Salutations to Tara, the mother, our saviors from all poverty, at whose two lotus-beams are bowed, the tyrants of gods and den of gods. OM AYADHAT ASLAM PARI PURUSHVE MUTTAKHA [...] This is the ground, anointed by scented waters, is strewn with flowers that beautify Thou, Samaria, for Thou art the best of Thine own. By directing this water into the ground, the food is fed to all beings in a pure way.

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It is described in one of the five sentient waters, streamed with lilies identified by Sumeru, before it passes the sun and moon. I direct these quadrants to the realm of the buddhas, and I place all pieces to make their vans. This is the Grand, denoted by scented waters, speaking of flowers or purified balsamic work objects of Sam and Moon, by directing the suffering to the Grand, the Buddhist, who in fact self-deems to be fearless. PURUTA MANDALA TUJAS MEYAS SAMUDRA STHARAT STANAYE HUM Om. Salutations to the revered Holy Tara. Salutations to Tara, to her who is swift and courageous, with eyes as quick as lightning, to her who sprang from the corolla of the Lord of the Three Worlds, Lotus States.

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Salutations to her who has faced the traction of a hundred full moons of autumn, To her, all the globe provides constellations of thousands of stars. Salutations to her, whose plant is adorned by the golden blue water-born lotus. To her, herself is the arena of giving us therapy, vigors, peace, patience, and meditation. Salutations to her, the crown mount of Papagopolis. To her, we're all welcome to live in victory. To her, the sons of the conquerors serve. that have all perfections attained. Start taking to her who fills the realms of desire, directing his faith with the still books to Tara and to her who speaks to us of certain worlds, who is able to summon them all. Salutations to her who taught the Adi, Brahma, Vayu, and Vishnuparaya worship, before whose thymuses the demons, scent-eaters, zombies, and yaktas give praise.

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Salutations to her who with trot and pot totally defeats others and focuses on us, with her right leg curled in a left-out stretch, who travels and makes forth flames. Salutations to Ture, to her of great terror, who thoroughly strikes out bold demons, to her whose strong lotus face feels destruction to every foe. Salutations to her whose fingers and ejector show three jewels, adorned her heart well, to her whose the ray of her own boxes radiates, adorned by the circle of all directions. Salutations to her who cried to our own joy, is enhanced by a garb of her lusts, laughing, laughing at life, with two children, demons, and the world she's the priest. Salutations to her who alone has the powers to summon all the hosts of the bleak detectives, who with the wrathful, moody letter put them on fetters from all oddities.

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Salutations to her whose tiara is the door, thy precious moon, whose every ornament shines, from a must to glass to pear, like featherbees pour from Amitabha. Salutations to her who walks in a garland of flames like the fire of a eon sand, who with her right leg curved and left extended, fells the deceiving hosts of happiness and woes. Salutations to her who presses her surface with the palm of her hand and slaps it with her foot, who with a leather broom angrily crawls to step levels of deeds. Salutations to Her, the good, cold, virtuous, pretty one, who impedes the realm of her body's peace. By her perfect perfection, with all spot-up, she alone puts an end to great sin. Salutations to Her, who raises the bodies of the crippling foes of great joy, who alone sets free by coordination of her ten-legged, macho, little one.

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My invitation to her is to cast her feet in true rain, to become a nucleus of energy in the form of wool, and cause her to trample the three-fold world, Magmeru, Mandala, and Vindhya. Thy patience to her whose hand upon a marked wound that is shaped like a lake of the gods is held, through whose utterance of two powers that pop, all poisons are turned to milk. Thy patience to her whom the kings of the gods, gods of Canaris, attend. by whose shield the joyous shoutings, quarrels, and bad dreams are dispelled. Sanctification to her whose two eyes, the silent volume, clear like the fields, whose utterance of two hearts, two tarots, sweeps away the most horrible plagues. Sanctification to her who arrays the altars, three signs, to perfect the power to register reason. repels the multitude of demons, raptures, and zombies, who are those to it as supreme.

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This is the greatest of months, and it's on the Sabbath day. Oh, salutations to Tara, the Blessed One, Goddess. Salutations to Tara, Harry, and Tarek. By Tarek, all fears shall come out. All beneficence, Jesus, goes. Salutations to Tarek and Tarek. Oh, salutations to Tara, the Blessed One, Goddess. Salutations to Tara, Heroine, Tarae. Thy true child, Lord, please say no. All beneficent should be throes. Salutations to Turid and Swaha. all of whatever slight virtues that I may have gathered through believing, offering, accepting, rejoicing, imploring, and requesting, I dedicate to its change of enlightenment, perfected grace. Om Tare to Tare to the Svaha [...]

