Salutations to Tara, the mother, our saviors from all poverty, at whose two lotus feet are bound, the clowns of gods and demigods. Hare Hare, Hare Rama, Hare Rama Rama, Hare Hare, Hare Hare, Hare Rama, Hare Hare, This is the ground anointed by scented waters and stewing with flowers that beautified by Sumeru four thousand years of time immemorial. By directing this offering to the realm of the Buddhas, we can replace all beings in their pure lands.

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Guru Tadamandala Buddha Meghasamudra, Paramahamsa Bhaye Bhu. This is the land demonstrated by scented waters, stream of flowers magnified by Samara, four continents of Saturn and Moon. By directing and offering to the realm of the Buddhas, may I place all beings in their good lands. Gurudwara Mandala, Shudra Megha Samudra, Paramahamsa Nayegu, This is the ground anointed by scented waters, besteemed with flowers, and beautified by Śrī Nirvāṇa, the Lord consciousness, the Sādhanā guru, by directing His offering to the realm of the Buddhas, man, flesh, all beings, and the pure lands. Guru-tāra-māndala-bhūta-meṅgha-saṁudra- sphādāna-stendhāya-pūrṇam. Om. Salutations to revered holy Tārā, Salutations to Tara, to her who is swift and courageous, with eyes as quick as lightning, to her who sprang from the corona of the Lord of the Three Worlds, Low Space.

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Salutations to her who will space this fashion of a hundred full moons of autumn, to her on the glow of the lights of constellations of thousands of stars. Salutations to her whose hand is adored by a golden blue water for a notice. To her who herself is the arena of giving austerity, vigor, peace, patience, and dedication. Salutations to her, the crown of the conqueror. To her who has won out to the ultimate victory. To her whose sons are the conquerors, sirs, that have all perfection to tame. by taking to her who builds the realms of desire, direction, and space, with the syllables sutara and buddhi, to her whose feet tread upon the seven worlds, who is able to summon them all. Salutations to her whom Chakra, Agni, Brahma, Vayu, and Vishnu, Udaya worship, before whom assemblies of demons, sentient beings, zombies, and yaksas gave praise.

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Salutations to her who with Trat and Pat totally defeats other people's desires. With her right leg curved and her left arm stretched, she travels and raids the fourth place. Salutations to Ture, to her who breaks terror, who thoroughly strikes down bold demons, to her whose frowning lotus face steals destruction to every foe. Salutations to her whose fingers, in a gesture of showing the three jewels, adorn her heart well, to her whose the ray of her own light is raided, adorned by the circle of all directions. Salutations to her with a slight tear of joy is attempted by a garland of light, laughing, laughing at life, which retires demons and the world she subdues. Salutations to her who alone has the power to summon all the hosts of earthly protectors, who, with the wrathful, moving letter of the moon, unfetters from all augurities.

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Salutations to her whose tiara is adorned by crescent moon, whose every ornament shines. From a must to lots of hair, life's ever-being poured from Amitābha. Salutations to her who welds the native garlands of flames like the fire of a young saint, who with her right leg curved and her left extended, throws the besieging hosts of happiness ashore. Salutations to her who presses their service to the palm of the hand, and snaps it with her foot, who with a letter of doom angrily quells the seven levels of being. Salutations to her, the blissful, virtuous Serene One, who indeed is the realm of nirvana's peace. By her perfect possession of Aum, Svaha, she alone puts an end to great sins. Salutations to her who raises the bodies of these circling foes of great joy, who alone steps free by the formulation of her ten-lettered mantra that we know.

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Salutations to her who steps her feet into reign. to become a nucleus of energy in the form of womb, and causes to tremble the threefold world, Mount Meru, Mandala, and Vindhya. Salutations to her in whose hand a fauna-marked womb that is shaped like a lake of the gods is held, through whose utterance of two-parted said thoughts all forces are turned to nil. Salutations to her whom the kings of the gods, gods and kinaros attend. by whose shield of joyous shininess quarrels and bad dreams are dispelled. Salutation to her whose two eyes, the sun and full moon, clear light diffuse, whose utterance of true horrors, true torrents, sweeps away the most horrible plagues. Salutation to her who arrays reality's three sides to a perfect length of power to render serene. Who compels the multitude of demons, yaksas and zombies,

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who alone is truly supreme. This is the grace of the Most Holy One's salutations to you. Aum. Salutations to Tara, the Blessed One, the Goddess. Salutations to Tara, Herod, and Katale. By Katale all fears are abound. All beneficence she bestows. Salutations to Ture and Ture. Om, Salutations to Tara, the Blessed One, Goddess. Salutations to Tara, Herod and Tara. By Tatara and all spirits that are known, all beneficence she bestows. Salutations to Tara and Svaha. All of whatever slight virtues that I may have gathered through saluting, offering, confessing, rejoicing, imploring, and requesting, I dedicate it to the attainment of enlightenment, perfect and great. Om Tare Tuttare Tussara [...]

