{"id":6202,"date":"2026-05-19T11:29:50","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T11:29:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/tara\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T09:26:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T09:26:16","slug":"tara","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/tara\/","title":{"rendered":"Tara"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"6202\" class=\"elementor elementor-6202 elementor-3036 elementor-bc-flex-widget\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac84f4f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ac84f4f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-278c97d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"278c97d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7c860e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c7c860e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16a62f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"16a62f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Tara, Bodhisattva of Compassion<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dca5589 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dca5589\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In Mah\u0101y\u0101na and especially in Tibetan Vajray\u0101na Buddhism, T\u0101r\u0101 is a female <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"In Mahayana Buddhism, an enlightened being who postpones their liberation for the sake of teaching other beings.\" tabindex=\"0\">bodhisattva<\/span> figure of outstanding importance. Her name (Sanskrit t\u0101r\u0101, &#8220;she who carries across&#8221;) points to her function as a saviour who brings beings across the &#8220;stream&#8221; of the cycle of existence (sa\u1e43s\u0101ra) to the far shore of liberation (nirv\u0101\u1e47a).<\/p><p>She appears in numerous manifestations, the best known being Green and White T\u0101r\u0101; in addition, twenty-one forms of T\u0101r\u0101 are traditionally venerated.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ebefbe5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ebefbe5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13ef84c elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"13ef84c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"iwg-pill-row\"><span class=\"iwg-klasse-badge\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tooltip=\"God \/ Goddess: Personified supreme power within the pantheon of a culture, with clear areas of responsibility: forces of nature, fate, war, fertility. Venerated through cults, sacrifices and temple institutions.\">God<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/buddhism\/\" class=\"iwg-kultur-badge\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tooltip=\"Buddhist tradition with bodhisattvas, protective deities, hungry ghosts and guardians of hell.\">Buddhism<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a426fdd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a426fdd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f43b85 elementor-toc--minimized-on-tablet elementor-widget elementor-widget-table-of-contents\" data-id=\"6f43b85\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;exclude_headings_by_selector&quot;:[],&quot;no_headings_message&quot;:&quot;Es wurden keine \\u00dcberschriften auf dieser Seite gefunden.&quot;,&quot;headings_by_tags&quot;:[&quot;h2&quot;,&quot;h3&quot;],&quot;marker_view&quot;:&quot;bullets&quot;,&quot;icon&quot;:{&quot;value&quot;:&quot;fas fa-circle&quot;,&quot;library&quot;:&quot;fa-solid&quot;,&quot;rendered_tag&quot;:&quot;&lt;svg class=\\&quot;e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\\&quot; viewBox=\\&quot;0 0 512 512\\&quot; xmlns=\\&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.w3.org\\\/2000\\\/svg\\&quot;&gt;&lt;path d=\\&quot;M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\\&quot;&gt;&lt;\\\/path&gt;&lt;\\\/svg&gt;&quot;},&quot;minimize_box&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;minimized_on&quot;:&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;hierarchical_view&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;min_height&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;min_height_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;min_height_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"table-of-contents.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-toc__header-title\">\n\t\t\t\tTable of Contents\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__toggle-button elementor-toc__toggle-button--expand\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-toc__6f43b85\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-label=\"Open table of contents\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-chevron-down\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M207.029 381.476L12.686 187.132c-9.373-9.373-9.373-24.569 0-33.941l22.667-22.667c9.357-9.357 24.522-9.375 33.901-.04L224 284.505l154.745-154.021c9.379-9.335 24.544-9.317 33.901.04l22.667 22.667c9.373 9.373 9.373 24.569 0 33.941L240.971 381.476c-9.373 9.372-24.569 9.372-33.942 0z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__toggle-button elementor-toc__toggle-button--collapse\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-toc__6f43b85\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-label=\"Close table of contents\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-chevron-up\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M240.971 130.524l194.343 194.343c9.373 9.373 9.373 24.569 0 33.941l-22.667 22.667c-9.357 9.357-24.522 9.375-33.901.04L224 227.495 69.255 381.516c-9.379 9.335-24.544 9.317-33.901-.04l-22.667-22.667c-9.373-9.373-9.373-24.569 0-33.941L207.03 130.525c9.372-9.373 24.568-9.373 33.941-.001z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-toc__6f43b85\" class=\"elementor-toc__body\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__spinner-container\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"elementor-toc__spinner eicon-animation-spin e-font-icon-svg e-eicon-loading\" aria-hidden=\"true\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 1000\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M500 975V858C696 858 858 696 858 500S696 142 500 142 142 304 142 500H25C25 237 238 25 500 25S975 237 975 500 763 975 500 975Z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-135de0d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"135de0d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6dd0c4d iwg-hero-image elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6dd0c4d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/goetter_buddhismus_tara-683x1024.