Welcome to Tara practice.
First,
We find a comfortable seated,
Laying down,
Or standing position.
We'll be reciting 108 Tara mantras,
Which will take about 15 minutes.
So make sure you're in a position where you can experience the fullness of this resonance.
We'll settle in by taking three deep breaths.
One more time,
Breathing in.
Letting your whole body and mind rest here in this moment.
We'll start with the praise to Tara,
Mother of all bodhisattvas,
The one who the bodhisattvas and the Buddhas look up to,
The wise one,
The one who takes refuge in the Buddha,
The Dharma,
The Sangha.
We give praise to you,
Compassionate one,
And we practice for the benefit of all beings without exception.
We honor you,
We revere you,
And we aim to be like you.
Please come to our aid in our time of need and in our time of joy and celebration.
Be with us always,
Resting in the Buddha nature that we are.
You can add your own praises here.
Now let's take a deep breath together and bring Tara to your mind.
Imagine Tara sitting on a lotus flower in the middle of a clear pond.
With the moon as her cushion,
Tara is unlimited compassion,
Smiling at you with her right hand and her right foot extended,
Ready to help those in need.
And her left hand with middle finger touching thumb,
While the index finger,
The ring finger,
And the pinky pointed upwards toward the sky,
Representing the Buddha,
The Dharma,
And the Sangha,
In which we can all take refuge.
Her left hand is near her heart and her left foot is in half lotus.
See her there in all her green glory and visualize all of the wise beings,
The sages and the saints,
Spirits and ancestors who have supported you in your journey,
Your teachers,
Wisdom texts,
The elements,
The directions.
All spirit beings,
Known and unknown to you,
Who support you on this path.
Visualize them standing or sitting behind Tara,
Who's at the front,
Smiling at you with compassion.
And at this time you can offer up any burdens that you have,
Any gratefulness that you have,
Any joys,
Anything that's troubling you,
The suffering of yourself,
The suffering of others.
You can offer all of that to Tara.
Lay that at her feet.
Go forward into the next part of this practice with your whole heart.
Hold this image of Tara on her lotus throne with moon cushion in your mind as we recite 108 Tara mantras.
You can join me out loud or recite them in your head as you follow along.
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