Kurukulla Mantra
Significance & Meaning
Invoking the Red Tara of magnetizing for love, influence, and bringing beings to Dharma
The Kurukulla Mantra invokes the red dakini Kurukulla, associated with the enlightened activity of magnetizing (wangwa in Tibetan).
Meaning
- Om - Sacred universal syllable
- Kurukulle - Name of the deity (vocative form)
- Hrih - Seed syllable of the lotus family (Amitabha)
- Svaha - Offering and accomplishment
Visualization
Kurukulla is depicted as:
- Red in color (representing magnetizing activity)
- Dancing on a corpse (representing ego/ignorance)
- Four arms holding flower bow and arrow
- Semi-wrathful expression
- Adorned with bone ornaments and flowers
The Four Enlightened Activities
Kurukulla embodies "magnetizing" (wang), one of four Buddha activities:
- Pacifying (shi) - White
- Enriching (gye) - Yellow
- Magnetizing (wang) - Red (Kurukulla)
- Wrathful (drag) - Black/dark blue
Benefits
- Attracts positive conditions and relationships
- Increases personal magnetism and influence
- Brings beings to the Dharma
- Overcomes obstacles in love and relationships
- Subdues negative forces through attraction rather than force
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