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That's right. Yes, together. Holy Tara, take heed of me. Put an end to all my misfortunes and blest me through the quiet, spontaneously and without end, convictions that are savourable and all that the selfs can access. Salutations to Tara, the Mother, our saviors from all poverty, at whose true lotus tree they bow, the cross of gods and demon gods. This is the ground anointed by scented waters, bestewed with flowers and beautified by Sumeru, four continents, the sun and moon.

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Thy directives are sovereign to the realm of the buddhas, and place all beings against their limits. RULUKHARA MAGDALA JIJJAD MEGASAMUDRA SPARANASAMAYE HUM This is the plan we want to sign central waters between the clouds of Yudhavati Nehru, four continents, the same moon, by directing the faculty to the realm of the Buddhas and place all beings in their pure lands. RULUKHARA MAGDALA JIJJAD MEGASAMUDRA SPARANASAMAYE HUM This is the ground anointed by scented waters, entwined with flowers, and edified by sunaru, four continents, the sun and moon. By directing this offering to the realm of the Buddhas, may I place all of you into their pure realms. All, salutations to Revere Holy Tarot.

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Salutations to Tarot, to her who is swift and courageous, with eyes as quick as lightning, to her who sprang from the corolla of the Lord of the Three Worlds, Lotus Face. Salutations to her whose face is passionate like a hundred full moons of autumn, to her all who glow with the light of constellations to thousands of stars. Salutations to her whose hands are adorned by a golden blue water-born lotus, to her whom the Self is the arena of giving prosperity, vigor, peace, patience, and meditation. Salutations to her, the proud mother of Kavagapas, to her who is one ounce to infinite victory, to her who the sons of the conquerors serve, that have all perfections to tame. Predications to her fills the realms that desire direction to space with the syllables too quiet and long. To her whose teeth tread upon the seven worlds, who is able to summon them all. Salutations to her who pleased Chakra, Adi, Brahma, Vayu, and Visakha Lala, before whom the spenders of demons, sentiers, donkeys, and raptures give praise.

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Salutations to her who with tract and pact totally redeems her deceitful designs. With her right leg curved, its left arm stretched, she tramples and rages sorely. I patience to curate to her a great chariot, who thoroughly strikes down both demons. To her, this crowning load of space feels destructive to every foe. I patience to her to state using a gesture of showing the three jewels to adorn her heart well. To her, it is the ray of her own light's radiance, adorned by the circle of all directions. Salutations to her whose bright tiara of joys is enhanced by a garland of lights. Laughing, laughing, now rising, is the part of demons and the world she seduces. Salutations to her who alone has the powers, come in all the hosts of earthly protectors, who with radical moving readily unfetters small poverty. Salutations to her whose tiara is adorned by a crescent moon, whose every ornament shines, amongst whose lots of hair the anus ever be o'er the granpami tunnel.

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Salutations to her who dwells beneath a garland of flames like the fire at a gale of sand. who the right light, which and the left extended, dealt the besieging pulse with the happiest thought. Thy patience to her who presses thy surface with the palm of her hand and stamps it with her foot, through with the letters who, angrily quelled, to better mellows of being. Thy patience to her who with co-virtuous serving one, We think it's different from a lot of Jesus. And it reflects the stretch of the old straw hog. You'll know it's an act of great sin. Thank patience for the grace of the bodies. It's a circling close to great joy. Who would love and step free of that cordulation for ten-minute months? Salutation to her is a chance to be pure, to become a nucleus of energy in the form of wool, and causes to tremble in the cold world, not in the lumen of Dara and Lygia. Salutation to her is a hand upon a marked moon that's shaped like a leg of the gods' channel.

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To these others, the true powers of what all poisons our church nail. God takes to her in the games of the gods, and God has given others a chance. God's field of joy shines in its quarrels and bad deeds to dispel. So how do you take it to her in the twilight spot, only to relight the view? God has given to her in the twilight spot, only to relight the view. [...] God has given to her who dwells amongst you, the demons, the archers, and the zombies, who belongs to you, to you. Oh, salutations to Tara, the Blessed One, Goddess. Salutations to Tara, heralded, parleyed. By Tara, all fears are annulled, all beneficence she bestows. Salutations to Tara, Svaha.

