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Homage to the Twenty-one Taras

T

he Homage to the Twenty-one Taras is from the tantra In Praise

of Tara, the Mother of All Tathagatas. Preceding the Homage, it reads:

Then the Bhagavan Buddha, a victorious, perfected, and transcendent
lord, spoke to Manjughosha, the immortal bodhisattva of wisdom,
O Manjushri, the female form symbolizes the source of the Buddhas
of the three times. Therefore, O Manjushri, as all the Buddhas of the
past, present, and future sing this praise of her, you also should do so
in your mind. Then the Bhagavan went on to speak the dharani in
praise of Arya Tara.2
Written down in Sanskrit, the Homage was translated into Tibetan. The
meaning of the verses is not clear from simply reading the Homage, and a
commentary is necessary to elucidate the meaning. Because various commentaries have different interpretations of phrases or verses, the translations into
English will vary accordingly, as will the explanation of the meaning in Tibetan.
The following is a translation of the Homage to the Twenty-one Taras
in a form that may be chanted in English.3 Chanting the Homage out loud
at a brisk speed gives us a lot of energy; contemplating its meaning increases

2. Translator unknown.
3. Translated from the Tibetan by Ven. Sangye Khadro and reprinted here with her permission.

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our understanding, and visualizing the twenty-one Taras deepens our connection to them.
om I prostrate to the noble, transcendent liberator.
1. Homage to Tara swift and fearless,
With eyes like a ash of lightning,
Lotus-born in an ocean of tears
Of Chenresig, three worlds protector.
2. Homage to you whose face is like
One hundred autumn moons gathered
And blazes with the dazzling light
Of a thousand constellations.
3. Homage to you, born from a gold-blue lotus,
Hands adorned with lotus owers,
Essence of giving, effort, and ethics,
Patience, concentration, and wisdom.
4. Homage to you who crowns all Buddhas,
Whose action subdues without limit;
Attained to every perfection,
On you the bodhisattvas rely.
5. Homage to you whose tuttara and hum
Fill the realms of desire, form, and space.
You crush seven worlds beneath your feet
And have power to call all forces.
6. Homage to you adored by Indra,
Agni, Brahma, Vayu, and Ishvara,
Praised in song by hosts of spirits,
Zombies, scent-eaters, and yakshas.

homage to the twenty-one taras

7. Homage to you whose trey and pey
Destroy external wheels of magic.
Right leg drawn in and left extended,
You blaze within a raging re.
8. Homage to you whose ture destroys
The great fears, the mighty demons.
With a wrathful frown on your lotus face,
You slay all foes without exception.
9. Homage to you beautifully adorned
By the Three Jewels gesture at your heart.
Your wheel shines in all directions
With a whirling mass of light.
10. Homage to you, radiant and joyful,
Whose crown emits a garl and of light.
You, by the laughter of tuttara,
Conquer demons and lords of the world.
11. Homage to you with power to invoke
The assembly of local protectors.
With your erce frown and vibrating hum,
You bring freedom from all poverty.
12. Homage to you with crescent moon crown,
All your adornments dazzling bright.
From your hair-knot Amitabha
Shines eternal with great beams of light.
13. Homage to you who dwells in a blazing wreath
Like the re at the end of this age.
Your right leg outstretched and left drawn in,
Joy surrounds you who defeats hosts of foes.

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14. Homage to you whose foot stamps the earth
And whose palm strikes the ground by your side.
With a wrathful glance and the letter hum
You subdue all in the seven stages.
15. Homage to the blissful, virtuous, peaceful one,
Object of practice, nirvanas peace.
Perfectly endowed with soha and om,
Overcoming all the great evils.
16. Homage to you with joyous retinue,
You subdue fully all enemies forms.
The ten-letter mantra adorns your heart,
And your knowledge-hum gives liberation.
17. Homage to ture with stamping feet,
Whose essence is the seed-letter hum.
You cause Meru, Mandara, and Vindhya,
And all three worlds to tremble and shake.
18. Homage to you who holds in your hand
A moon like a celestial lake.
Saying tara twice and the letter pey,
You dispel all poisons without exception.
19. Homage to you on whom the kings of gods,
The gods themselves, and all spirits rely.
Your armor radiates joy to all;
You soo the conicts and nightmares as well.
20. Homage to you whose eyes, the sun and moon,
Radiate with pure brilliant light;
Uttering hara twice and tuttara
Dispels extremely fearful plagues.

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21. Homage to you, adorned with three natures,
Perfectly endowed with peaceful strength.
You destroy demons, zombies, and yakshas;
O ture, most exalted and sublime!
Thus, the root mantra is praised,
And twenty-one homages offered.

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