Mantra Video: Mantra Protects All 8 Dangers: White Tara (Tara 9) Who Protects from All Fears 108 Times Sanskrit
In Lord Atisha’s 21 Taras transmission, direct from Mother Tara Herself, the 9th Tara of the 21 is White Tara pacifies all eight dangers and fears. Her mantra is:
om tare tuttare ture mama upakrama raksha raksha svaha
ॐतरेतुत्तरेतुरेममउपक्रमारक्षारक्षास्वहा
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EIGHT DANGERS AND FEARS: This is meant to include all dangers, poisons and fears, but is traditionally described in commentaries as: lions (pride), wild elephants (ignorance), fire (anger), snakes (jealousy), floods (attachment), imprisonment (miserliness), thieves (wrong views) and cannibals (doubt).
Lama Zopa Rinpoche describes her:
“At the heart her fingers, Adorn her with Three Jewel mudra! Light-ray masses all excited! All directions’ wheels adorn her! …Tara Who Protects from All Fears (Jikpa Kunkyob Ma), white in color, her gesture signifying the Three Rare Sublime Ones. She holds a white flask containing nectar whose function is to protect all sentient beings from fear and dangers. Her mantra is this:
OM TARE TUTTARE TURE MAMA UPAKRAMA RAKSHA RAKSHA SVAHA”
From: Rinpoche, Lama Zopa. The Power of Mantra: Vital Practices for Transformation (Wisdom Culture Series) (p. 70). Wisdom Publications.
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Her Praise Dharani in Sanskrit is:
namastrīratna mudrāṅka
hṛdayāṅguli vibhūṣite
bhūṣitā śeṣa dikcakra
nikara-sva-karākule
Her Praise from the 21 Taras Praise is:
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.
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Traditionally, you chant this mantra as a supplication to pacify suffering and protect after first chanting or reciting the 21 Taras Dharani once each (ideally in Sanskrit, alternately in Tibetan or English). To chant along with the entire 21 Praises to Tara as a Sanskrit Dharani, see our video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XlYma5HW_Q
OR, in ENGLISH: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3617pu_Zao&t
ABOUT SUPPLICATION MANTRAS according to Longchenpa’s teachings, see our video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSTZHJ_hjZY&t
Lineage NOTE: In one lineage of Surya Gupta transmission and some Nyingma lineages the 9th Tara is Principle Green Tara, but in Lord Atisha’s transmission, Principle Green Tara is in the center of all Taras and not counted as one of the 21. Instead, the 9th Protective Tara is Principle White Tara. (Green Tara is still the chief of the mandala in most versions.
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