Blessing the Inner Offering
OM VAJRA AMRITA KUNDALI HANA HANA HUM PHAT
Shunyata mantra eliminating ordinary concepts and dual view:
OM SVABHAVA SHUDDHA SARVA DHARMA SVABHAVA SHUDDHO HAM
[All existent phenomena are inherently pure, of non-dual character.]
All becomes void. Out of the [non-dual] void [appears the seed syl- lable] YAM. From the YAM [comes] wind. [Above the YAM] [the seed syllable] RAM [appears]. From that [comes] fire. [OM AH HUM transform into three heads, which support] the letter AH, from which comes a wisdom skullcup [kapala] [outside white, inside red], vast and spacious. Inside are the five meats and the five nectars: from the mixing of these arises a great ocean of wisdom nectar.
OM AH HUM (3x)
By [saying this] three times, the three syllables sink into the skullcup and bless the offerings.
Outer Offering
Blessing the Outer Offerings
OM VAJRA AMRITA KUNDALI HANA HANA HUM PHAT
OM SVABHAVA SHUDDHA SARVA DHARMA SVABHAVA SHUDDHO HAM
All becomes void. Out of the [non-dual] void [the letter] KAM [ap- pears]. From it [appear eight] skullcups. Inside [each is the letter] HUM, from which come the offering substances. These are void of inherent existence, but have the aspect of the individual offering substances. As these aspects function as objects of the six senses, they give uncontaminated inexhaustible bliss.
Bless the offerings, visualizing OM AH HUM sinking into each skullcup.
OM ARGHAM AH HUM OM PADYAM AH HUM
OM VAJRA PUSHPE AH HUM OM VAJRA DHUPE AH HUM OM VAJRA ALOKE AH HUM
OM VAJRA GANDHE AH HUM OM VAJRA NAIVIDYA AH HUM OM VAJRA SHAPTA AH HUM
Gathering the Assembly
Invocation
I am the divine Mother Tara. From the seed syllable TAM that is resting on the moon seat in my heart, light rays emanate. From the place of self-nature [dharmakaya], [from] the divine mother who is indistinguishable from the Lama [in my heart], the assembly of buddhas, bodhisattvas, and their entourage are invoked [and all space is filled with buddhas, bodhisattvas, protectors, and deities, all surrounding the principal deity, Chittamani Tara.]
Prostration
I prostrate to your indestructible lotus feet, O jewel-like Guru.
By your great kindness, the state of great bliss can be attained in one moment.
I prostrate to the mother holding the utpalas,
To the divine wisdom action of all the three times’ buddhas, Swift one, green in color, with one face and two arms,
My Yidam from previous lives.
Offerings to the Merit Field
OM GURU ARYA TARA SAPARIVARA ARGHAM PRATICCHA HUM SVAHA
OM GURU ARYA TARA SAPARIVARA PADYAM PRATICCHA HUM SVAHA
OM GURU ARYA TARA SAPARIVARA PUSHPE PRATICCHA HUM SVAHA
OM GURU ARYA TARA SAPARIVARA DHUPE PRATICCHA HUM SVAHA
OM GURU ARYA TARA SAPARIVARA ALOKE PRATICCHA HUM SVAHA
OM GURU ARYA TARA SAPARIVARA GANDHE PRATICCHA HUM SVAHA
OM GURU ARYA TARA SAPARIVARA NAIVIDYA PRATICCHA HUM SVAHA
OM GURU ARYA TARA SAPARIVARA SHAPTA PRATICCHA HUM SVAHA
Prayer of the Bodhisattva Vows
I go for refuge to the Triple Gem. I confess all negativities.
I rejoice in all the merits of all migrating beings. I hold bodhichitta well in my mind.
Until I reach enlightenment
I go for refuge to the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha. In order to attain the purposes of self and others,
I will generate the awakening mind.
Having generated bodhichitta,
I will keep all sentient beings as my guest.
I will make use of the supreme bodhichitta action.
May I become a buddha for the sake of all migrating beings.