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Oh, salutations to Tata, the blessed one, goddess. Salutations to Tata, the heroine, Tata. By Tata, all dears are known, all the ministries and stones. Salutations to Tata, the blessed one, goddess. Salutations to Tata, the heroine, Tata. FADJUKARA YALHIR SARANALA, ALBANIFICENT JESUS CHRIST, SALUTATIONS TO TURTIS AND KRAHA. OM SALUTATIONS KUKARA, THE BLESSED ONE, BATIS. SALUTATIONS KUKARA, PHARAWIC, TATI. FADJUKARA YALHIR SARANALA, ALBANIFICENT JESUS CHRIST, SALUTATIONS TO TURTIS AND KRAHA. Aum, salutations to Tara, the Blessed One, Christ. Salutations to Tara, Heroine Tarae. Aum, salutations to Tara, the Blessed One, Goddess. Salutations to Tara, Heroine Tarae.

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By the grace of the eternal, all omnipotent musicals, the realization to create the top. Aum, ariyatame, arakam, padam, tushpe, tukpe, alokhe, dandhe, sanhedhe, sadhah, alokhe. Upon the wise person who recites this prayer to the Goddess with devotion made perfect and faith to the Spirit, when she rises at dawn and at evening time, because of her remembrance, rightfully will she bestow fearlessness. All her sins she will currently dispel, and to all evil states put an end. 1719, she will soon pass away, and in this very lifetime of greatness, she will attain, arriving moreover at the gold of Judah. Whether animate or inanimate, even or drunk, the most lethal poisons will be nullified simply by remembering her.

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From all pains, too, will she be freed. That fiendish spirit shall not be stopped, and so, too, it will be for other beings. Twice, thrice, or seven times is clear and clearly spoken. By wishing for a son, she will have one. By wishing for wealth, wealth she will gain. In achieving every wish without hindrance, in practical will she overcome, one by one. Kali, [...] Kali

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Salutations to all who merit salutations. In every way, with highest faith, I salute them, because many bodies... Repeat to me, all Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, and dwell in the ten directions, with ear, heart, and all your gathering vows, as your own conceivable chest and net of wisdom, loving compassion, and the power to save the invidious. Please bring to us the Christless jewel of the All-Knowing One, the dreamless religion, the source of all joy and beneficence. May the wishes of those holy teachers who have passed away be fulfilled. May those who are present today be well, living long to enhance the will of beings. May all society do not wait but last, performing the temple of service of Dharma. May we all kindly be the world's creatures, that goodly crops and herds obtain, and all diseases of men these be uplifted.

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May all warfare be stopped, but believe too, may all adversities be stilled, and the bids our circle be with the students, but ask that your provision prevail for us, and our needs be fulfilled as we wish. May we all kindly be the world's creatures, that goodly crops and herds obtain, The word says here, add any personal prayers. The prayer that you have just recited is for general purposes. You may have specific purposes in mind. For example, illness or someone who is in need of Tara's help, someone who's very ill that you know, that you're very concerned about and unable to help, you put them in your prayers here. or any situations of danger or illness or a recent death, someone that you know, then you might include any personal prayers at this point.

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Is that clear? All right. Okay. And now we enter the sixth section of the ritual, the oblations, that is the food offerings. These are the offering of the food that is made sacred through being offered to the holy beings.

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The first step is to purify the turmas, that is these four turmas. which we purify by sprinkling clean water, pure water upon them, while reciting the two mantras of purification found at the bottom of page 11. Then the first oblation there, four oblations, to be made. The first is to Tara herself, but you think of her and our teacher, Jetsun Kushila, as being one and the same, as being truly non-dual in the form of Tara, having the nature of Tara, but at the same time recognizing that there is, we're talking about one and the same entity, all right? And that is the, that first offering is made to Tara. And this we will learn at the beginning, the beginning, that's on the kong education.

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Right, totally. From the teaching kind it is. So first we have the purification through reciting again these two mantras of cleansing and purifying through emptiness. Then in the top of page 12, we recite and visualize that out of emptiness there arises a great vessel, one that is very vast, including the whole world, if you like.

