Green Tara Mantra - Om Tare Tuttare Ture Svaha 13/4/2013; saw at 12/6/2013, 13/6/2013, 8/6/2014, 16/8/2017

Tara Mantra 綠度母

Oṃ Tāre Tuttāre Ture Svāhā / Om Tare Tuttare Ture Soha

Tara means “star” or “The one who ferries across”, or “She Who Saves”. Really, she represents compassion in action, since she’s in the process of stepping from her lotus throne in order to help the suffering sentient beings. Tara’s name is said to derive from the verb meaning “to cross” or “to traverse” or “to get to the other side.”  The word Tara also literally means “star.” Like a star she shines and helps us guide our lives in a safe direction. A third meaning of “tara” is “the pupil of the eye,” suggesting her as the watching presence, who watches over those who navigate the treacherous waters of life in search of the further shore of liberation.
OM represents Tara’s sacred and enlightened body, speech and mind.
TARE means liberating from all discontent.
TUTTARE means liberating from the eight fears, the external dangers and also from the internal dangers such as ignorance and delusions.
TURE means liberating from duality; it shows the true cessation of confusion.
SOHA means “may the meaning of the mantra take root in my mind.”

嗡 達咧 嘟達列 嘟列娑哈

經典上說綠度母菩薩亦為二十一度母的主尊，總攝其餘二十尊化身之所有功德，本尊心咒具足一切息增懷誅之功用，消除一切眾生的煩惱痛苦、滿足一切眾生願求，現世富貴長壽平安吉祥、除諸病苦業魔障礙等，幫助眾生解脫生死苦海，命終往生極樂世界，獲得究竟的安樂，因為其救度之迅速、摧滅魔業之勇猛，故又稱作「救度速勇母」。常念綠度母心咒，能斷輪迴病苦之根源，免除一切魔障，也能去除瘟疫種種病苦，消除世間一切災難，增長壽命、福慧，凡有所求無不如願靈應如響。

White Tara 白度母
Tibetans usually think of Tara as having 21 manifestations, as she does in the common Tibetan Buddhist prayer. In Praise of the 21 Taras. In each form she takes a different color, like Blue Tara and Black Tara, and offers a different energy or virtue to help us on our spiritual paths. Of these 21 Taras, the two most popular are Green Tara and White Tara. Tara’s name in Tibetan is Dolma, and you can see then that White Tara’s Tibetan name, Dolkar, is a short form of Dolma Karpo, which means White Dolma.

此尊菩薩乃是由觀世音菩薩的悲心化現，一面二臂顏容端正，法相寂靜、殊妙莊嚴，乃佛教中治病延壽事業的本尊菩薩之一，如月光般清淨的無垢光明照耀世間，縱然百千萬星宿俱時為聚集，殊勝威光仍然遠超於彼，受到各方眾生的禮敬，身相白色為息災之意，全身有七隻眼睛，雙手雙腳各有一眼，第三隻眼睛則在眉心中央，故又稱為「七眼佛母」，七眼能夠照見一切瘟疫疾病的緣起從而消滅之。本尊菩薩的功德誓願和心咒主要為息滅眾生的病苦、消除因冤業、痴業、魔障引起的傳染病、瘟疫、各種病症，亦可對治蠱毒惡咒引起的疾病，幫修行者去除逆緣、增長壽量、解脫生死輪迴。