The Cult of Tara

WORSHIP
If I go for refuge, no Buddha would fool me,
yet seeing the evil practices of this shabby age
most Buddhas have passed away into peaceful repose:
some may have compassion, but what can they do ?
But since I have no other patron deity
you are the chief of my patron deities:
grant me the magical attainments, essence of love !
show the strength of your compassion, and think of me.
The protectors of the Law do not show their power,
despise those who evoke them, do not perform their function:
true, some wordly spirits, in pride at their ferocity,
will suffice for a while, but desert you in the end.
But since I do not turn my mind to other protectors
you are the chief of my protectors:
fulfill your function, essence of love!
show the strength of your compassion, and think of me I
The name of wealth [nor] is the same as its meaning [nor "error'
it produces affliction and binds to the world:
when it is time to die, unless you have True Wealth,
can a wishing gem let you carry even a sesame seed ?
But since I do not turn my mind to illusory wealth
you are the chief of my wealth:
grant me my desires, essence of love I
show the strength of your compassion, and think of me.
You can't trust unvirtuous friends for even a day:
they pretend they are close to you
and all the while bear in mind the opposite:
they are friends when they wish and enemies when they don't.
But since I do not turn my mind to shabby friends
you are the chief of my friends:'
be close to me, essence of love 1
show the strength of your compassion, and think of me.
You are my lama, my patron, my protector,
my refuge, my dwelling, my wealth, my friends, my retinue;
since you are all things to me
let me achieve easily all that I wish.
Empower me to stop this willful mind of mine
and to awaken that compassion that does not weary
though I spend millions of lives
°r the sake of each and every living being.