Om Tare Tuttare Ture Mangalam Shakti Hridaya Svaha (21x)
Hi dear mantra lover, 🌸
To help deepen and clarify your heart-connection within yourself, I created this mantra as a companion on your path. Including it in your daily practice could provide a powerful key to awaken a radiant, open-hearted presence.
First, let me offer a brief introduction to Tara, as her presence might be new to some. I’ll also share a few insights about the structure and meaning of the mantra itself.
Short Introduction
Tara is a beloved goddess in Tibetan Buddhism. She is revered as the Mother of all Buddhas and embodies compassion in motion. According to tradition, she was born from the tears of Avalokiteshvara, the great bodhisattva of compassion, who wept for the suffering of all beings. From his grief arose Tara, to guide beings across the turbulent sea of samsara—that vast ocean of suffering and illusion.
Once, there lived a woman—perhaps like you—who had lived many lives in one. And somewhere, amid all that living, her heart grew a little tired. Not broken, just quiet. Like a garden waiting for rain. She was strong, yes—even wise—but something within her had gently fallen still.
About the Mantra
This mantra is a bridge,
between old and new,
devotion and embodiment,
protection and heart-opening. 💗
The first part of the mantra is its traditional root:
“Om Tare Tuttare Ture”—this is the classical Green Tara mantra. One of the most sacred chants in Tibetan Buddhism, it calls upon her swift presence and action—her compassionate ability to protect us from fear, liberate us from suffering, and bring clarity to our path.
The second part is a heartfelt expression I’ve added to deepen the mantra’s resonance within the heart and body:
“Mangalam Shakti Hridaya Svaha”
- Mangalam — A Sanskrit word meaning auspiciousness, blessing, or peace 🌿
- Shakti — The divine feminine force, the energy of creation and transformation 🌀
- Hridaya — The spiritual heart, the innermost chamber of awakened love and awareness
- Svaha — A sacred ending meaning “so be it” or “may this be offered and received” 🔥
I combined these elements to craft a mantra that isn’t just a chant, but a gentle invocation—a call to return to your own sacred inner temple where love flows freely, without effort.
Musically, this piece includes the tender tones of the Chinese Erhu and the grounding drone of the Indian Shruti Box. May these vibrations support your journey inward, toward stillness and radiance. 🎶
May love and joy accompany your days, always.
🪶 Sri Veer
Reflections with the Dharma
Chapter 1: Tara as the Mirror Within
In Buddhist thought, the deities are not external gods we worship from afar but sacred qualities we awaken within. Tara is not outside us—she resides in the luminous fabric of our own awareness. When we chant Om Tare Tuttare Ture, we are not pleading to an external force, but inviting our own compassionate potential to rise.
There’s a beautiful reflection in the Prajñāpāramitā literature: form is emptiness, and emptiness is form. Just as Tara arose from Avalokiteshvara’s tears, the compassionate heart often arises not from perfection, but from sorrow—transformed.
In this way, your chanting is both a healing act and a realization of your Buddha-nature—that vast, unshakable stillness behind suffering. We don’t have to strive to feel enlightened. Tara’s grace reminds us: simply return, and the heart remembers. 🌺
Look into the mirror of the mantra,
and you will find her already sitting there—
quiet, soft, waiting.
She is you, embodied, present.
Chapter 2: The Heart Beyond the Heart
In the Upanishads and Buddhist Heart Sutra alike, reference is made to the Hridaya—the heart behind appearances. This is not the emotional heart that pleads or fears, but the radiant heart of wisdom. It is said to be ‘the size of a thumb’, dwelling in the cave of the heart, shining brighter than ten thousand suns.
When the mantra utters Hridaya, it’s an arrow pointing here—to the seat of the awakened mind, which knows no separation, no birth, no death. Into this space, we pour our offerings: Svaha. 🔥
Your repetition of the mantra is an act of preparing the inner ground. And in time, the mantra chants you. You dissolve. All that remains is the open sky, and a song blooming inside the silence.
A clear heart does not judge
nor defend.
It simply shines.
May you walk in peace. May you remember your timeless essence. May the mantra be your boat across the water. 🕊
🪶 Sri Veer
Listen to the mantra here:
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