The Four Immeasurable Thoughts
May all mother sentient beings have happiness and its cause. May all mother sentient beings be free from suffering and its cause.
May all sentient beings never be separated from the happiness that is without suffering.
May all mother sentient beings abide in equanimity, free from both attachment and hatred, not holding some close and others distant.
Absorption
The merit field sinks into me, and I am blessed [unified].
[As the merit field sinks into me, all universal phenomena, starting with my immediate surroundings] melt into light, enter my brow chakra, and sink into me. [My radiance becomes strong, like a bil- lion suns.] This is the earth element sinking into the water element, and I experience an inner vision of a silver blue mirage.
Then Tara absorbs downward from her head and upward from her feet into her heart, into the seed syllable TAM. This is the water element sinking into the fire element, and a vision of smoke arises.
Then the A CHUNG absorbs into the letter TA. This is the fire ele- ment being absorbed into the air element, and I see the vision of sparks in the darkness.
Then the TA absorbs from the bottom into the TA head, the hori- zontal stroke. This is the air element being absorbed, and there is the vision of dim red-blue light, like the last flickering of a candle.
Then the TA head sinks into the crescent moon (datse), and I expe- rience the white vision.
The crescent moon sinks into the dot (tigle), and I see the red vision.
The dot absorbs into the flame (nada), and there is the vision of dark and empty space.
Then the flame absorbs from the bottom upward, and I experience the vision of clear light, the vision of complete emptiness.
Then meditate on the three kayas.
OM SVABHAVA SHUDDHA SARVA DHARMA SVABHAVA SHUDDHO HAM
All becomes void. From the non-dual void appears the ground, blue like lapis lazuli, smooth like the palm of the hand, surrounded by a garden of lotuses and utpalas. A fragrant odor permeates the air. Around is an ocean of milk decorated with islands; various wa- ter birds are playing and flying around.
Think that all this is the reflection of your own dharmakaya wis- dom appearing like a rainbow with each color seen distinctly one by one.
All becomes void. From the non-dual void appears the ground, blue like lapis lazuli, smooth like the palm of the hand, surrounded by a garden of lotuses and utpalas. A fragrant odor permeates the air. Around is an ocean of milk decorated with islands; various wa- ter birds are playing and flying around.
Think that all this is the reflection of your own dharmakaya wis- dom appearing like a rainbow with each color seen distinctly one by one.
In the middle [of the ocean of milk,] [which is] clean and clear, [ap- pears the letter] PAM, and from that an eight-petaled lotus. [In the middle] a TAM, [your own sambhogakaya nature], green in color, radiates light that accomplishes the two purposes [: making offer- ings to the tathagatas, who take the aspect of Arya Tara; and pu- rifying all sentient beings, who also take the aspect of Tara.] The light absorbs back into the TAM, which itself absorbs, and a blue utpala flower and a TAM arise anew.
This TAM then melts into light, and I arise as the Divine Wisdom Mother, of emerald color, perfectly green, peaceful and loving, with one face and two arms. Half of my hair is tied up in a knot and decorated with precious ornaments and utpala flowers. My eyes are long and narrow.
My right hand is in the mudra of giving sublime realizations; my left at the heart is in the mudra of the Triple Gem. Each hand holds the stem of a blue utpala flower.
My breasts are full. I am adorned with all the precious ornaments and with various light scarves in different colors.
My right foot is stretched, and my left is bent. Behind me is a full moon. I have clearly and fully accomplished the [thirty-two] signs and [eighty] exemplifications [of a buddha].
At my crown is the essence of the indestructible body, a white OM; at my throat is the essence of indestructible speech, a red AH; at my heart is the essence of indestructible mind, a blue HUM.
From the TAM [in the tigle of the HUM at the heart] light radiates, and from the place of self-nature, (dharmakaya), the principal Chit- tamani Tara, and around her twenty Taras [are invoked.]
Mantra recitations
OM TARE TUTTARE TURE SOHA ( as many time as possible)