The Cult of Tara

WORSHIP
And as before flowers are scattered at each verse, and a benediction
may be recited at the end for the fulfillment of any special prayer or
earnest wish.
This concludes the first of the three "rituals of offering and prayer
to the holy blessed Lady," and the monks now go back to the
beginning (2.222) and repeat the entire ritual again. Here, however,
for the third mandala (the second offered to Tara in particular) the
homage at the beginning of the offerings (2.2221.1) is changed to the
recitation (or singing) of the following verses:
Long-eyed mother of the Lord
of the triple world,
mother who gives birth
to all the Buddhas of the three times,
performing all their functions
by the strength of your compassion,
by your knowledge of nonduality,
by your unwavering power:
mother of Maitreya
I pay homage to you.
Performing all functions
with your green color,
your youth of sixteen years
is the vastness of your qualities,
your smiling face
is the delight of beings,
your calming eye
looks out over the triple world:
lady of great compassion
I pay homage to you.
You spread your seat upon a moon
whose essence is the thought of enlightenment,
your cross-legged posture
is unshaken by defilement,
you sit on a lotus seat
free of all obscuration,
your aureole is a full moon
of inexhaustible Bliss:
great and inexhaustible Bliss
I pay homage to you.
You are adorned with the finest garments
and many precious gems,
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