Buddhist Deity: Tara (Suryagupta Tradition)
Suryagupta MasterworksSubjects, Topics & Types:
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- Tara Seventeen Deity Mandala
- Twenty-One Taras
- Tara, Miscellaneous
- Tara Main Page
- Confusions
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Video: Twenty-One Taras of Suryagupta
The Suryagupta (Ravigupta) Tradition has many forms of Tara. The two most famous are the Seventeen Deity Tara Mandala and the system of Twenty-one Taras.
Tara Mulakalpa Tantra Lineage: Shakyamuni Buddha, Vajrapani, Hayapala, Hayaghosha, Rahulabhadra (Saraha), Nagarjuna, Aryadeva, Rahulabhadra the Younger, Jvalashespa, Dharma Bhadra Pala, Nagamitra, Suryagupta, [etc.]. (See the Origin of Tara Tantra. Pages 12-14).
Seventeen Deity Tara Lineage: Shakyamuni, Arya Tara, Suryagupta (Ravigupta), Chandragarbha, Jetari, Vagishvarakirti, Shraddhakaravarma, Tatagata Rakshita, Danashri, Manjushri, Mal Lotsawa, Putser Lotsawa, Ishvarakirti, Dharma Simha, Sthiramati, Gaganakirti, Arya Matidvaja Shribhadra (Chogyal Pagpa, 1235-1280), etc. (Collected Writings of the Great Founding Masters of Sakya, Volume 14. chos rgyal 'phags pa'i bka' 'bum, folio277).
Jeff Watt 6-2006 [updated 5-2017]
Source Text: 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha: Namastāraikaviṃśatistotra. Praise to Tārā with Twenty-One Verses of Homage (Namastāraikaviṃśatistotraguṇahitasahita, sgrol ma la phyag ’tshal nyi shu rtsa gcig gis bstod pa phan yon dang bcas pa)
(See an article on the subject of the Suryagupta Tradition from the Jonang Foundation).
The Origin of the Tara Tantra by Jonang Taranata. Translated by David Templeman. LTWA, Dharamsala, 1981.
(The images below are only a selection of examples from the links above).
