Noble Tārā

Research, Translations, Music and Art Creations

This page is dedicated to research, translations and creations about Noble Tāra! 

General research and translations

“PROTECTION FROM FEAR OF ENEMY ARMIES” WHITE TĀRĀ AND 8TH KENTING TAI SITUPA: Historical lineage from Indian panditas Vāgīśvarakīrti and Dharmakīrtiśrī, Karma Kagyu as holders of all main transmission from Je Gampopa, Palpung/8th Tai Situpa’s iconic (and subtly “political”) artworks, and newly transcribed e-book of White Tārā sadhana commentary by 9th Gyalton Rinpoche

NEW TRANSLATION: “Four-fold Mandala Offering Practice to Noble Tārā of the Karma Kagyu Tradition” by 17th Gyalwang Karmapa (Sections I and II): Origins, lineage and benefits

NEW TRANSLATION: “FIVE-DEITY TĀRĀ” OF FIRST KARMAPA by 17th Karmapa. An introductory commentary on the origin, general and specific traditions and lineage of five-deity Tārā and a new sādhana composed by 17th Gyalwang Karmapa (2025)

NEW TRANSLATION: The Five-Deity “Acacia Forest” (Sengdeng Nagki) Tārā practice at nuns’ gathering in Bodh Gaya and translation of short daily practice by 1st Karmapa, with new visual aid for the five-deity Tārā practice

 One of Atisha’s most revered teachers, Serlingpa, and the Tārā temple visited by Atisha in Java, Indonesia (17 Karmapa, Life of Atisha, 2025)

THE FEMALE VOICE OF “TRUTH”: The Dakinis and Noble Tara scold Je Atisha for his pride about his expertise in Tantra (17th Karmapa, Life of Atisha, 2023)

THE CHILDHOOD AND UNIQUE LINEAGES OF FIRST KARMAPA: Dusum Khyenpa’s childhood and key dates, important teacher the ‘”mercurial” Vairochanavajra, and Lineage Holder of Palden Lhamo and five-deity Tara direct from Atisha  (17th Karmapa December 2023)

THE ‘GUIDING STAR OF THE WORLD’ TĀRĀ IN JAVA: Visiting the famed Tārā Temple at Kalasan worshipped by Indian adept, Ātiśa (Indonesia pilgrimage IV)

OH SO BEAUTIFUL!; TĀRĀ’S CAVE (Drolmai Phug): Meditation Cave where First Karmapa saw Tārā’s face and Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche’s song and connection to the place/nunnery

THE ‘CENSORED’ TARA: POWERFUL PASSION VS PRUDISH PURITY. Depictions of women in Buddhist art and literature and the sexual objectification, denigration and censorship of women’s biology and nakedness

NEW ART REVIEW: 15th Century Tibetan Tārā with the ‘Roman nose’

LADY WITH THE FLOWER: NOBLE TĀRĀ AND THE GYALWANG KARMAPAS. Overview of Karmapas’ works on Tārā and first translation of Tārā Supplication by 16th Karmapa

The Eyes Of Tārā by Jonang Ngawang Lodro Dragpa

‘The Melodious Tune that Accomplishes All Aims; Supplication Praise to Noble Tārā’s root mantra by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo

White Tāra

12TH KHENTING TAI SITUPA 73rd BIRTHDAY AND WHITE TARA BLESSINGS AT SHERAB LING (2026)

SHOWER OF WHITE TARAS WITH TAI SITUPA RED ACTIVITY CROWN “INNER VISION” AT SHERAB LING: 8th Tai Situpa’s Golden Stupa and “inner vision” shower of White Taras with red activity hats, and red and white rose flower garden, during Palpung Sherab Ling’s Gutor (nine-day, 24 hour) Mahakala ritual (Losar Sherab Ling))

“PROTECTION FROM FEAR OF ENEMY ARMIES” WHITE TĀRĀ AND 8TH KENTING TAI SITUPA: Historical lineage from Indian panditas Vāgīśvarakīrti and Dharmakīrtiśrī, Karma Kagyu as holders of all main transmission from Je Gampopa, Palpung/8th Tai Situpa’s iconic (and subtly “political”) artworks, and newly transcribed e-book of White Tārā sadhana commentary by 9th Gyalton Rinpoche