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That's right. Holy Tara, take heed of me. Put an end to all my misfortunes, and bless me through quiet, spontaneously and without famine, conditions that are favorable, and all the selves that I desire. Salutations to Tara, the mother, our savior from all poverty, and whose two lotus feet abound in the presence of gods and demigods.

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In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen. This is the ground anointed by scented water, stream of flowers, and beautified by sumeru, four continents, the sun and moon. By directing this offering to the realm of the buddhas, may I place all beings in their pure lands. Guru Tada Mandala Vijaya Megha Sanudra Sparana Samaye Hum. This is the ground in which I sent the waters, the stream, the flowers, the beautiful advisory, the four continents, the sun and moon. By directing the Sangha to the realm of the Buddhas, may I place all beings in their pure lands. Guru Tada Mandala Vijaya Megha Sanudra Sparana Samaye Hum.

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This is the ground anointed by scented water, including the flowers, and beautified by sumeru, four continents, the sun and moon. By directing this offering to the realm of the Buddhas, may I place all beings in their pure land. Guru Tathagatamangala Bhushanmegasamudana Svargamsamayeh Om. Om. Salutations to a dear 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 Face. Salutations to her whose face is fashionable in hundredfold moons of autumn, to her all glow with the light of constellations of thousands of stars. Salutations to her whose hand is adorned by a gold and blue water-borne lotus. To her who herself is the arena of giving austerity, vigor, peace, patience, and meditation.

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Salutations to her, the crown jewel of the Catholic office. To her who has won out to infinite victory, to her who the sons of the conquerors serve, and of all perfections attain, salutations to her who fills the realms of the desired direction and space with the syllables to triumph and hope. To her who sees tread upon the seven worlds, who is able to summon them all, Salutations to her who is Chakra, Agni, Brahma, Kali, Abhisheka and Anuradha, before whom ascenders of demons, demons, zombies and dachshunds give praise. Salutations to her who was trapped and cuffed totally due to this other people's designs. With her right leg curved and slanted from stretch, she tramples and begs before the flames. Salutations to her great carrier, who thoroughly strikes down bold demons. To her whose crowned lotus face feels destruction to every foe. Salutations to her who figures in a gesture of showing her free jewels, adorning her heart well.

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To her who is the ray of her own life's radiance, adorned by the circle of all directions, salutation to her whose bright tiara of joy is enhanced by a garland of light, laughing, laughing outright with the heart of Venus and the world she subdues. Citations to her who alone has the power, summon all the hosts of earthly protectors, who with the wrathful and moving letter of the moon, unfetters them all poverty. Citations to her whose yard is adorned by a crescent moon, whose every ornament shines, amongst whose lots of hair behind severed beady oars from on high. Salutations to her who dwells in the garland of flames like the fire that ignites sin, who with right leg curved and left extended held the besieging host, the happiness host. Salutations to her who presses on the surface with the palm of her hand and sends it with her foot. Who, with the letter Hu, angrily quells the seven levels of beings.

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Salutations to her, who is so virtuous to be one. Who, with teachings of her own, from the water-beings, by her perfect discretion, alones draw harm. She alone takes an end to grave sins. Salutations to her, who raises the bodies of these encircling foes of great joy. Who, alone, steps free by the formulation of her ten-letter mantra, Hu. Salutations to her who stamps her feet today to become a nucleus of energy in the form of cool, and causes to tremble the three-fold world, Nam-myoho, Nam-dara, and Vidya. Salutations to her raising hand upon a large moon that is shaped like a lake of the gods, and who, through these utterances of powerful thoughts, all poignants are turned to him. Thou takest to her from the kings of the gods, Gotham's canary of the tempts, like a field of joy shining with pearls and bad dreams that dispel. Thou takest to her from the gods, the sun and the moon, very like the human enemy, that utters the book to Paris, to Paris, in which away the most horrible plague.

