Praises to the Twenty-One Taras
OM ARYA TA RE YE!
Emptiness replete with most excellent attributes and completely
pervading samsara and nirvana,
Source of all buddhas of the three times without exception,
supreme mother, dharmakaya, perfection of wisdom:
JE TZUN P’HAG MA YUM LA KHYAD TSAL LO
(I prostrate to the noble mother Tara!)
In the enlightened realm of Interlaced Lotuses,
The Buddha Desireless Lotus Eyes establishes limitless
beings in bliss:
JE TZUN P’HAG MA YUM LA KHYAD TSAL LO
According to the individual makeup and acumen of those
to be tamed,
Through her magical display of emerging in any way whatsoever
to tame in any way possible, there appear the goddesses
that are her emanations –
The Swift Heroine (Nyur.ma.pa.mo/red)
The Great Pacifier (Yang.chen.mo/white)
Tara who Increases (So.nam.chog.ter.ma/yellow)
Tara of the Life Force (Nam.gyal.ma/gold)
Tara who Resonates with HUM (Rig.je.ma/Kurukulle/red)
Tara who is Victorious over the Three Worlds (Jig.je.chen.mo/red-black)
Tara who Crushes Others’ Forces (Shen.gyi.mi.tub.ma/blue-black)
Tara the Pulverizer of the Maras (Shen.le.nam.par.gyal.ma/red-black)
Tara who embodies the Three Jewels (Seng.Deng.Nag.Dolma/green)
The Great Subduer (Jig.ten.sum.la.gyal.ma/red)
Tara who Eliminates Poverty (Nor.ter.ma/blue-black)
Tara Who Bestows Auspicious Conditions (Tashi.don.je.ma/gold)
Tara Who Blazes in Flames (Da.pung.som.ze.ma/red)
Tara of Wrathful Gaze (To.nyer.chen/black-purple)
The Very Peaceful (Rab.Shi.ma/white)
Tara Who Saves by Means of HUM (Bar.wa.chen.ma/coral red)
Tara Who Causes the Three Worlds to Tremble (Pag.me.non.ma/red-yellow)
Tara Who Eliminates Poisons (Ma.ja.ma/white)
Tara Who Eliminates Conflicts and bad Dreams (Mi.pam.byal.ma/white)
Tara Who Eliminates diseases (Ri.to.ma/copper)
Tara Who Accomplishes All Enlightened Activites (Od.zer.chen.ma/white)
NAM LA KHYAG TSAL LO
(To all of them I prostrate)
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