Tara Puja
When: 3:30pm - Mondays at the World Peace Cafe | What to bring: (optional) Healthy green food offerings, flowers, or green candles |
"Homage to you with a face like a hundred full moons in autumn
Gathered together into one;
Blazing with brilliant light
Like a thousand constellations." - excerpt from the prayer booklet
Tara is a female Buddha, a manifestation of the ultimate wisdom of all the Buddhas. Tara is also known as the "Mother of the Conquerors".
Tara is our common mother, our Holy Mother. When we are young we turn to our worldly mother for help. She protects us from immediate dangers, provides us with all our temporal needs, and guides and encourages us in our learning and personal development. In the same way, during our spiritual growth we need to turn to our Holy Mother, Tara, for refuge. She protects us from all internal and external dangers, she provides us with all the necessary conditions for our spiritual training, and she guides us and inspires us with her blessings as we progress along the spiritual path.