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And in it, there appears a turma. A turma is, as you know, these stylized food offerings. They have various shapes, usually conical. You can just visualize one of those, and... A vast ocean of ambrosia that is the elixir of immortality. A white... A white... liquid that is endowed with tremendous power, vitality. Just the mere remembrance of it bestows upon you immortality. It is that powerful. So that is what you visualise. We recite these two together and then we will get instructions for how to make the offering to Tara herself. All right? If you don't have these two, the construction of these torments is a little bit difficult, so it will suffice if you just use fruit as we have done today, and let that be the food offering.

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It's legitimate. Okay? OM AMRITAH OM IM BADDH SUAHA OM SUA BA BA SHU DA SA RA DA SUA BA BA SHU DA HA Out of the out of emptiness arises a path, then why? The truth which appeared at Torma in the great ocean of Gershom. All right. Right, and now to consecrate or to sanctify this dharma that we are offering to Tara, we recite three times the three sacred syllables of the mantra.

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Yes. Optionally, you can accompany these, the recitation of these three syllables with the appropriate mudras. It's not really necessary, but you can do it, which are roughly, it's just as you say Aum, you present your... You present your left hand, then as you say, ah, you present the right hand, and then as you say, hum, you bring the two together, and then we perform the Garuda Mudra, which is like this. Yes, this is for, yes, these blessed, the Dharmas, the Garuda Mudra, which we can teach you later in our regular sessions.

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It's a little complicated. All right, so let's do that very quickly with or without the mudras. OM AH RANG HO GUNA, OM AH RANG HO GUNA, AH RANG HO GUNA. All right. And now we recite the... the following mantra three times, which is the Sanskrit mantra of offering, offering this particular Torah mask to Holy Tara. This is accompanied by the two mudras. What are they, the pekor ki chagya? Pekor ki chagya ta, sunak pekor ki chagya, thalin thangkoyagi. This is the lotus round mudra. Just sort of like a tai chi exercise.

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And then cup the hands together. Something like that, yeah. This is to represent the vessel of offering, the vessel that contains the offering. And then in conclusion, at the end of the mantra, when you get to swaha, then you slap your fingers, then you start all over again, recite the mantra and accompany it with those two mudras. And then you can study the completion of each of these stages. All right? Where are we? We did omahant, didn't we?

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Alright, let's do this one then. Om aryatare om akharo mukham sarva-karmanam iyanutpalatva ahundet svaha All right. And now we perform again the eight offerings. And as you name each one of those, starting with Argam, you know, drinking water, you perform the appropriate mudra, you know, as we do these.

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Satsang with Mooji Satsang with Mooji And now, ringing the bell and the cymbals, we recite the salutation, the one verse of salutation to Tara. There's one letter left out in the second line. Just add O, our saviours, okay? All right, let's do this then. It's salutation to Tara, who now they are saviors from all poverty. And we thank you. We thank you. We thank you. All right.

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All right. So that completes the first oblation to Tara. The second one we direct to the guardians, Mahakala and the other great protectors of the Buddhist religion. Again, we bless the second torma that we're offering to them. So let's... Third one, I'm sorry. Yes, that's it. All right, so let us do that. We'll go through this just as before. first the omahung, then the langamantum, three times, and then finally the offering, the phrase and the offering. All right, ready? Omahung, omahung, omahung, omahung. Satsang with Mooji Satsang with Mooji This holy oblation I offer to the guardians of the Dharma.

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May the Buddhist religion prosper. May I fulfill my tasks. And now we have an offering to the... of an oblation to all living beings, that is, the six realms of beings. Again, we bless the offering with OM AH [...] OM recite the following Sanskrit mantra, which calls upon all Buddhists to witness our gift to beings and to... Yes, that's it. You recite this three times while holding the following mudra. Your right hand is extended in the giving mudra, that is, with this giving mudra.

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The left hand is what? Just... What is this called? Yeah, it's held in the... in the preaching mudra, something like this, to your heart. So while you recite... All right, there are two forms, but this is the one we'll use. She has it. Dini the namah sāvatārāgāra avalikidhiyoṁ sambhara-sambhara. Dini the jamma, the attention-shaping. Yes, all right. Now at the conclusion, all right, so holding this mudra, you'll say, and snap your finger. of your right hand, and then you recite it again, second time, snap the finger, then third time, snap the finger, then fold your hands at your heart and we recite the names of the four Tathagatas, given at the bottom of the page, 13.

