Tara Days each month are on the first quarter moon of each lunar cycle. This is an extra merit day, with merit multiplied millions of times. In December, this is on Sunday, the 8th.
Bring the extraordinary Activity and Blessings of Green Tara and 21 Taras by chanting the 21 Taras Mantras in 21 Minutes in Sacred Sanskrit (3 Times each!). Chant along with Buddha Weekly:
Bring the blessings and heroic activities of the 21 Taras, and Mother Green Tara into your life, with a daily short chant of the 21 Taras Sanskrit Mantras (Atisha lineage). We chant each of the 21 Taras, plus Green Tara, three times each for a concise and beautiful 21-minute practice.
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PLAYLIST if you’d like a full 108 Recitations of each mantra: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8d71VyWOwkF-UFqw9h5-PZFo4Rr8kurq
MOTHER GREEN TARA
Om Tare Tuttare Ture Svaha
1 Swift Lady of Glory (Red Tara)
om tare tuttare ture vasham kuru svaha
ॐतरेतुत्तरेतुरेवशमकुरुस्वहा
Supplicates Red Tara of Glory to magnetize fortunate circumstances.
2. Tara of Supreme Peace (Sarasvati White Tara)
om tare tuttare ture shantim kuru svaha
ॐ तरे तुत्तरे तुरे शांतिम कुरु स्वहा
Supplicates White Tara Sarasvati to Pacify obstacles.
3. Tara of Golden Yellow Color
om tare tuttare ture pushtim kuru svaha
ॐतरेतुत्तरेतुरेपुश्तिमकुरुस्वहा
This mantra supplicates Golden Tara for enrichment and good fortune.
4. Tara of Complete Victory, Embodying All Positive Qualities (Ushnishavijaya) (Yellow)
om tare tuttare ture ayur-jnana pushtim kuru svaha
ॐ तरे तुत्तरे तुरे अयुर्–ज्नना पुश्तिम कुरु स्वहा
Supplicates Yellow Tara for enriched “health”
5. Tara Who Proclaims the Sound of Hum (Red Tara Kurukulla)
om tare tuttare shtri akarshaya hrih svaha
ॐ तरे तुत्तरे श्त्री अकर्शय हृह स्वहा
Supplicates Red Tara Kurukulla to attract helpful people and circumstances.
6. Tara Who Is Completely Victorious Over the Three Worlds (Red Black)
om tare tutare ture shatrun ucchataya svaha
ॐतरेतुतरेतुरेशत्रुनउक्चतयस्वहा
Supplicates Red Black Tara to protect us and overpower our arrogant enemies.
7 Tara Who Conquers Other (Wrathful Black Tara!)
oṃ tāre tuttāre ture sarva vidyā avarṇā ye bhye phaṭ svahā
ओं तारे तुत्तारे तुरे सर्व विद्या अवर्णा ये भ्ये फट स्वहा ॥
Supplication to remove obstructions and fears including black magic.
8. Tara Who Conquers Maras and Enemies (Red Black Tara)
om tare tuttare ture sarva mara shatrun maraya phat svaha
ॐतरेतुत्तरेतुरेसर्वमराशत्रुनमरयफतस्वहा
Supplication to crush Maras and enemies
9. Tara Who Protects from All Fears (White Tara)
om tare tuttare ture mama upakrama raksha raksha svaha
ॐतरेतुत्तरेतुरेममउपक्रमारक्षारक्षास्वहा
Supplication to “please start protecting me, protect me.”
10. Tara Who Brings Maras and the World Under Her Power (Red Tara)
om tare tuttare sarva mara pramardhani svaha
ॐतरेतुत्तरेसर्वमराप्रमर्धनीस्वहा
Supplication to crush and destroy all evil and enemies.
11. Tara Who Eradicates Poverty (Vasudhara Gold Tara)
om tare tuttare ture vasudharini svaha
ॐतरेतुत्तरेतुरेवसुधरिनीस्वहा
Requests prosperity.
12. Tara Who Grants All That Is Auspicious (Golden Tara)
om tare tuttare ture mangalam svaha
ॐतरेतुत्तरेतुरेमङलमस्वहा
Supplication for auspiciousness “mangalam”
13. Tara Who Blazes Like Fire or Tara Who Averts War and Destroys Enemies (Red Tara)
om tare tuttare ture bhaya bhasmim kuru svaha
ॐतरेतुत्तरेतुरेभयभस्मिमकुरुस्वहा
Supplication to help avert war, or stop the most fearsome enemies who are attacking.
14. Tara Who Is Frowning Wrathfully (Dark Blue Black Tara)
om tare tuttare ture vajra maha pada bhasmim kuru svaha
ॐतरेतुत्तरेतुरेवज्रमहापदाभस्मिमकुरुस्वहा
Wrathful Tara who crushes all enemies.
15. Tara of Supreme Peacefulness (White Tara)
om tare tuttare ture sarva papam prashamanaya svaha
ॐतरेतुत्तरेतुरेसर्वपपमप्रशमनयस्वहा
This supplicates Tara to calm and pacify “prashamanaya” all obtsacles.
16. Tara Who Arises from the HUM of Intrinsic Awareness (Red Yellow)
om tare tuttare ture sarva dharma prati parishodhaya svaha
ॐतरेतुत्तरेतुरेसर्वधर्माप्रतीपरिशोधयस्वहा
Supplicates Tara to magnetize all Dharma and perfections.
17. Tara Who Causes the Three Realms to Tremble (Red Yellow Gold)
om tare tuttare ture sarva stambhani tare svaha
ॐतरेतुत्तरेतुरेसर्वस्तम्भनीतरेस्वहा
Magnetizes the controlling power to overcome obstacles
18. Tara Who Neutralizes Poison
om tare tuttare ture naga visha shantim kuru svaha
ॐतरेतुत्तरेतुरेनगाविशशन्तिमकुरुस्वहा
19. Tara Who Alleviates All Suffering (White Tara)
om tare tuttare ture mochana svaha
ॐ तरे तुत्तरे तुरे मोकना स्वहा
Mocana is liberating.
20. Tara Who Removes Pestilence (Red Tara)
om tare tuttare ture visharata svaha
ॐ तरे तुत्तरे तुरे विसरता स्वहा
Supplicates Red Tara to eliminate epidemics or illness.
21. Tara Who Completely Perfects All Enlightened Activities
om tare tuttare ture sarva siddhi sadhanam svaha
ॐ तरे तुत्तरे तुरे सर्व सिद्धी सधनम स्वहा
Supplicates “all enlightened accomplishments and activities.”