* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 
  TO READ THIS FILE SAVE IT TO DISK FIRST;
  AND READ IT USING NOTEPAD OR ANY OTHER TEXT EDITOR.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 
. 
Praise of Arya Tara
Homage to the Venerable Arya Tara!
.
*******************************************************
.
    #1. 
    Gods and asuras with their crowns bow down to
    Your lotus feet;
    Liberator from all problems,
    [Mother] Tara - homage to You!
.
    #2. 
    On those Avici's fire torments, filling them with a blazing net,
    Your compassion rains down nectar -
    Tara, further homage to You!
.
    #3. 
    To those tired of clinging long, again and again, among the six
    Destinies, You grant the rest, supremely pleasant, of Great Bliss.
.
    #4. 
    Goddess who works the weal of others!
    Just to think of You dispels problems!
    You, endowed with love and compassion, liberate from samsara's bonds.
.
    #5. 
    Goddess who at all times is impartial towards sentient beings,
    On the whole crop of migrators
    You rain incessantly - homage to You!
.
    #6. 
    Like the sun and moon, dispeller of distress of darkness for
    All migrating sentient beings,
    Supreme Goddess - homage to You!
.
    #7. 
    On a lotus and moon seat
    Immaculate as an utpala,
    Your body blue-green coloured, graceful,
    You hold an utpala - homage to You!
.
    #8. 
    Three countless eons You've gather Merits and Wisdom,
    Cast off all the hindering obscurations,
    And with the four Means of Attraction attracted migrators,
    O compassionate Mother - homage to You!
.
    #9. 
    Bodily faults gone, You have the Marks and Signs;
    Faults of speech gone, like kalavinka's strains;
    Faults of mind gone, You know all knowable things.
    Blaze of fortune and glory - homage to You!
.
    #10. 
    Like the water-cleaning gem,
    Goddess, You forever clear
    The mud of sentient beings' mind and strive for their welfare - homage to You!
.
    #11. 
    Those who do retain Your name, praise You, and do practice You,
    Always do You make fruitful,
    Unforgetful One - homage to You!
    .
*******************************************************
.
[End]