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And then we turn to the top of page 14 and state our purpose. All right? So let's do that. All right, now we're looking at the third, The third one? The third tome? All right, this third tome, I guess. Okay, then, did we do omaham or not? Chesam. Chesam. All right, so let's do namaham. Okay. Namah samadharam. Namah samadharam. Namah samadharam. Salutations to the Tathagata Vahuratna. Salutations to the Tathagata Varasurupa. Salutations to the Tathagata Pariyattakaya. Salutations to the Tathagata Sarvabhaya. This holy oblation I give to the six realms' sentient beings. May their pains of hunger and thirst be stilled.

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May they have the resolve to become enlightened. Okay. Now the fourth... All right. All right. This is the fourth oblation, the fourth turma we offer to the local gods and spirits. This is exactly the same. Do everything just as we did the last one. All right, let's hit it. Namo Amitabha. Namo Amitabha. His holy oblation I respectfully offer to the local gods and spirits.

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Partake of it and help the world to be happy. Increase the Dharma further by all means. This is the first one. This is the second one. This is the third one. This is the fourth one. And that completes the four mandala ritual. In conclusion, we have to consider that through our carelessness or ignorance we may have committed errors in our performance of this ritual.

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And since we want it to be effective and right, we purify any mistakes in the performance of the rite by reciting three times the hundred syllable mantra of Vajrasattva, the Bodhisattva purification. That is found on top of page 15, And it's in Sanskrit. We will recite those hundred syllables three times and then follow it by the prayer to Vajrasattva to purify whatever errors there are. Of omission, that is, anything that we've left out through carelessness or ignorance. Or commission, anything that didn't belong there that we may have added in. through ignorance. So, this we confess all of these mistakes that we may have made ourselves or through ignorance caused others to do. Now, there's a typo here in the second verse where it says, to perform the right rightly according to text, compassionately forgive me for any failure.

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All right, reverse those two lines. The line should begin, compassionately forgive me for any failure to perform the rite rightly according to text. Just reverse the order of those two lines. Have you got it? Is that clear to everyone? So it now reads, Compassionately forgive me for any failure to perform the rite rightly according to text, for whatever errors, transgressions, excesses, or deletions. Okay? All right, so let's do that. Okay. Pardon, O Lord, whatever errors of permission and omission that I in mental delusion have done or made others do.

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Compassionately forgive me for any failure to perform the right rites according to facts. For whatever errors, transgressions, transgressions or delusions that may have occurred through my carelessness and impure conduct. But come in. And then you say, but I said, well, damn it. And then you're nothing. I'm just going to do what I have so hard. You say, but I didn't have a job. All right. If you have an image of Tara at the as part of your altar or a tonga like that.

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Then you, you strew flowers, flower petals or rice upon it and recite the following mantra that request her transcendent wisdom to abide with you, to abide based upon this, this image. And then you recite the Sanskrit mantra that says, om supratistha vajrayesvaha, which means something like, All right, very good. So that means something like roughly dwell Let's see. Something rings rapidly, dwell with us steadily, firmly, something like that. And then the other deities that you invited, Mahakala and the other protectors, when you made offerings, you request them to return to their regular places of abode.

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Or if you don't have it, also if you don't have an image of Tara for her to become absorbed into, you request her also to return to her pure land. And that is done by reciting the following line, may the wisdom be pleased to part. . All right, so we'll recite first Aum Supratistha, inviting Tara to dwell with us in the form of this thangka. And we will invite Mahakala and the other protectors whom we invited to the ritual. We invite them to return to their places by saying, may the wisdom beings, you can add an S if you want to here, may the wisdom beings please depart. Go home. E.T. Go home. May the wisdom beings please depart.

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Alright Alright And now, in conclusion, the seventh stage of the ritual is the conclusion. Then you bring to mind all beings whom you vowed to free from suffering and establish in enlightenment. And so you dedicate and turn over to their happiness and eventual enlightenment whatever merit or benefit you yourself have acquired through the performance of this ritual of Tara. That's expressed in this one verse, by these merits, etc., on page 16. We recite that and then add any other appropriate dedicatory verses that you may have. There are standard verses which have not been translated yet.

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I promise to translate those in the invocation of the Guru's beginning. So you'll want to get those in our regular meetings. We will insert them into the booklet for editions before and after the ritual itself. OK? By this marriage, quickly may I attain the stage of revered Karan, placed then also on her stage, living beings without accession. Satsang with Mooji So as an additional blessing, for those of you who would like it, we will share the

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Offerings that we made to Dara, the sanctified food, we'll offer first one plate to our teacher, and then we will ourselves share the fruits and biscuits and whatever we have there amongst ourselves. It's not a... And while this has been distributed amongst you, Chessing Krishna is going to confer upon you the loom or reading empowerment for the healing tutara so that you will have her blessing in your recitation of this prayer. So pay attention to Chessing Krishna while the offerings are being distributed. Thank you.

