24 hr Tara Chanting
Six sessions~
Sunday Sept 7: 7-8 pm
Sunday Sept 7: 11pm-12 mid-night
Monday Sept 8: 3-4am
Monday Sept 8: 7-8 am
Monday Sept 8: 11am-12 noon
Monday Sept 8: 3-4pm
Join us in this special method of Tara chanting to make requests to Living Buddha Tara to take away the obstacles in this world and help everyone find the happy, meaningful life they long for. Whether you engage in just one or as many as feasible, this will be a powerful way to bring about immediate practical benefit!
Who is Buddha Green Tara?
Tara is a female Buddha, a manifestation of the ultimate wisdom of all the Buddhas. Each of the Twenty-one Taras is a manifestation of the principal Tara, Green Tara. Tara is also known as the ‘Mother of the Conquerors’. To read more, see “Information” below.
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This session is taking place at:
Kadampa Meditation Centre Canada
631 Crawford St. Toronto ON M6G 3K1 -
6:45 p.m: Doors open
7:00 - 8:00 p.m: Puja
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Tara is a female Buddha, a manifestation of the ultimate wisdom of all the Buddhas. Each of the Twenty-one Taras is a manifestation of the principal Tara, Green Tara. Tara is also known as the 'Mother of the Conquerors'.
Tara is our common mother, our Holy Mother. When we are young we turn to our worldly mother for help. She protects us from immediate dangers, provides us with all our temporal needs, and guides and encourages us in our learning and personal development. In the same way, during our spiritual growth we need to turn to our Holy Mother, Tara, for refuge. She protects us from all internal and external dangers, she provides us with all the necessary conditions for our spiritual training, and she guides us and inspires us with her blessings as we progress along the spiritual path.
'Tara' means 'Rescuer'. She is so called because she rescues us from the eight outer fears (the fears of lions, elephants, fire, snakes, thieves, water, bondage, and evil spirits), and from the eight inner fears (the fears of pride, ignorance, anger, jealousy, wrong views, attachment, miserliness, and deluded doubts). Temporarily Tara saves us from the dangers of rebirth in the three lower realms, and ultimately she saves us from the dangers of samsara and solitary peace.
If we rely upon Mother Tara sincerely and with strong faith she will protect us from all obstacles and fulfil all our wishes. Since she is a wisdom Buddha, and since she is a manifestation of the completely purified wind element, Tara is able to help us very quickly. If we recite the twenty-one verses of praise we shall receive inconceivable benefits. These praises are very powerful because they are Sutra, the actual words of Buddha. It is good to recite them as often as we can.
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We have a limited quantity of Liberation from Sorrow prayer booklets in the meditation room, which you are very welcome to borrow during the session.
If you wish to purchase your own copy of the booklet, you can do so by visiting our bookstore in person or buying a downloadable or paper copy online. Click here to purchase it online from the Tharpa Publications Canada website.
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For any questions or inquiries about these sessions, please email: [email protected]