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t20n1108b savior mother twenty one praises 经.g2.0f

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English

English version May we obtain sons and daughters, and acquire wealth, treasures, and high positions, becoming prosperous. May we be skilled in fulfilling all wishes, with no obstacles able to harm us. O Mother, venerable and sacred Tara (Tara, the Savioress), and all the Buddhas and their disciples in the ten directions and three times, I now wholeheartedly praise and prostrate to you. I offer flowers, incense, lamps, candles, fragrant water, delicious food, music, and other offerings. May all the holy beings joyfully accept these real and mentally created offerings. From beginningless time until now, I confess all the negative deeds of the ten non-virtues and the five heinous crimes, committed due to mental afflictions. I rejoice in all the merits and virtues accumulated by Shravakas (Hearers), Pratyekabuddhas (Solitary Realizers), Bodhisattvas, and even ordinary sentient beings in the three times, without any exception. According to the various wishes of all sentient beings, suitable to their different intellectual capacities, and according to their great, small, and common categories, I urge the turning of the exquisite Dharma wheel. From now until the end of samsara (cyclic existence), I request you to remain in the world and not pass into nirvana (liberation). For all beings in the ocean of suffering, may the Holy Mother (Tara) look upon them with compassionate eyes. May all the merits and virtues I have accumulated now become the cause for unsurpassed Bodhi (enlightenment). May I soon attain the unsurpassed guide and teacher for all beings. O venerable and sacred Mother Tara, with great compassion, quickly purify all obscurations and fulfill the accumulation of merit for me and all beings, and may we attain enlightenment. Until the attainment of unsurpassed Bodhi, may we obtain constant happiness in every lifetime. In all places where I practice Bodhi, may all obstacles, demonic influences, illnesses, and all kinds of premature death, as well as all bad dreams and unfavorable omens, the eight fears, and all harmful events, be quickly and completely eliminated. May all worldly and transcendental goodness and happiness be abundant, and may all beneficial activities increase and flourish, and may we attain natural accomplishment. May our diligent practice of Dharma increase, and may we always see your holy face when we practice your (Tara's) teachings, and may we realize the meaning of emptiness and the Bodhicitta (mind of enlightenment), and may it increase like the waxing moon. May I then be born in a pure Buddha assembly, arising from a magnificent lotus flower, and directly behold the Tathagata Amitabha (Amitabha, Infinite Light), receiving my prophecy of enlightenment in his presence.

Chinese

我从住世所修佛  三世一切佛业母  一面二臂身绿色  愿执优婆花吉祥  佛母体微妙云何  及于眷属共寿量  境界及于号云何  愿我等皆亦复然  赞祝尔尊微善力  我等随方所在处  病魔贫争尽消除  善祥增长祈皆赐  礼供世尊母  我以所积善  世界诸众生  皆生极乐界  弃身过庄严相好  弃语过获频伽音  弃意过证一切智  成胜吉祥功德瑞   圣救度佛母二十一种礼赞经竟 现代汉语译本: 我从住世所修之佛,三世一切诸佛之业母(一切诸佛事业的来源)。 一面二臂身色碧绿,愿您手持优婆花(Utpala,蓝色莲花)带来吉祥。 佛母您的身体如何微妙?您的眷属和寿命又是如何? 您的境界和名号又是如何?愿我们都能像您一样。 赞颂您尊贵的微小善力,愿我们无论身在何处, 疾病、魔障、贫困和争斗都得以消除,祈愿您赐予我们吉祥增长。 礼敬供养世尊之母,我以所积累的善业, 愿世界上的所有众生,都能往生到极乐世界。 您舍弃身体的庄严相好,您舍弃言语超越频伽鸟(Kalavinka,妙音鸟)的声音, 您舍弃意念超越证得一切智智(Sarvajnana,对一切事物无碍的知识),成就殊胜吉祥的功德瑞兆。 《圣救度佛母二十一种礼赞经》终。

English

English version: I prostrate to the Buddha you have cultivated while dwelling in the world, the mother of activity of all Buddhas of the three times. With one face and two arms, your body is green. May you hold the Utpala (blue lotus) and bring auspiciousness. How subtle is the body of the Buddha Mother? And what are the lifespan and retinue? What are your realm and name? May we all be like you. Praising the subtle power of your honorable self, wherever we may be, May sickness, demons, poverty, and strife be eliminated, and may you grant us auspicious increase. I pay homage and make offerings to the mother of the World Honored One. With the accumulated merit I have gathered, May all beings in the world be reborn in the Pure Land of Sukhavati (the Western Paradise). You abandoned the beautiful marks and signs of the body, you abandoned speech surpassing the voice of the Kalavinka (a mythical bird with a beautiful voice), You abandoned the mind surpassing the attainment of Sarvajnana (omniscience), accomplishing the auspicious and virtuous omen of victory. Thus concludes the 'Twenty-One Praises to the Holy Tara'. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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