Om Tare Tuttare Ture Soha is the mantra of Green Tara — the female bodhisattva of compassionate action in Tibetan Buddhism, often called *the swift one* because, unlike many bodhisattvas, she arrives instantly rather than waiting for prolonged supplication. The translation is approximate: *Tare* is the call (*Tara!*), *Tuttare* is the prayer for protection from the eight fears (lions, elephants, fire, snakes, thieves, prison, water, demons — read literally or read as the eight inner fears), *Ture* is the prayer for ultimate liberation, and *Soha* (Sanskrit *Svaha*) is the seal of completion — *so be it*. Green Tara is read as the feminine face of compassion-in-motion: where Avalokiteshvara holds compassion, Tara *acts* on it. Tibetans chant her mantra at the start of journeys, before difficult conversations, in moments of fear, and in the practice of cultivating courageous compassion.
🌿Om Tare Tuttare Ture Soha
The mantra of swift help. Green Tara is the bodhisattva who arrives before you have finished asking. The mantra to recite when you need protection, fast.
I bow to Tara — to the swift one, to the courageous one, to the liberator.
Tibetan Buddhist (Vajrayana) — the mantra of Green Tara
🎧what it does
the work this mantra carries
Calls on a specific archetype of the awakened-feminine for help. Distinct from Om Mani Padme Hum in flavour: where Mani Padme Hum trains compassion as a steady muscle, Tare Tuttare Ture Soha is the mantra of *swift response* — the courage to move toward what one had been moving away from. Used by Tibetan practitioners in moments of acute fear, before life-decisions, and in the practice of *fearless compassion* — compassion that does not collapse under pressure.
📿how to chant
concrete practice — traditional + modern
Traditional: 21, 108, or any multiple of 21 repetitions on a mala. The 21 Praises of Tara is a longer companion practice. Pace: medium-fast, almost rolling — Tara is *swift*, and the chant takes that quality. Modern adaptation: chant before any moment that requires courageous action. Visualise Green Tara seated on a lotus, right leg extended in readiness to step into the world.
🎁the gift
what this mantra teaches
*Swift compassion.* Tara teaches that the awakened heart is not slow and contemplative; it is fast, decisive, and ready.
🌑the shadow
where the mantra becomes a costume
Spiritual escapism. Using Tara mantra to avoid the slow inner work that compassion requires — chanting for *swift help* with a problem the practitioner could solve themselves with steady honesty.
💞in love & in work
A relationship that needs the practitioner to stop hesitating. Tara is the mantra of *moving toward* — the conversation you have been avoiding, the apology you have been delaying, the boundary you have been not setting.
Decisions that require courage. The mantra to recite before sending the email, taking the meeting, leaving the job, starting the company, telling the truth that will rearrange the room.
🪶pair with
🔮questions to sit with
before / during / after chanting
- Which courageous action have I been delaying that the swift one is asking me to take this week?
- Where in my life have I been waiting for help to arrive instead of becoming the help?
- What would I do today if I trusted that the awakened-feminine moves *fast*?
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