Daily Signet

Continued contemplations on the Mahavidyas…

The Sound Force of Tara:. Tara is the Mother of the Buddhas and the compassionate Bodhisatvas; her worship is at least as old as the Vedas.  She can be called on for help in disasters. Her name is derived from the root tr— to traverse, denoting one who crosses and makes others cross as well. Tara is the Sanskrit word denoting a star as it traverses in space and acts as a guiding light. It is an appellation for the guiding light in the human eye, the pupil. A boat is called tari, pointing to its action of crossing the water.  

Tara is seen as the initial, primordial throb that started all vibrations that take the form of sound – the precursor of creation of objects.  She is the guiding word – the logos of the multicolored creation. So while on one hand, Tara is connected with saving people from disasters, ferrying them across the waters of troubles, she is also connected with speech, with the acquisition of knowledge. There is no goddess like Tara in granting favors.                                     

Teri H Martin

From the August High Service:

O compassionate Tara,
She enfolds all that was, that is, that will be and yet
…break the ignorant pride of human mind, 
she unfolds into all that is new, 
and lead the thought to the wideness of the Truth
that is young, that is alive.
and rend man’s narrow and successful life
In Her timeless pattern, 
And force his sorrowful eyes to gaze at the sun
She carries us upon Her waves of pain and brings us to our birth.               Benjamin Martin
That he may die to earth and live in his soul.                                                Sri Aurobindo