White Tārā, goddess of wisdom, healing and long-life: video presentation for Goddess Conference, Glastonbury UK (July 2024)

NEW TRANSLATION:’WHITE TĀRĀ PRACTICE, TREASURE OF IMMORTALITY NECTAR’ BY 16TH DRIGUNG THRONE-HOLDER, GYELWANG KUNGA RINCHEN

‘Praise to White Tārā: Precious One who Increases Life-Power and Primordial Wisdom’ by the First Dalai Lama, Gendun Drub

THE IMMEASURABLE ROOT LIFE-FORCE; OF ALL DEITIES AND SAMAYA: White Tārā teaching by 8th Garchen Rinpoche (April 2021)

 ‘Actually Realising’ White Tārā Daily Practice by 13th Karmapa

White Tārā Concise Daily Practice by 8th Karmapa, Mikyo Dorje

White Tārā‘s syllables that avert catastrophes and obstacles by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo.

White Tārā commentary by 10th Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche on sadhana by HE Tenga Rinpoche. Personal oral transmission and direct instruction on the text by HE 10th Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche.  Free download here.

Green Tārā

NEW TRANSLATION: “GARLAND OF UTPALA FLOWERS”. Daily Practice of Five-Deity Tārā (སྒྲོལ་མ་ལྷ་ལྔའི་རྒྱུན་ཁྱེར་ཨུཏྤལ་ཕྲེང་བ་)composed by 17th Gyalwang Karmapa (July 2025)

The Five-Deity “Acacia Forest”(Sengdeng Nagki) Tārā practice at nuns gathering in Bodh Gaya and translation of short daily practice by 1st Karmapa, with new visual aid (March 2025)

NEW TRANSLATION: FIVE-DEITY TĀRĀ OF FIRST KARMAPA. An introductory commentary on the origin, general and specific traditions and lineage of five-deity Tārā and a new sādhana composed by 17th Gyalwang Karmapa (February 2025)

GREEN TĀRĀ TEMPLE AND DRUGPA KAGYU IN BODH GAYA: Green Tārā statue and 21 Tārā temple, Drugpa Kagyu Ngawang Thubten Choling Zhabdrung Monastery and 2nd Drugpa Kagyu Monlam Chenmo (Bodh Gaya pilgrimage IV, January 2025)

‘OH SO BEAUTIFUL!; TĀRĀ’S CAVE (Drolmai Phug): Meditation Cave where First Karmapa saw Tārā’s face and Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche’s song and connection to the place/nunnery

GREEN TARA OF THE ‘BEYOND SUFFERING’; ACACIA FOREST (Sengdeng Nagki) AND THE FIVE DEITY TARA MANDALA OF FIRST KARMAPA: Overview of Green Tārā origin and lineage and new translation of Five Deity Green Tārā short daily practice from 1st Karmapa’s ‘Five sets of Five

Twenty-One Tārās

The Explicit and Hidden Aspects of Tārā: Commentary on 21 Tārās by Jetsun Tāranātha. Free download here only for those with Tārā and Kālacakra empowerments.

Jonang Tārā sadhanas: ‘The Four Mandala Offering to Definitive Tārā’ and the ‘Eyes of Tārā’. Free download here.

Red Tārā

NEW MUSIC VIDEO-AUDIO: Red Tārā goddess mantra, “Brilliant Blazing Sun” by Adele Tomlin (feat. Malte Marten)

“Radiance of a Thousand Blazing Ruby-Red Suns”: Praise to Red Tārā (New artwork and Praise by the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa, February 2025)

These texts are for free use and download, copyright and publishing rights reserved by the writer, translator and publisher, Adele Tomlin/Dakini Publications.

 

Music/Video

Red Tārā goddess mantra and images:

The Face and Sounds of Noble Tāra: mantra, with artworks of Green Tara, Red Tara, White Tara and the 21 Taras. The melody for the mantra was composed spontaneously by the singer, Adele Tomlin (founder and sole author of Dakini Translations), and recorded without break.