Recitation of 10 Million Green Tara Mantras

Isis SG

Recitation of 10 Million Green Tara Mantras

The world is now plagued by many unprecedented problems like terrorism, financial turmoil, oil price crisis, global warming and wars etc with unexpected and increasing frequency and magnitude. Each event threatens the human survival and leaves unbearable suffering and fear for the victims, their family, friends and relatives.

For the benefits of all sentient beings, His Eminence Dzogchen Geydak Rinpoche is conducting this puja to help remove our obstacles. It also offers us a great opportunity to engage in Green Tara practice. Rinpoche therefore requests all to join in the 10 millions Green Tara Mantra Recitation. It is important to note that only with faith and devotion we practice and recite the Green Tara Mantra, we will receive powerful blessings and immeasurable merits. Our wishes and aspiration will swiftly come true.

Event: Nagarjuna Green Tara Puja and Recitation of 10 Million Green Tara mantras.

Date: Saturday, December 13, 2008–Sunday, December 14, 2008

Venue: Tai Pei Buddhist Centre, 4 Level. No.2 Lavender St, S'pore 338823.

Time: It starts at 10am to 12.30pm, 2pm to 5.30pm

Conducting Rinpoche: His Eminence Dzogchen Geydak Rinpoche

We sincerely welcome you, your family and friends to participate, volunteer and sponsor. Contact us now at: Mobile nos. 93362198/ 98346197

or email [email protected]

Printable Poster (has more detailed information and Chinese language)

Please update us with your number of Green Tara mantras recited any time on 13 Dec and before 3pm on 14 Dec by SMS to 65-93362198. Thanks.

Isis SG

Oṃ Tāre Tuttāre Ture Svāhā / Om Tare Tuttare Ture Svaha

Tara (whose name means "star" or "she who ferries across") is a Bodhisattva of compassion who manifests in female form. In Tibetan, Tara is known as "Dölma" (Sgrol-ma), or "She Who Saves." In particular she represents compassion in action, since she's in the process of stepping from her lotus throne in order to help sentient beings.

Tara's mantra is a loving play on her name. According to Sangharakshita, a traditional explanation of the mantra is that the variations of her name represent three progressive stages of salvation.

1. Tāre represents salvation from mundane dangers and suffering. Tara is seem as a savioress who can give aid from material threats such as floods, crime, wild animals, and traffic accidents.
2. Tuttāre represents deliverance into the spiritual path conceived in terms of individual salvation. In traditional terms, this is the path of the Arhant, which leads to individual liberation from suffering. This is seen in Mahayana Buddhism as a kind of enlightenment in which compassion does not figure strongly.
3. Lastly, ture represents the culmination of the spiritual path in terms of deliverance into the altruistic path of universal salvation - the Bodhisattva path. In the Bodhisattva path we aspire for personal enlightenment, but we also connect compassionately with the sufferings of others, and strive to liberate them at the same time as we seek enlightenment ourselves.

Svaha, according to Monier Monier-William's Sanskrit Dictionary, means: "Hail!", "Hail to!" or "May a blessing rest on!" Her mantra can therefore be rendered as something like "OM! Hail to Tara (in her three roles as a savioress)!" although this may one of those occasions when the mantra is best left untranslated.

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knightlll SG

Need to go for initiation before can chant the mantra of Green Tara ?

Isis SG

Need to go for initiation before can chant the mantra of Green Tara ?

Hi,

I have asked the organiser. He mentioned that