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-6203\" alt=\"Tara - Gods from the Buddhist tradition, historical-illustrative\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/goetter_buddhismus_tara-683x1024.webp 683w, https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/goetter_buddhismus_tara-200x300.webp 200w, https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/goetter_buddhismus_tara-768x1152.webp 768w, https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/goetter_buddhismus_tara.webp 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd65524 e-con-boxed e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cd65524\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb1ea1b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"eb1ea1b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e0a479 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5e0a479\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Origin and History<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a625c6c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a625c6c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The oldest evidence for T\u0101r\u0101 reaches back to the 6th and 7th centuries of our era in India.<\/p><p>Sculptures from N\u0101land\u0101 and from the P\u0101la empire (8th to 12th century) show her early on in the typical seated posture lalit\u0101sana, with one leg hanging down as a sign of her readiness to rush to the aid of those who petition her.<\/p><p>The <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Belonging to the authoritatively recognized body of scriptures of a religion.\" tabindex=\"0\">canonical<\/span> texts are the \u0100ryat\u0101r\u0101-n\u0101m\u0101\u1e63\u1e6dottara\u015bataka (One Hundred and Eight Names of the Noble T\u0101r\u0101) and the T\u0101r\u0101-<span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Religious-ritual tradition in Hinduism and Buddhism with a doctrine of energy polarities.\" tabindex=\"0\">Tantra<\/span>. In Tibet the veneration is anchored through translation activity from the 8th century onward.<\/p><p>An important Tibetan <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The passing on of knowledge and narratives across generations.\" tabindex=\"0\">tradition<\/span>, transmitted above all in the Gelug school, links T\u0101r\u0101 with the two Buddhist consorts of King Songtsen Gampo: Bh\u1e5bku\u1e6d\u012b from Nepal is said to embody Green T\u0101r\u0101, Wencheng from China White T\u0101r\u0101. This <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"An edifying narrative, usually about the life of saints.\" tabindex=\"0\">legend<\/span> is historically unattested; it is a retrospective construction of the 11th and 12th centuries that gives iconic form to the introduction of Buddhism into Tibet.<\/p><p>David Snellgrove (&#8220;Indo-Tibetan Buddhism&#8221;, London 1987) assigns this episode to the late Indian fusion of bodhisattva veneration and tantric <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"In Tibetan Buddhism, a meditation deity with which a practitioner works through identification in order to embody aspects of enlightenment.\" tabindex=\"0\">yidam<\/span> practice.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d1f796 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8d1f796\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1867403 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1867403\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Green and White Tara<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2308a9d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2308a9d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Green T\u0101r\u0101 (Sanskrit \u015ay\u0101mat\u0101r\u0101, Tibetan Dr\u00f6lma Jangu) is regarded as the active form that responds quickly to <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The petitioning or invoking address of a deity or power.\" tabindex=\"0\">invocation<\/span>. She is depicted green in colour, the right leg stepping down from the lotus seat; in her right hand she holds the gesture of granting wishes (varada-mudr\u0101), in her left a blue lotus blossom (utpala).<\/p><p>Her <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A sacred syllable or formula repeatedly recited in Hinduism and Buddhism.\" tabindex=\"0\">mantra<\/span> &#8220;om t\u0101re tutt\u0101re ture sv\u0101h\u0101&#8221; is among the most frequently recited texts of Tibetan Buddhism. White T\u0101r\u0101 (Sitat\u0101r\u0101, Dr\u00f6lma Karpo), by contrast, is the meditative form associated with longevity, health and protection from premature death.<\/p><p>She sits in the full lotus posture; her body bears seven eyes, one on the forehead and one each on the palms and soles, which symbolise wakeful compassion in all directions.<\/p><p>In the iconographic tradition both forms are read as two aspects of the same female bodhisattva: active and contemplative, swift action and long life. The twenty-one T\u0101r\u0101s of the Sarvatath\u0101gatam\u0101t\u1e5bt\u0101r\u0101-Vi\u015bvakarmabhava-Tantra differentiate this polarity further, from wrathful protective forms to peaceful healing forms.