The Cult of Tara

150 MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET
Out of love for us and for all beings,
with the strength of a magic manifestation,
remain here, Blessed Ones, we pray you,
for as long as we make offering.
OM GURU-SARVA-TATHAGATA PADMAKAMALAYAS
TVAM!
"OM Guru and all Tathagatas: a lotus seat for you !"
Next are offered the gifts, and in this standard series the verses and
mantras become rather more regularized:
3) Lotus flowers, blue and white,
and red: all sorts of flowers,
all well-colored, well-formed, sweet-smelling,
we offer up to the most precious of incarnations.
OM GURU-SARVA-TATHAGATA PUSPE PUJA-MEGHA-
SAMUDRA-SPHARANA-SAMAYE HUM !
"OM Guru and all Tathagatas: flowers: the gathering swelling
ocean of clouds of offerings HUM !
4) Aloewood and pine,
the sweetest savors of all the realms:
all the most excellent incense of the world,
we offer up to the most precious of incarnations.
OM GURU-SARVA-TATHAGATA DHUPE PUJA-MEGHA-
SAMUDRA-SPHARANA-SAMAYE HUM!
"OM Guru and all Tathagatas: incense: the gathering swelling
ocean of clouds of offerings HUM!"
5) Rutter lamps with hearts of oil,
lamps of bamboo and twigs of fruit trees:
all that illuminates the darkness of the world,
we offer up to the most precious of incarnations.
OM GURU-SARVA-TATHAGATA ALOKE PUJA-MEGHA-SA-
MUDRA-SPHARANA-SAMAYE HUM!
"OM Guru and all Tathagatas: lamps: the gathering swelling
ocean of clouds of offerings HUM I
6) Camphor, sandalwood, and saffron:
the sweetest-smelling of perfumes, a joy to touch,
both natural and mixed,
we offer up to the most precious of incarnations.