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General TARA Puja book

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Hi

I am looking for a basic Tara puja book that anyone can do without requiring empowerment, thanks.
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Hello

I don't know a special book, but i think the Praises To The 21 Taras is very powerful and anyone can do it.

May this be helpful.
http://www.berzinarchives.com/web/en/ar ... y=21+taras" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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I'm sorry to be an interloper to this thread, but along the lines of the o.p., are there any restrictions on reciting The King of Prayers?
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Jainarayan wrote:I'm sorry to be an interloper to this thread, but along the lines of the o.p., are there any restrictions on reciting The King of Prayers?
No, it's fine.
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Very good, thanks.
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There is also one book i know about the background and the practice of the 21 Taras, but it is not available in English.
It's written in German and French also:
http://www.amazon.de/s/?ie=UTF8&keyword ... h89icxvf_e" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Tsewang wrote:Hi

I am looking for a basic Tara puja book that anyone can do without requiring empowerment, thanks.

While it is not specifically a puja text, I have found Ven. Thubten Chodron's book, How to Free Your Mind: Tara the Liberator, to be quite helpful in understanding more about Tara.
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In the book " confessions of a gypsy yogini " by Marcia Schmidt there is a lovely Tara practice in English.....
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gregkavarnos wrote:Here's one from the FPMT.
I love that one. On a printer that will do double-sided printing, it can be printed in booklet format and then stapled in the center, or cut in half and stapled or bound down the left side.
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