The bodhisattva Youthful Mañjuśrī then spoke these lines of praise for the Mother:

“Her moon-and-sun-like form, Green in color and graceful in bearing, Is poised atop a lotus and moon. I salute and praise the mother of all the buddhas And protector of all beings, Who holds an utpala in her hand!”

He then asked, “Blessed One, how is the mantra of the Mother practiced?

The Blessed One replied, “Her dhāraṇī-mantra is as follows:

“oṁ namo ratna-trayāya | namas traiyadhva-sarva-tathāgatānāṃ namas tārāyai.

“namas tāre ture vīre kṣaṇa-dyuti-nibhekṣane trailokya-nātha-vaktrābja-vikasat-keśarodbhave.

“namaḥ śata-śarac-candra-sampūrṇa-paṭalānane tārā-sahasra-nikara-prahasat-kiraṇojjvale.

“namaḥ kanaka-nīlābja-pāṇi-padma-vibhūṣite dāna-vīrya-tapaḥ-śānti-titikṣā-dhyāna-gocare.

“namas tathāgatoṣṇīṣa-vijayānanta-cāriṇi aśeṣa-pāramitā-prāpta-jina-putra-niṣevite.

“tāre tuttāre ture svāhā.

“That is the dhāraṇī-mantra you should recite.

“The heart mantra is:

“oṁ tāre tuttāre ture svāhā.

“The heart mantra for the lotus family is:

“oṁ tuttāre ture ture svāhā.

“The heart mantra for the jewel family is:

“oṁ tāre ture ture svāhā.

“The heart mantra for the karma family is:

“oṁ ture tuttāre svāhā.

“The heart mantra for the vajra family is:

“oṁ tāre tuttāre tāre svāhā.

“The heart mantra for the various rites is:

“oṁ tāre tuttāre ture svāhā.

“The mantra for enthralling is:

“oṁ tāre tāre tuttāre hūṁ-kāra-pūritāśā-dig-antare | sapta-loka-kramākrānti | aśeṣākarṣaṇa-kṣami hrīḥ.

“The mantra for increasing is:

“oṁ tāre tāre tuttāre hūṁ svāhā-kāra-pūritāśā-dig-antare | sapta-loka-kramākrānti aśeṣa-puṣṭiṃ kuru ākarṣaṇa-kṣami ho.

“The mantra for rites is:

“oṁ tāre tāre tuttāre hūṁ-kāra-pūritāśā-dig-antare | sapta-loka-kramākrānti uṣṇīṣa alikaraya- ākarṣaṇa-kṣami phaṭ.

“The mantra for pacifying nāgas is:

“oṁ tāre tāre tuttāre ture hūṁ-kāra-pūritāśā-dig-antare | sapta-loka-krāmākrānti aśeṣa-śāntiṃ kuru-ākarṣaṇa-kṣami svāhā.

“The mantra for the various rites is:

“oṁ tāre tāre ture tuttāre svāhā.

“śakrānala-brahma-rudraiś ceśvarārcite bhūta-vetāla-gandharva-gaṇa-yakṣa-puras-kṛte.

“phaṭ-kāra-parayantra-pramardani pratyālīḍha-pada-nyāsa-śikhi-jvālākulekṣaṇe.

“mahā-ghori māra-vīra-vināśani bhṛkuṭī-kṛta-vāktrābja-sarva-śatru-niṣūdani.

“ratna-mudrāṅka-hṛdyāṅguli-vibhūṣite bhūṣitāśeṣa-dik-cakra-nikara-sva-karākule.

“hūṁ hūṁ hūṁ phaṭ phaṭ phaṭ.

“The mantra for accomplishing all rites is:

“oṁ indrāya | yamāya | varuṇāya | yakṣāya | agnaye | vāyave | nairṛtyai rakṣase. ||

“oṁ indra-pālāya | sūryāya candrāya | udaya-bhūmaye | a-kāro mukhaṃ sarva-dharmānām | ādyanutpannatvāt oṁ āḥ hūṁ phaṭ svāhā.”