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All right. That completes our seminar in Green Tara. Yes. Can you just explain the difference between the rite and the sadhana, and one is practice and the other is practice? Surely. The rite is the rite and the sadhana is the sadhana. Okay. The sadhana is the meditation, the formal meditation. of Green Tara. It has a different process, you know, the three stages of preliminary, actual practice and conclusion. But in the actual practice there, one is involved in the two processes, you know, the meditation, first of all the creation of oneself as the goddess, identifying with her, reciting the mantra, and then the process of completion, you enter into emptiness meditation or Mahamudra meditation. Thank you.

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And that is the conclusion, you dedicate the merit. That is the meditation. This you can do by yourself in your regular daily practice or as often as you want. If you're in retreat, you would do that one. The right... And that is an Anuttara version, that is where Anuttara Tantra Yoga, where you, it's not so much concerned with the externals but the internals, your visualization of yourself, recitation of the mantra, the Mahamudra meditation. It's like other meditations. But the rite, however, is more externalized. You have to have an altar, you have to have an image, you have to have the mandalas and do a lot of actions. It's a kriya, an action tantra. Things to do, things to work with, many instruments, so forth. It doesn't involve meditations on emptiness and the two processes and so forth. You don't identify yourself as a goddess. You do not meditate on the state of emptiness or mahamudra meditations.

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Its function is to invoke the goddess and her blessings and to perform these offerings in order to accumulate merit and also her blessings of protection, guidance, wisdom and so forth. So it's a different type of... it has a different function. Now you can, if you were a devotee of Thay, you may wish to do both of them every single day of your life. That's wonderful if you can do it. Or you may choose to do only one of these two. Instead, you might have a feeling and ability to spend more time and do the rite every day. Or you may want to just do the meditation every day, and then in group practices you might want to join with your friends in performing the rite. That should be done according to Csikszentmihalyi's instructions. She wants her students to perform that every week. That will be one of our three main practices at the Sakyas Center here in L.A.

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It can be done alone, that is, out of the context of the meditation, but each one of them has to be kept separately and done completely in order to be effective. Is that an interesting question? Okay? Yes? In the sadhana, we are supposed to visualize the offerings, and should we also visualize No, you don't have to have them. You can have them if you want to. If you have an altar, you can put them up there. If you have an altar and you do can make all the offerings, go right ahead and offer them and do the mudras.

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If you do not have the offerings and an altar, just visually make the offerings, but do the mudras physically and say the mantras and just visualize you're making the offerings, okay? All right? So now a few closing remarks and then we'll... You have something? All right. Hmm? Very good. A movie is going to be shown in the Ritual of Green Tara at where and when? The entire Ritual of Green Tara... I want to thank Jyotindra Kushal also for having done it again this weekend. She has again greatly enriched our own efforts to learn and move forward in understanding of the Dharma and in our realization of its truths.

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Each time she has come to Los Angeles, she has helped us forward immensely with her very timely teachings. From her we've learned all of the Vajrayana vows. We have learned how to do the Blue Flower Meditations, the Four Infinitudes, just countless other very important facets of Buddhist thought and practice, particular practice. And from her we've received again another very instructive and extremely useful guidance in meditation. So we owe her truly a very great debt of gratitude. to take time out from her busy schedule and to come down each year and provide all of these very, very helpful teachings that really help us move forward. And so I'm sure we all have an increasing sense of confidence that through her watchful care that we're going to

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We're going to be able to learn all that we need of Dharma and we look forward to her future visits and all else that she has to share with us. We want to thank her very, very much from the heart for her kindness in spending these two arduous days with us and sharing with us the blessings of the Green Tower Meditation. I'm sure that all she would ask of us is that we take it seriously, take it to heart, make it a part of our own spiritual life. That is, I'm sure, all that she would want from us in return. So I would like to ask each of you to consider how you might be able to include this meditation of Green Tara, either the meditation or the ritual, into your regular practice so that you and others through you will receive the blessings and the benefit of the Green Tara Tantra. This is the highlight of Jyotsna Kusala's current visit to Los Angeles.

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