Mantra Chanting brings immense spiritual and physical benefits. Mantra is basically a series of words which helps release certain powers within you on chanting the same as per the prescribed process. It can help you attain your spiritual goal and also can be used for physical, mental and emotional health purposes. Mantras originated in the Vedic tradition of India, becoming an essential part of the Hindu tradition and a customary practice within Buddhism, Sikhism, and Jainism. Its literal translation would be "instrument of thought".
Here I specifically recommend chanting of Green Tara Mantra as practiced by Buddhists. During the Corona pandemic, His Holiness the Dalai Lama — when asked for spiritual advice on the pandemic — suggested that chanting the Green Tara mantra could be helpful.
Tara is a female Buddha. She is the Goddess of compassion and the Mother of liberation. She manifests Her various energies as per Her colors. Green is the universal color of healing, regeneration, and growth. It is also the color of vibrant energy and activity. Green Tara therefore manifests healing energy, vibrancy, playfulness and activity.
His Holiness the Dalai Lama mentioned this about Tara:
"There's a true feminist movement in Buddhism that relates to the Goddess Tara…She vowed, 'I've developed bodhicitta as a woman. For all my lifetimes along the path I vow to be born as a woman, and in my final lifetime when I attain Buddhahood, then, too, I will be a woman."
Heal and rejuvenate yourself by chanting the Green Tara Mantra.
The Mantra is " Om Tare Tuttare Ture Soha".
It means “I prostrate to the Liberator, Mother of all the Victorious Ones.”
By chanting the Green Tara Mantra, we invoke Tara's power and grace to protect us from danger, fear and bring within us compassion and selflessness.
Guidelines for chanting Green Tara Mantra:
- Have a bath and wear clean washed clothes
- Make an altar with a picture or statue of Green Tara
- Light an oil lamp and incense to the Mother. Offer Her some fresh flowers.
- Sit in front of the altar on a mat. Don't wear shoes.
- Silently say a small prayer to Green Tara for blessing you
- Start chanting the Green Tara Mantra. You can do soft chanting or do it mentally.
- Chant at least 108 times. You can choose to chant more if you wish. But do it in multiples of 108.
- Do the above process at least once a day. You can do it 3 times a day too ( morning, afternoon and evening).
- Ideally do the mantra chanting everyday at fixed time
- Chant with devotion in your heart. Mechanical chanting should be avoided
- Surrender yourself to Green Tara and seek refuge in Her
Eventually, after some days you will start seeing the benefits. You will become calmer, happier and stronger than before. Do not stop the practice after you get benefits. Keep following it to sustain the benefits and blessings of Green Tara.
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