Tibetan Homage to the Innumerable Manifestations of Tara
from the Peking Tangyur

I bow to the Body of Tara who saves from the eight fears.
I bow to the Body of Tara of infinite fame.
I bow to the Body of Tara, the world's benefactor.
I bow to the Body of Tara, sure curer of sorrow.
I bow to the Body of Tara of a thousand hands and eyes.
I bow to the Body of Tara infinite as space.
I bow to the Body of Tara adorned with the Marks and the Signs.
I bow to the Body of Tara whose limbs are like the moon.
I bow to the Body of Tara who is as bright as the sun.
I bow to the Body of Tara unchanging in the three times.
I bow to the Body of Tara supporting like earth.
I bow to the Body of Tara cohering like water.
I bow to the Body of Tara ripening like fire.
I bow to the Body of Tara expanding like air.
I bow to the Body of Tara who is the Sovereign of Doctors.
I bow to the Body of Tara subduing disease like medicine.
I bow to the Body of Tara the river of compassion.
I bow to the Body of Tara skilled in means like taming.
I bow to the Body of Tara lovely yet free of desire.
I bow to the Body of Tara who teaches the Way of Freedom.


See Martin Wilson, "In Praise of Tara: Songs of the Saviouress," Boston: Wisdom Publications, 1986/1996

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