The Cult of Tara

MAGIC AND RITUAL IN TIBET
your gift-bestowing right hand
grants magical attainment to him who evokes you,
your left hand grasps a lotus flower,
symbol of your stainless purity,
your two hands
are the union of Means and Wisdom:
boundless body of union
I pay homage to you.
The remainder of the second ritual for Tara is exactly the same as
the first, repeating everything over again, save only that here the
basic mantra is recited 300 times and with its appendix 150 times;
following the same numerical sequence, the Homages are here read
three times and the benefit verses once.
The fourth mandala (the third "ritual of offering and prayer to
Tara") again goes back to the beginning (2.222), although here, as
before, the homage at the start (2.2221.1) is changed to the recitation
(or singing) of the following:
Homage to Tara our mother:
great compassion 1
Homage to Tara our mother:
a thousand hands, a thousand eyes !
Homage to Tara our mother:
queen of physicians!
Homage to Tara our mother:
conquering disease like medicine !
Homage to Tara our mother:
knowing the means of compassion 1
Homage to Tara our mother:
a foundation like the earth !
Homage to Tara our mother:
cooling like water!
Homage to Tara our mother:
ripening like fire!
Homage to Tara our mother:
spreading like wind !
Homage to Tara our mother:
pervading like space!