Maitripa College

OM TARE TUTTARE TURE SOHA

The mantra of Green Tara is a prayer for liberation, protection, healing, and awakening.

• OM — Tara’s holy body, speech, and mind
• TARE — release from samsara
• TUTTARE — dispelling fears and dangers
• TURE — release from suffering and disease
• SOHA — may these blessings take root within us

Join us for Tara Puja & Community Practice on Sunday, the 24th, as we gather in meditation, chanting, and prayer for the benefit of all beings.

All are welcome.

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TaraPuja Maitripa

On Mother’s Day, we honor the Twenty-One Tārās of Lama Atīśa’s tradition and the boundless compassion they embody.

In the lamrim teachings, Lama Atīśa transmitted the seven-point cause-and-effect instruction for generating bodhicitta—the awakened heart dedicated to the benefit of all beings. The practice begins by reflecting that all beings have, at some time, been our mothers: caring for us with kindness, protection, and love.

Remembering their kindness, we cultivate gratitude.
From gratitude arises the wish to repay that kindness.
From this, love and compassion expand beyond self and other, embracing all beings without exception.

Tārā, the compassionate Mother of Liberation, reminds us that wisdom and compassion are inseparable—and always responsive to suffering.

On this day, may appreciation for our own mothers open into compassion for all mother sentient beings.

🌿 Om Tāre Tuttāre Ture Svāhā 🌿



Images by Fred Van Der Zee, available free at the Digital Thangkas website