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I petition to her who obeys reality to reach time, to become perfectly the power to reign supreme, who calls the multitude of demons, devils, and zombies, who are ones to raise the king. This is the grace of my life and the grace of my creation. Om, salutations to Tara, the blessed one, goddess. Salutations to Tara, the herald of Tari. By Tari, all fears are annulled. All beneficence be bestowed. Salutations to Tari. Svaha. Om. Salutations to Tara. The Blessed One. Goddess. Salutations to Tara. Heroine. Goddess. Salutations to Tara. The Blessed One. Goddess. Salutations to Tara. Heroine. Goddess. By Tathātāla, all fears are null. All beneficence she bestows.

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Salutations to Pūrī and Svāhā. Oṁ Salutations to Pāḍa, the Blessed One, the Goddess. Salutations to Pāḍa, the Heroine, the Party. By Tathātāla, all fears are null. All beneficence she bestows. Salutations to Pūrī and Svāhā. Aum, Sanctations to Tara, the Blessed One, Christ. Sanctations to Tara, to everyone, to Kali. And to Kali, all fears that are known, all the wickedness she bestows. Sanctations to Kure and to Raha. Aum, salutations to Tara, the Blessed One, Goddess. Salutations to Tara, Heroine, Hari. By Kintare, all fears are null. All benefits achieved, of course. Salutations to Kirti and Tara. Aum, ariya, tari, aragam, padam, shishte, dupe, arohe, gandhe, nabhude, sarvajna, aum. Upon the wise person who recites this prayer to the goddess with devotion made perfect and faithless pure, when she rises at dawn and at evening time, because of her remembrance, quite fully will she bestow fearlessness.

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All her sins she will thoroughly bestow, and to all evil traits put an end. 17 million geniuses will soon consecrate her, and in this very lifetime of grace she will attain arriving, moreover, at the goal of good on earth. Whether animate or inanimate, eating or drunk, the most lethal poisons will be nullified simply by remembering her. From all pains, too, will she be freed. That fiendish fear is an illness's cause, and so, too, will it be for other beings. If twice, thrice, or seven times is clearly spoken, by which before a son she will have one, By wishing for wealth, wealth she will gain. And if she may ever wish without hindrance, she drops the goal she overcame, one by one. Om Tatatatata Sarva [...]

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Om Tare Tare Tare Svaha Om Tare Tare Tare Svaha Tare [...] Hare Krsna. Salutations to all who merit salutations.

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In every way, with highest faith, I salute him with this mental body, as he is now. Give heed to me, all Buddhists and Bodhisattvas, who dwell in the ten directions, who hear all the Tara and all your gathering of vows, as your own inconceivable transcendental wisdom, Please bring to pass the priceless jewel of the All-Knowing One, the genius religion, the source of all joy and beneficence. May prosper and long remain. May the wishes of those holy teachers have passed away be fulfilled. May those who are present today be well, living long to enhance the wheel of peace. May all the sacrifice not wane but last, performing the tenfold observance of Dharma. May rain fall kindly in the world's regions. Let goodly crops and herds obtain. And all diseases of men be skewed. May all warfare be stopped.

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Especially, too, may all adversity be still. For this, our circle of eagerness is fixed. Let such conditions prevail for us, and our aims be fulfilled as we wish. Go on, Thay. 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 the need of Thay'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. If you go to Lama Yidam's teachings, Lama Yidam's teaching is the same. If you go to his teachings, it is the same. If you go to Lama Yidam's teachings, Lama Yidam's teaching is the same. If you go to Lama Yidam's teachings, Lama Yidam's teaching is the same. And now we enter the sixth section of the ritual, the oblation, that is the food offering. 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 tormas, that is these four tormas. 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 are four oblations to be made. The first is to Tara herself. But you think of her and our teacher, Satsang Kusala, 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 we're talking about one and the same entity, all right? And that is the, that first offering is made to Thar. And this we will learn. Maybe, that will give me the image. That's on the home education in this.

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Can you check it again? Yeah. OK. OK. OK. All right. In Dongbei, there is a village called Yangxin village. There is a village called Chongyang [...] village. There is a So first we have the purification through reciting again these two mantras of cleansing and purifying through emptiness. Then on the top of page twelve we recite and visualize that out of emptiness there arises a great vessel and that is very vast including the whole world if you like.

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And in it, there appears a torma. A torma is, as you know, the stylized food offerings. There are various shapes, usually conical. You can just visualize one of those. And a vast ocean of ambrosia, that is the elixir of immortality, of white. A white... The liquid that is endowed with tremendous power, vitality, just mere remembrance of it bestows upon you the mortality that is that powerful. So that is what you visualize. 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 tarmas 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 AMRITA HOM VET SVAHA OM SVAHA VAT SHUDDHA SARVA DHARMA SVAHA VAT SHUDDHA All right. Out of the, out of emptiness arises a person. Then why? You're doing good ship here at Torma in the great ocean of Russia. All right. And now to consecrate or to sanctify this dharma that we are offering to the Tūtara, we recite three times the three sacred syllables.

