Mother Tara is a fully enlightened Buddha, her enlightened activities are numerous and powerful beyond comprehension. At a relative level, she is associated with conferring blessings of obstacle-clearing, longevity, prosperity, protection and so forth. At an ultimate level, she confers all the wisdoms for the realization of the ultimate state of Buddhahood. There are many aspects of Tara, of which the 21-Tara emanations perform different activities and confer swift blessings of health, prosperity, success and power and so forth.

The Four Mandala Offerings is made to Mother Tara and retinue of mandala deities, to request their assistance for swift attainments and success in the four activities: Pacifying, Increasing, Subjugating and Wrath. The objects of offering of this puja are vast, hence the benefits are immesurable.

The mandala offering is a very expedient practice for accumulating extensive merit in a short time. It is a very skilful means of accumulating two types merit: ordinary merit and primordial wisdom merit. We visualize offering of the whole universe to all the Buddhas and Bodhisatvas, the Dharma and the Sangha. All the wealth of the whole universe is symbolized by the offerings and precious stones held in your hand. You visualize it to be real jewels and precious stones - all the wealth of the universe, and you offer it to the Three Jewels.

The Four Mandala Offering to Cittamani Tara practice has the ability to prevent natural calamities, clear obstacles, dispel external negative forces such as spirit harms and enemies, overcome sicknesses and purify negative karma swiftly.

One should develop a pure and sincere motivation and pray earnestly to MotherTara for swift blessings so as to achieve enlightenment quickly to benefit all sentient beings. Through one’s sincere practice of Cittamani Tara, with regular prayers and offerings, one will be able to neutralise our internal and external obstacles and clear obstacles to our dharma practice. It can also help to boost one’s spiritual growth, career, academic studies and many other benefits.

Do come and join us in our Cittamani Tara practice. For participants of this puja, please be on strict vegetarian diet (NO egg, garlic, carrot, radish, chives, garlic and onion) from 6am on day of prayer.