The 21 Taras: Tara #2 LOTER YANG CHENMA (VAJRA SARASVATI) - White Tara Mantra for Wisdom

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The specific practice called "Praises to the 21 Tara"
We see and practice 21 Tara, each with different names, colors, and attributes. There are various sets of 21 Tara depending upon the narration of different tradition and lineages:

View the different sets of 21 Tara by clicking here: 21 tara thangka PrintOne might asks, "Why 21 Tara in specific? And not 22 or 23 or 40 or any random numbers?"

The answer to this question is beautifully clarified by Khenchen Palden Sherab and Khenpo Tsewang Dongyol in their book, "Tara's enlightened activity".
At the basic level, Buddha have taught us 21 techniques with which we are able to attain Enlightenment. According to the Mahayana Sutra system, as we practice we traverse the ten different levels (Bhumis), eventually reaching the enlightened state. The basis for our enlightenment is right where we find ourselves now, with the precious endowment of our own human body and our own buddha-nature.

Vajrayana or Tantra is similar to the sutra system, but its methods are more specifically targeted. According to tantric teaching, within this human body we have twenty one knots. These are in pairs and they obstruct or block our channels. Through practice, as we release each of these pairs of knots, we obtain a specific experience or realization.
After we have released all of the 21 knots, we are known as enlightened beings, having attained Buddhahood.
Buddhahood is not some force that is outside us, waiting for the knots to be untied in order to come in. From basic Buddhism all the way to Dzogchen, it is made perfectly clear that Buddhahood is an innate state, already within us.
Our inherently awakened state is an already enlightened being, a Buddha, Tathagatagarbha. When we release those 21 knots, we attain the ultimate awakening known as the Dharmakaya state.
The Dharmakaya, in turn has 21 spontaneously inherent qualities. They transcend duality, the compound state, permanence and impermanence, and effort or striving. Unceasingly, they arise as necessary for the benefit of all sentient beings.
These twenty one active Dharma kaya qualities appear as the twenty one emanation of Tara. Thus Tara combines all the active energies of the three kayas by which we release our own knots and those of other beings, the energy by which we achieve enlightenment and help other beings to achieve it.

Praises to 21 Tara : The Chandragomin Tradition
The Praise to Tara with Twenty-One Verses of Homage, and the Excellent Benefits of Reciting the Praise is usually abbreviated to Praises to the Twenty-One Taras. It is a twenty-seven-versed tantra that is dedicated to the female Bodhisattva Tara, who has twenty-one emanations; ranging from peaceful to wrathful forms. These poetic verses describe her physical appearance, iconography, attributes, and mantra; and pay homage to the great Tara.

This article aims to provide general introductions to each of the twenty-one Taras so that the new practitioner can gain a rudimental understanding of these emanations, based on the Chandragomin tradition.

What are the 21 forms of Tara?
1. Noble Lady Tara Nyurma Pamo
The first Tara is called Jetsun Drolma Nyurma Pamo in Tibetan, which can roughly be translated to “the liberator,” “the swift one,” or alternatively, “the heroine.” The instruction of kye rim, which is the stage of development, teaches us the correct way to visualize and meditate on Tara. It is initiated by visualizing the Tara right in front of us. After having stabilized the visualization, we then visualize her dissolving into us, and we, so to speak, become Tara.

Homage To Tara LOTER YANG CHENMA (VAJRA SARASVATI)
Melodious One, the Treasure of Intelligence

Mantra:
OM TARE TUTTARE TURE PRAJNA HRIM HRIM SVAHA

LOTER YANG CHENMA is peaceful and white in color. She unlocks the treasures of music, art, wisdom, and the four types of knowledge: meaning, phenomena, definitive words, and courageous eloquence. Upon her utpala flower is a clear mirror marked with the syllable HRIM, which radiates light. Her face glows with the white light of one hundred autumn full moons.

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