The Cult of Tara

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Fig. 24. The bell and vajra.
Then with the four gestures and the mantra JAH HUM BAM HOH !
they summon the knowledge being, absorb it, bind it, and dissolve
it into the symbolic being, conveying the true power of the deity
into the visualization. They join.their palms in reverence to the
single goddess and say: "Thereby Tara and her divine hosts dissolve
indivisibly into the symbolic being."
2.114 Sealing with the initiation
The final step in the Process of Generation is the initiation of the
deity, the sealing of its form and its power, and for this purpose the
five families of Buddhas are invited: "Once again the light from her
heart radiates forth and invites the five Buddhas and their retinue."
The Buddhas are welcomed with VAJRA-SAMAJAH ! and offerings
are made to them with the appropriate gestures and OM VAJRA-
PUSPE AH HUM! . . . VA.JRA-DHUPE . . . ALOKE . . . GAN-
DHE . . . NAIVEDYE . . . SABDA AH HUM ! This ends, as before,
with the crash of the "peaceful music," and the Buddhas are prayed
to bestow initiation with OM ABHISINCATU MAM SARVA-
TATHAGATAH! "OM Let all the Tathagatas initiate me 1" We may
note that this mantra has been taken over unchanged from rituals
of self-generation by Tibetan authors innocent of Sanskrit, even