dangers. All Tara mantras have this supplication included:
- Om is homage to the Body Speech and Mind of Tara.
- Tare, liberates and saves us from suffering in Samsara
- Tuttare liberates us from the 8 dangers of lions, elephants, fires, snakes, robbers, prisons, floods and demons, which also mirror the poisons of pride, delusion, hatred, jealousy, wrong views, greed, desire, attachment, doubt. Thus, Tuttare liberates us from every outer and inner danger.
- Ture, liberates us from disease.
- Svaha, is the root of the path, and means “be it so” or “well said.”
To this, each of the 21 Taras Mantras adds an extra specific layer of intention-setting and supplication.
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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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