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Yes. No, no. Optionally, you can accompany 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, what? You present your left hand, then as you say, you present the right hand, and then as you say, you bring the two together, and then we perform the Garuda Mudra, which is like this. Yes, this is for, yes, these bless the dharmas and refine the Garuda mudra, which we can teach you later in our regular sessions. It's a little complicated.

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All right? So let's do that very quickly with or without the mudras. Now we recite the following mantra three times. which is the Sanskrit mantra of offering, offering this particular dharma to Holy Tara. This is accompanied by the two mudras. What are they? The Pekorki Chagya. Pekorki Chagya. Pekorki Chagya. This is the Lotus-Round Mudra, just sort of like 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 accommodate with those two mudras. And then you can study the completion of each of these stages. All right, where are we? We did Om Aham, didn't we? All right, let's do this one. Om Arya Tare Om Akharo Mukham Sarva Dharmanam Adhiyanutpanadwat Ma Hum Vetsvaha Om Arya Tare Om Akharo Mukham Sarva Dharmanam Adhiyanutpanadwat Ma Hum Vetsvaha

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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. And now, ringing the bell and the cymbals, we recite the salutation, the one verse of salutation to Tara.

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There's one letter left out in the second line. Just add O, our saviors. All right, let's do this then. Yes. Salutations to God. I know that they are saving us from all poverty. I do not want to be without God. [...] They're checking on you. 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.

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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 omahum, then the longa-mantram three times, and then finally the offering, the praise and the offering. All right, ready? Omahum, omahum, omahum. Omah karamukam mahi-mantram. Anantvara omahum vetra. This holy oblation I offer to the guardians of the Dharma. May the Buddhist religion prosper. May I fulfill my task. And now we have an offering of an oblation to all living beings, that is the six realms of beings.

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Again we bless the offering with OM AH [...] 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, this is giving mudra. The left hand is what, just, what is this called? preaching mudra, something like this, to your heart. So while you recite... All right, there are two forms, but this is one we'll use.

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She has it. Now, at the conclusion, holding this mudra, you'll say, namah sarva tatha garavala kite om sambhara sambhara hum, then 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 Tathāgatas, given at the bottom of the page 13. And then we turn to the top of page 14 and state our purpose. All right? So let's do that.

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All right, now we're looking at the third one. Third Torma? Alright, this is third Torma, I guess so. Okay, then did we do Omahum or not? Chesum. Chesum. Alright, so let's do Namahum. Okay. Namah Svaha Tathagata Avalokite Om Sambara Sambara Om Namah Svaha Tathagata Avalokite Om Sambara Sambara Om Namah Svaha Tathagata Avalokite Om Sambara Sambara Om Salutations to the Tathāgata Mahārāja [...]

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This is the fourth oblation, the fourth dharma 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 Amah. [...] Salutations to the Tathagata Bhagavatam. Salutations to the Tathagata Varasura. Salutations to the Tathagata Pariyantakaya. Salutations to the Tathagata Sarvabhaya. This 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 and further my own aims. All right. All right. All right. When I was young, I used to go to the market to buy vegetables. [...] All right. 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 of Purification. That is found at the top of page 15. It's in Sanskrit. We will recite those hundred syllables. three times and then follow it by prayer to Vajrasattva to purify whatever errors of omission, that is, anything that we've left out, 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 right rightly according to text. Just reverse the order of those two lines. You got it? Is that clear to everyone? So it now reads, compassionately forgive me for any failure to perform the right rightly according to text, comma, for whatever errors, transgressions, excesses, or deletions. OK? All right, so let's do that. SOSATU SUMAYO HANGUL PALAYA BHAJAN SARAJUNYO PITISHTHA JIRUME BHARAT SUTO SHUME BHARAT BHARAT SARASWATI RIME BHRAYATI SARAKAM SUTIME CHUNG CHE AGRUHA BHAGWAN SARASWATI RATHA GATHA BHAJU MAMIGYUNCHE BHAJU BHAGVAT SAI SABHA MAHATMA SATYASAMAYA MANUPALAYA VASU SARADARA PADISHTHA PURUME VASU DASHINIVA ANURADHA PURUME VASU DASHINIVA MAHATMA SATYASAMAYA MANUPALAYA VASU SARADARA PADISHTHA PURUME VASU DASHINIVA ANURADHA PURUME VASU DASHINIVA

