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tārā-sādhana

The Practice of Tara

    I prostrate before the noble Tara!
    Visualize an utpala flower marked with the syllable tāṁ, arising from the syllable tāṁ. Upon doing so, it becomes perfect. From it emerges the noble Tara, green in color. She holds an utpala in her left hand. Her right hand is in the gesture of supreme generosity. She abides upon a moon seat. Visualize her head as adorned with Amoghasiddhi.
    Unite with the Jnanasattva::
    oṁ tāre tuttāre ture amukaṁ mukrīṁ pāpa śamanāya svāhā
    While doing so, repeat the aforementioned mantra a specific number of times, along with the name of the person for whom the practice is being performed. Although there are no external attributes such as an arrow, the practitioner—or the person for whom the practice is performed—becomes encircled by the utpala flower. Their body becomes filled with a multitude of their own forms, and they become established in their own true nature.
    Thus concludes the Tara practice composed by the Acharya Vajrastambha. It was translated by the Pandita Amoghavajra and the translator-monk Bari, and subsequently translated by Lama Dondrub Dorje Tulku.