[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Buddhist Sanskrit literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit) › [Hymns, epistles and poetry](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra) › [Praises of Tārā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.tara) › [Tārādevīnāmāṣṭaśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.tara.taradevinamastasataka) › [ལྷ་མོ་སྒྲོལ་མའི་མཚན་བརྒྱ་རྩ་བརྒྱད་པ་ཞེས་བྱ་བ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.tara.taradevinamastasataka*bo) › [The Hundred and Eight Names of the Goddess Tara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.tara.taradevinamastasataka*bo~en-84000) › 6 # ལྷ་མ་སྒྲལ་མའ་མཚན་བརྒྱ་རྩ་བརྒྱད་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ 6 The Hundred and Eight Names of the Goddess Tārā 6 - **Language:** English ### [6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.tara.taradevinamastasataka*bo~en-84000.6) Has spoken the most sublime of utterances.”³² Then, the magnificent goddess Tārā, Who is like the light of the moon And blazes with radiance, Revealed a smile and spoke: “Maheśvara and the rest of you, Listen now to my words. Always be agreeable with everyone As you strive to attain the ten strengths. At all times, protect the great way Of the thus-gone ones. Keeping your minds on the path of peace, You must cross over the unbearable ocean of cyclic existence, Which is the source of great terrors And is so difficult to ford. Setting your mind upon the city of nirvāṇa, You must strive for it and enter it.” Then Tārā, whose face is as beautiful As a garland of the sun’s blazing rays, Spoke the following words Like the rumbling thunder of the Thus-Gone One: “O wonder! This excellent vidyāmantra of Tārā Clears away all darkness, Creates immense power and strength, And cuts through all obscurations. “This dhāraṇī, which brings so much joy, Will not be heard by the masses Who have not purified themselves By cultivating inner confidence. “This great samaya, the samaya of this vidyāmantra, Will arise for those Who have developed stable confidence, From their prior efforts toward buddhahood. “Whoever upholds this sublime, indestructible dhāraṇī-mantra, Which quells all afflictions, Eliminates all negativity, And nurtures all beings—³³ Whoever, in meditative equipoise, Hears it, reads it, or keeps it in mind— Will accomplish all their aims As was stated by the Self-Arisen One. “They will be liberated from all affliction, Become the most excellent of sentient beings, And will be equal to the thus-gone ones Who are immersed in knowledge of every world’s phenomena. “Whoever chants these hundred and eight names And praises Tārā’s moon-like face in this way - [Previous: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.tara.taradevinamastasataka*bo~en-84000.5) - [Next: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.tara.taradevinamastasataka*bo~en-84000.7) ## Linked texts (1) - [ལྷ་མོ་སྒྲོལ་མའི་མཚན་བརྒྱ་རྩ་བརྒྱད་པ་ཞེས་བྱ་བ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.tara.taradevinamastasataka*bo.6) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.tara.taradevinamastasataka*bo~en-84000.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.tara.taradevinamastasataka*bo~en-84000.6) · Pramāṇa