TARA, the Great Cosmic Power of Compassion

  
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Tara’s beauty and splendor are overwhelming. Her various different hypostases are immortalized in different sculptures or paintings worshiped over the years with great fervor by those on a spiritual path, from different parts of the world. Sculptures:…
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In the Buddhist tantric pantheon, Tara is often equated with the Great Cosmic Power Kali. The description of the goddess’s form presents her as young, forceful in her terrible aspect, relatively small in stature and with big hips. She wears a garland of human skulls around her neck and her tongue is removed…
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  Tara has been worshiped since ancient times, in different cultures around the world. She was revered by the Latins as Goddess Terra, Mother Earth. Druids called the mother goddess Tara. Her name is rooted in the word Tor, which means a "projection of the earth" or "an area laden with spiritual energy" or "connection to the…
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  Etymologically, the word Tara means "savior" or "liberator" and it comes from the Sanskrit root 'tri', referring to crossing over (over something), such as crossing a river, a sea, and mountain or overcoming any difficult situation. Therefore, in an exoteric approach, we can say that the great goddess Tara is always invoked…
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Invocation to Tara   O, Divine Mother TaraYou who create everything Supreme Powerof the infinite universe. Shining like a star With your eyes shining like lightning The one born from the lotus flower Of the tear of cosmic compassionHelp me to heal othersHelp me to heal myself. With an appearance like…
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  Covered in mystery, revealed in splendor, the Great Goddess has been worshiped for millennia. Sculptures found in prehistoric caves dating from 30,000 years ago have shown that Tara was revered since ancient times. The original bronze statue which is dated 7th or 8th century AD was found in the north-east of province Lanka…
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Some texts of Tibetan spirituality (such as, for example, Shaktisangama Tantra) incorporates features of the Great Cosmic Power Kali, Tara, Tripura Sundari and Chinnamasta in the manifestation of a single great goddess. In addition, many times in the same tantric traditions of Tibetan Buddhism we meet the equivalence of Tara with…
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