"From the heart centers of these two Taras, brilliant light shines forth which strikes ourselves and all sentient beings. This radiating light transforms our ordinary bodies of flesh, bones, and blood, and we become an orb or ball of light, a mass of light. All ordinary phenomena dissolve into a state of emptiness. We rest our minds naturally in that state, remaining in this state which is the presence of light within emptiness, the clarity of emptiness. Within this emptiness, everything is possible......."
"The words of the Praise to the twenty-one Taras are not the intellectual composition of scholars. They are spoken directly by Buddha Mahavairochana and Buddha Shakyamuni themselves. Please recite the praise to Tara as much as you are able to in the course of your everyday life. If you are unable at any time to recite the praise, try to recite the mantra of Tara, OM TARE TUTTARE TURE SVAHA At the minimum, at least you can recite "Tara, Tara, Tara ", or you can say "Tare, Tare, Tare", just repeating her name. When you call out someone's name, don't they give you their attention? By calling on Tara by name, she will certainly hear you and respond.
Don't just do it because I say so, but by all means, do it!" - His Eminence Chogye Trichen Rinpcohe
(extracted from a teaching translated by Lama Choedak Yuthok. Compiled and edited by John Deweese). View Full Transcript Receiving the Blessing of Tara
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