Green Tara Mantra

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1. T ara (known Dolma in Tibet, in Japanese Buddhism – Tara Bosatsu) is a female Bodhisattva. She is also known as the “ Mother of all Buddhas “. Tara, the female Buddha aspect of the Universe, is an emanation of Chenrezig, the Bodhisattva of Compassion. Once, when Chenrezig was very moved by the suffering of all sentient being, he shed two tears. The tear from his right eye turned into the green form of Bodhisattva Tara and the tear from his left eye turned into the white form of Bodhisattva Tara.

2. Tara has 21 forms (or aspects) and Green Tara is one of the two main forms (alongside with White Tara). All of Tara’s manifestations share one main characteristic – compassion. Green Tara (or Buddha of enlightened activity) in Tibetan Buddhism is always ready to come to our rescue.

3. Green Tara representation in images is with one leg on the ground and her left hand, in the gesture of granting refuge holds the stem of a blue lotus that floats over her left shoulder as a symbol of purity and power. With her right hand she makes the boon-granting gesture.

4. Dalai Lama’s quote about Green Tara: “On a lotus seat, standing for realization of voidness, the emerald-colored, one-faced, two-armed Lady. In youth’s full bloom, right leg out, left drawn in, showing the union of wisdom and art – homage to you! Like the outstretched branch of the heavenly turquoise tree, your supple right hand makes the boon – granting gesture, inviting the wise to a feast of supreme accomplishments, as if to an entertainment-homage to you! Your left hand gives us refuge, showing the Three Jewels; it says, “You people who see a hundred dangers, Don’t be frightened-I shall swiftly save you!” Homage to you! Both hands signal with blue utpala flowers, “Samsaric beings! Cling not to worldly pleasures. Enter the great city of liberation!” Flower-goads prodding us to effort-homage to you!”

5. Green Tara Mantra lyrics in Sanskrit: OM TARE TUTTARE TURE SVAHA Green Tara Mantra lyrics in Tibetan: OM TARE TUTTARE TURE SOHA

6. Chanting Green Tara Mantra benefits : Raises your level of consciousness, open your heart chakra, also eliminates fear, disease and anxiety, brings peace of mind and prosperity, but the main attribute of this mantra is the help we get to overcome unpleasant situations. According to Tibetan lamas, if we chant Green Tara Mantra with positive and pure intentions it can help us fulfill our wishes.

7. Green Tara Mantra meaning, explained in a teaching held by Lama Zopa Rinpoche: „In short Om Tare Tuttare Ture Soha means: I prostrate to the Liberator, Mother of all the Victorious One. To explain the meaning of TARE TUTTARE TURE: Tare means liberating from samsara. TARE , shows that Mother Tara liberates living beings from samsara, from true suffering, or problems. You can relate this to the particular sufferings of human beings: birth, old age, sickness and death; meeting undesirable objects and experiencing aversion; not finding desirable objects or finding them but gaining no satisfaction. No matter how much pleasure you enjoy, there is no satisfaction. No matter how much you follow desire, there is no satisfaction at all.

8. TUTTARE , liberates you from the eight fears. There are eight fears related to external dangers from fire, water, air, earth, and also from such things as thieves and dangerous animals. However, the main dangers come from ignorance, attachment, anger, pride, jealousy, miserliness, doubt and wrong views. These eight disturbing thoughts that you have in your mind are the main dangers. TURE , liberates you from disease. Now, of the Four Noble Truths, TURE shows the cessation of suffering, which is the ultimate Dharma. In terms of liberating from disease, the actual disease we have is ignorance not knowing the absolute nature of the I, and all the disturbing thoughts that arise from this ignorance. The rough meaning of these three words TARE TUTTARE TURE is: “To you, embodiment of all the Buddhas actions, I prostrate always—whether I am in happy or unhappy circumstances—with my body, speech and mind.”

9. SOHA means establishing the root of the path within your heart. In other words, by taking refuge in Tara and doing Tara practice, you receive the blessings of Tara in your own heart. The conclusion is that by taking refuge in Tara, doing Tara practices such as recitation of the Tara mantra, and practicing the path contained in that mantra, you can achieve the fully enlightened state with the four kayas, which is the cessation, liberated from the two obscurations. In short, OM TARE TUTTARE TURE SOHA means “I prostrate to the Liberator, Mother of all the Victorious Ones.” Tara is the mother of all the Victorious Ones, or Buddhas. Why are Buddhas called Victorious Ones? Because they are victorious over the two obscurations.”

10. Green Tara Mantra practice: Sadhanas (spiritual practice) in which Tara is the yidam (meditational deity) can be extensive or quite brief. Most all of them include some introductory praises or homages to invoke her presence and prayers of taking refuge. Then her mantra is recited, followed by a visualization of her, perhaps more mantra, then the visualization is dissolved, followed by a dedication of the merit from doing the practice. As Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche, in his Introduction to the Red Tara Sadhana, notes of his lineage: “ Tara is the flawless expression of the inseparability of emptiness, awareness and compassion. Just as you use a mirror to see your face, Tara meditation is a means of seeing the true face of your mind, devoid of any trace of delusion “.

11. The benefits of Green Tara Mantra practice , from two teachings given at Kopan Monastery and Himalayan Yogic Institute, Nepal in May 1987: “Tara is quick to grant success in obtaining the ultimate happiness of enlightenment. You receive much good merit, or cause of happiness; it prevents a suffering rebirth in your next life; you receive initiation from millions of Buddhas; and you achieve enlightenment. Besides these, however, Tara practice has many other benefits. Reciting the Twenty-one Tara’s’ prayer with devotion, at dawn or dusk—or remembering Tara, singing praises and reciting mantras at any time of the day or night—protects you from fear and dangers, and fulfill all your wishes. If you pray to Tara, Tara is particularly quick to grant help.

12. If you recite the Twenty-one Tara’s prayer once every evening, it is impossible – I can put my signature to this! – for you to die of starvation. It is also a very common experience for lay practitioners, monks and nuns with financial difficulties to have such problems relieved by doing Tara practice. In my personal experience, I have seen many instances of people who have prayed to and taken refuge in Tara and been saved from the danger of untimely death from disease without taking medicine.”

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