I was on Facebook today and saw a posting from one of my Buddhist Bhutanese friends of a video focusing on the Green Tara goddess. Sure enough, in the comments another friend put the Green Tara mantra/a>, “Om Tare Tuttare Ture Svaha”.
Tara, whose name means “star” or “she who ferries across,” is a Bodhisattva of compassion who manifests in female form. In Tibetan, Tara is known as “Dölma” (Sgrol-ma), or “She Who Saves.” In particular she represents compassion in action, since she’s in the process of stepping from her lotus throne in order to help sentient beings.
“Tare tuttare ture” is a three word play on her name Tara.
Tare represents salvation from mundane dangers and suffering. Tara is seem as a savioress who can give aid from material threats such as floods, crime, wild animals, and traffic accidents. Tara is therefore said to protect against ordinary worldly dangers….
Tuttare represents deliverance into the spiritual path conceived in terms of individual salvation….
ture represents the culmination of the spiritual path in terms of deliverance into the altruistic path of universal salvation – the Bodhisattva path.
So it is a mantra exalting Tara for the work she does in helping any of us who are willing to do the work be protected on the path to spiritual awakening. Nice!
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