Guest guest Posted May 3, 2006 Report Share Posted May 3, 2006 Namshkar, I read this interesting article about Tara, one of the 10 Maha Vidyas in Hinduism. Tara is considered the main godess of Buddhists, as she is supposed to be the female consort of Budhha, but one who never appeared on Earth. Since Buddha was an avatar of vishnu, she can said to be a form of Laxmi. Worshipped by the Buddhists for all reasons, many Tibetans recount, how they were escaping from the Chinese, when they prayed to Tara, and she guided them thru tricky Himalayan paths in extreme winter that even Army experts rarely travel to. But an intersting thing is that many other cultures also worshppied Tara. The Druids of Britain worshipped her as the mother Earth. The Latin word Terra(meaning Earth) comes from Sanskrit Tara. The Swedes worshipped her as Tar. In South America, the tribes worshipped a Devi called Tara Humara. Notice that in Hindi, humara means "ours". North American tribes mention a Godess Tara who came to Earth on a falling star, and gave them food when they were starving due to famine. Buddhist legend also says that Tara married Monkey King, and their children were the first creatures that evolved into humans. 2 one their children were Sugriv and Angad-both worshippers of Tara. These are the same ones who helped Ram- as an form of Laxmi, Tara is also Sita. So it worth wondering why Tara doesnt play a more prominent role in Hinduism? Most books on the 10 Mahavidyas give her one paragraph at most...... " on the web. Terms of Service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 3, 2006 Report Share Posted May 3, 2006 , shanracer <no_reply> wrote: > > Namshkar, > > I read this interesting article about Tara, one of the 10 Maha Vidyas > So it worth wondering why Tara doesnt play a more prominent role in > Hinduism? Most books on the 10 Mahavidyas give her one paragraph at > most...... > Tks shanracer for this new information. Why Tara is not mentioned in Hinduism is quite valid question. she is one of the 10 Mahavidyas and is very active energy in Kaliyuga, giving siddhis of travelling on water, flying in air vanishing etc. Most of Tibetan Buddhist Tantra is based on Tara Tantra. I think, most of our Tantrik scriputres were destroyed in Nalanda, by invading foreigners. There were said to be thousands of rare tantrik books and I am sure Tara must be having a big share among that literature. perhaps mother Nature did not want us to know the mysterious powers of Tara Tantra in this Yuga, hence it is confined to lone caves of Himalayas only. love baba Visit your group "" on the web. Terms of Service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 4, 2006 Report Share Posted May 4, 2006 MAA TAARA and her worship are mentioned prominently in Tantra manuals like Sakta Pramoda. But these books have not been translated so far. Ramprasad Sen often referred to MAA KAALI as TAARA. This is so, as all the ten Mahavidyas are considered different aspects of MAA KAALI. There is a very old temple of MAA TAARA in Kangda valley in Himachal Pradesh. She is called Vajreswari here. You will find both Hindus and Budddhists worshipping at this temple. Jai MAA KAALI !!! , shanracer <no_reply> wrote: > > Namshkar, > > I read this interesting article about Tara, one of the 10 Maha Vidyas > in Hinduism. Tara is considered the main godess of Buddhists, as she > is supposed to be the female consort of Budhha, but one who never > appeared on Earth. Since Buddha was an avatar of vishnu, she can said > to be a form of Laxmi. Worshipped by the Buddhists for all reasons, > many Tibetans recount, how they were escaping from the Chinese, when > they prayed to Tara, and she guided them thru tricky Himalayan paths > in extreme winter that even Army experts rarely travel to. > > But an intersting thing is that many other cultures also worshppied Tara. > > The Druids of Britain worshipped her as the mother Earth. The Latin > word Terra(meaning Earth) comes from Sanskrit Tara. The Swedes > worshipped her as Tar. > > In South America, the tribes worshipped a Devi called Tara Humara. > Notice that in Hindi, humara means "ours". North American tribes > mention a Godess Tara who came to Earth on a falling star, and gave > them food when they were starving due to famine. > > Buddhist legend also says that Tara married Monkey King, and their > children were the first creatures that evolved into humans. 2 one > their children were Sugriv and Angad-both worshippers of Tara. These > are the same ones who helped Ram- as an form of Laxmi, Tara is also Sita. > > So it worth wondering why Tara doesnt play a more prominent role in > Hinduism? Most books on the 10 Mahavidyas give her one paragraph at > most...... > " on the web. Terms of Service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 4, 2006 Report Share Posted May 4, 2006 , "Sankar Viswanathan" <sankarrukku> wrote: > Thanks Sankar ji, I visited temple of Kangra (Brajeshwari Devi), but did not know its dedicated to Mother Tara. So now I know of Five Mahavidya's temples in this area of Kangra Valley of Himachal Pradesh viz 1- Chintapurni devi (Chhinmastaka) 2- Jwalamukhi devi (Dhumavati) 3- Baglamukhi (on Jalandhar-Dharamshala Road) 4 - Brajeswari Devi ( Tara) 5 - Chamunda temple (Kali) We must be having 5 other temples of the rest of 5 Mahavidyas, around....does anyone know about them ? love baba " on the web. Terms of Service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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