The Cult of Tara

WORSHIP 185
follow upon the heels of the Buddhas into the cleansed and purified
area of the temple; to expel them they recite the fierce mantra OM
AMRTA HUM PHAT 1 and wield their vajras in the "three diamond
circles," motioning away from the center of the body clockwise at
the level of their eyes. Then the guests are given seats:
OM PADMAKAMALAYAS TVAM! The field of hosts, filling the
sky before me like powdered sesame seeds on all sides of the
Blessed Lady, seat themselves upon the countless precious thrones
of lotus and moon which I offer to them.
Then, to aid themselves in the vivid visualization of this field of
hosts, the monks join their palms and recite a "recollection of the
qualities of the Three Jewels": 244
The Blessed Buddha, the Tathagata, is truly the Worthy One,
fully enlightened, perfect in knowledge and conduct, well-gone,
knower of the world, leader of men to be tamed, supreme, teacher
of gods and men, the Buddha, the Blessed One. The Tathagata
is the sufficient cause of merit, the inexhaustible supply of virtue,
adorned with forbearance, the field of the treasures of merit,
adorned with the secondary signs, the full-blown flower of the
major signs, the proper field of practice, agreeable, delightful to
the sight, gladdening those who think of him with devotion,
splendid in wisdom, unfailing in strength, teacher of all beings,
father of bodhisattvas, king of the noble personages, leader of
beings into the city of nirvana, measureless in knowledge, inconceivable
in self-reliance, pure in speech, sweet to hear, impossible
to cease gazing upon, unequaled in body, unsullied by
the Realm of Desire, unstained by the Realm of Form, unhalted
by the Realm without Form, freed from suffering, liberated from
the aggregates, unpossessed of the fields, controlled in his senses,
having cut the knot, liberated from passion, crossed over the
stream, perfect in knowledge, dwelling in the knowledge of the
Blessed Buddhas of the past, present, and future, not dwelling in
nirvana, dwelling at the limits of reality, placed in the stage where
he looks upon all beings: such are the qualities of greatness of the
Blessed Buddhas.
The holy Law is truly good in the beginning, good in the middle,
good in the end, true in its meaning, true in its words, unadulterated,
perfect, pure, uncorrupted. The Law of the Blessed One
is well-taught, verifiable, sound, immediate, conducive, inviting
all to come and see, to be known by each wise man for himself.
The monastic rules of the Law taught by the Blessed One are
well-proclaimed, conducive to deliverance, leading toward perfect
enlightenment, an undivided whole, well-founded, cutting the
bonds.