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Welcome to the Gallery of TARA
Welcome to TARA GALLERY. enjoy the beautiful pictures of TARA.
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GREEN TARA, MOTHER TARA
Green Tara, the female bodhisattva of compassion keeps her right hand in the gesture of giving, and her right foot on a lotus stepping down to the world to save sentient beings from various dangers and fears. At the same time her left foot is in the gesture of meditation, and left hand in the gesture of Three Jewels. Tara's mantra is Om Tare Tuttare Ture Svaha, and her seed syllable is TAM. |
GREEN TARA
Tara, Green (Tibetan: drol ma jang ku, English: the Green Liberator or Saviouress)
Peaceful in appearance, dark green like emerald, placidly gazing forward she performs the mudra (gesture) of generosity with the right hand resting on the knee while holding the stem of a pink and orange lotus flower. The left hand held to the heart in the mudra of blessing holds the stem of a white lotus - blossoming at the left ear. Adorned with a tiara of gold and jewels, long black hair piled on the top of the head - some falling loose across the shoulders, earrings, necklaces and bracelets, she wears silk garments of various colours. Atop a moon disc, green-blue lotus seat and lion supported throne she sits in a relaxed posture with the right leg extended resting on a small lotus cushion, surrounded by a nimbus of radiant light ringed with gold and wishing jewels. Accenting the head is a yellow areola ringed with blue.
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WHITE TARA
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21 TARA
Tara (Star) or simply Drolma in Tibetan, goddess of protection and compassion, worshipped by Vajrayanists worldwide. One of the widest worshipped deity in Tibet, Tara is the bodhisattva representing the miraculous activities of all buddhas. In myth she is born from Chenrezig's (sankrit : Avalokitesvara, the male counterpart similar to Tara) tears of compassion or from her own vow to be enlightened and stay a woman... There are innumerable manifestations of Tara, manifesting in so many ways as sentient beings may require, but her most famous are the peaceful WHITE TARA, who brings protection, long life and peace; and the dynamic GREEN TARA, who overcomes obstacles and saves beings in dangerous situations in the most immediate manner. Tara also manifests in 21 forms of Taras.
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RED TARA
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Tara's Vow
Long ago in an age before which
there was nothing else,
the Victorious One, the Tathagata Dundubhisvara
came into existence and was known as the Light
of the Various Worlds.
The Princess "Moon of Wisdom"
had the highest respect for his teaching,
and for ten million, one hundred thousand years,
made offerings to this Enlightened One,
to his attendant Sravakas,
and to countless members of the Sangha of Bodhisattvas.
The offerings she prepared each day
were in value comparable to all the precious things
which filled a distance of twelve yojanas
in each of the ten directions,
leaving no intermediate spaces unfilled.
Finally after all this
she awoke to the first concepts of Bodhi-Mind.
At that time some monks said to her:
"It is as a result of these,
your roots of virtuous actions,
that you have come into being in this female form.
If you pray that your deeds accord with the teachings,
then indeed on that account you will change your form
to that of a man, as is befitting."
After much discourse she finally replied,
"In this life there is no such distinction
as "male" and "female,"
neither of "self-identity,"
a "person"
nor any perception,
and therefore attachment to ideas
of "male" and "female"
is quite worthless.
The weak-minded are always deluded by this."
And so she vowed:
"There are many who wish to gain enlightenment
in a man's form,
and there are but few who wish to work
for the welfare of living beings
in a female form.
Therefore may I, in a female body,
work for the welfare of beings
right until Samsara has been emptied."
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Tibetan Homage to Manifestations Of Tara
I bow to the Body of Tara who saves from the eight fears.
I bow to the Body of Tara of infinite fame.
I bow to the Body of Tara, the world's benefactor.
I bow to the Body of Tara, sure curer of sorrow.
I bow to the Body of Tara
of a thousand hands and eyes.
I bow to the Body of Tara
infinite as space.
I bow to the Body of Tara
adorned with the Marks and the Signs.
I bow to the Body of Tara
whose limbs are like the moon.
I bow to the Body of Tara
who is as bright as the sun.
I bow to the Body of Tara
unchanging in the three times.
I bow to the Body of Tara supporting like earth.
I bow to the Body of Tara cohering like water.
I bow to the Body of Tara ripening like fire.
I bow to the Body of Tara expanding like air.
I bow to the Body of Tara
who is the Sovereign of Doctors.
I bow to the Body of Tara
subduing disease like medicine.
I bow to the Body of Tara
the river of compassion.
I bow to the Body of Tara
skilled in means like taming.
I bow to the Body of Tara
lovely yet free of desire
I bow to the Body of Tara
who teaches the Way of Freedom.
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