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In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen. Pardon, O Lord, whatever errors of commission and omission that I am in a delusion have done or made others do. Compassionately forgive me for any failure to perform the right works in the courtesy class, for whatever erroneous transgressions, offenses or deletions that may have occurred through my carelessness and impure conduct. In the past, when we were young, we used to go to the temple to pray. But now, we don't go to the temple anymore. We don't go to the temple anymore. We don't go to the temple anymore. Then he said, you know, [...] you

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Alright, if you have an image of Tara as part of your altar or a Tanga like that, then you You strew flowers, flower petals arise upon it and recite the following mantra that requests her transcendent wisdom to abide with you, to abide based upon this image. And then you recite the Sanskrit mantra that says, om supratistha vajraye svaha, which means something like, Alright, very good. Then, so that means something like rapidly dwell. Let's see, something means roughly dwell with us steadily, firmly, something like that.

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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. 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 being pleased depart. So we'll recite first Om Supratishta, inviting Tara to dwell with us and in the form of this And we will invite Mahākāla and the other protectors whom we invited to the ritual.

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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. OM SUBRATISTA PASAREVAYA May the wisdom beings please depart. All right. And now, in conclusion, the seventh stage of the ritual is the conclusion. When you bring to mind all beings whom you vow to free from suffering and establish in enlightenment,

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And so you dedicate and turn over to their happiness and eventually enlighten 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. 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 additions of before and after the ritual itself. Okay? By these merits, quickly may I attain the stage of revered Thay, and place then also on their stage, committing the easy path, et cetera. Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Madhya-līlā, [...] Madhya-līlā.

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Thank you very much. He said, I want to go to the temple. I want to go to the temple. I want to go to the temple. So as an additional blessing, for those of you who would like it, we will share the offerings that we've made to Tara, the sanctified food.

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We'll offer first one plate to our teacher, and then we will ourselves share the fruits biscuits and whatever we have there amongst ourselves. And while you are, while this is being distributed amongst you, Je Tsongkhapa is going to confer upon you the lung or reading empowerment for the hymn to Tara, so that you will have her blessing in your recitation of this prayer. So pay attention to Je Tsongkhapa while the offering is being distributed. In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen. PRAYING MANTRA

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CHANTING CHEN TZA KA WEI TZAM MA MEN DAR BAI FANG YIN NEN MA YIN ZHANG GYEN WUNG KUN LENG KUY TZAR TZAR KUN LENG NA BA ZHUNG MA CHEN TZA SA SHING WA LAI CHA GYUR KHYI YIN NEN ZHING SHENG YIN DUNG MA HING ZHING YIN GYUR KUNG GYUR CHEN TZA CHEN TZA NA LAI GYEN MA CHEN TZA TZU FA GYUR NEN GYEN MA ZHANG GYEN NEN YIN TZU YIN NEN MA SO LENG TZO DEN PEN GYI GWA CHEN TZO MA NYIN MA CHEN TZA KUN LENG GWA LAI KA WEI TZAR GYEN NA LAI TZAR GYEN MA YIN GYI In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

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Amen. I don't know what to say. I don't know what to say. I don't know what to say.

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SHRI MATAJI LAUGHS All right, that completes our seminar on Green Tara. Yes? Can you just explain the difference between the rite and the sadhana, and when one is practiced and the other is practiced? Surely. The rite is the rite, and the sadhana is the sadhana, okay? Right? No. 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.

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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. And that is the concluding conclusion we dedicate to Mary. 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. 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, the recitation of the mantra, the Mahamudra meditation. It's like other meditations. But the right, however, is more externalized. You have to have an altar, you have to have an image, you have to

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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. 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 are 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 of, you might have a feeling and ability to spend more time and do the right every day.

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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 right. That should be done according to Jetsa Kusala's instructions. She wants her students to perform that every week. That will be one of our three main practices at the Sakya Center here in L.A. 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. Does that answer your question? Okay. Yes. 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

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can make all the offerings, go right ahead and offer them and do the mudras. If you do not have the offerings in an order, 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. of Green Tara. Very good. A movie is going to be shown on the ritual of Green Tara at where and when? The Newark Theater, Monday night and Tuesday night from 7 o'clock and it's a three-part series. The entire ritual of Green Tara. Thank Jyotsan Kusala 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, the 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 her watchful care that we're going to be able to learn all that we need of Dharma and we look forward to her.

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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 of the benefit of the Green Tara Tantra. This is the highlight of Jason Kuchner's current visit to Los Angeles.

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