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f50a183 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f50a183\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6b06f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d6b06f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Myth and Narrative Tradition<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a8b6bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3a8b6bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A T\u0101r\u0101 story widespread in the Tibetan sphere tells of the princess Yeshe Dawa, who in a distant world-age resolved to attain enlightenment.<\/p><p>When her teachers advised her to assume a male body in a future birth, because such a body was better suited to becoming a Buddha, she vowed always to be born in female form until all beings are liberated.<\/p><p>This episode has been intensively discussed in modern feminist religious scholarship. Anne Klein (&#8220;Meeting the Great Bliss Queen&#8221;, Boston 1995) reads the narrative as a deliberate marking of a gender-specific promise of salvation that sets a counter-position within the patriarchally shaped Indian Mah\u0101y\u0101na.<\/p><p>In the T\u0101r\u0101-Tantra she is called &#8220;Mother of all Buddhas&#8221;, a dignity she shares with Praj\u00f1\u0101p\u0101ramit\u0101, the personification of perfected wisdom. The identification is not accidental; both figures embody the female dimension of enlightenment, in which insight and compassion are undivided.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c6e79f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4c6e79f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-992b0fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"992b0fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Practice, Mantra and Ritual<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1a9105 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c1a9105\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>T\u0101r\u0101 practice encompasses recitation, visualisation and <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"An offering to a deity to express gratitude, petition, or veneration.\" tabindex=\"0\">offerings<\/span>. The root mantra &#8220;om t\u0101re tutt\u0101re ture sv\u0101h\u0101&#8221; is used both in everyday life and in intensive retreat practice (drubchen).<\/p><p>The &#8220;Praise to the Twenty-One T\u0101r\u0101s&#8221; (Namast\u0101re ekavi\u1e43\u015bati-stotra) is part of the daily <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The established order of worship of a religious community.\" tabindex=\"0\">liturgy<\/span> in nearly every Tibetan school. Visualisations follow the instructions of the respective s\u0101dhana, which precisely prescribe the form, colour, attributes and <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Circular diagram that depicts the cosmos in Hinduism and Buddhism.\" tabindex=\"0\">mandala<\/span> of the <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A being venerated as divine within a religion.\" tabindex=\"0\">deity<\/span>.<\/p><p>In Tibetan Vajray\u0101na, T\u0101r\u0101 is employed as a yidam (meditation deity). The practice aims to realise the qualitative attributes of the bodhisattva, not her outer form, within one&#8217;s own perception.<\/p><p>Stephan Beyer comprehensively documented the <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"An ordered sequence of symbolic actions with religious or cultural meaning.\" tabindex=\"0\">ritual<\/span> corpus of a Tibetan monastic school in &#8220;The <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The totality of religious acts of veneration for a deity or sacred figure.\" tabindex=\"0\">Cult<\/span> of Tara&#8221; (Berkeley 1973), thereby presenting a reference work that remains central to this day.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e45f64 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e45f64\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7763cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b7763cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Spread within Mahayana<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b42bb6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4b42bb6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>T\u0101r\u0101 is venerated not only in Tibet but also in Nepal, Mongolia, the Buddhist regions of Buryatia and Kalmykia, and historically in Java and in Chinese Vajray\u0101na. In East Asia she is less prominent; here the bodhisattva Avalokite\u015bvara, depicted as male or gender-indeterminate, dominates, becoming in China the female-connoted Guan Yin.<\/p><p>In the Therav\u0101da Buddhism of Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia she is absent, since the tantric bodhisattva programme was not received there.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e68adea e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e68adea\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a4e48d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9a4e48d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Significance within Vajrayana<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef4d88b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ef4d88b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In Vajray\u0101na, T\u0101r\u0101 is assigned to the three Buddha families (kula), and in the later Tantras above all to the Padma (lotus) family of the Buddha Amit\u0101bha. She is regarded as a manifestation of his activity, parallel to Avalokite\u015bvara.<\/p><p>This systematic placement within the five Buddha families shows that T\u0101r\u0101 stands within a theoretically articulated cosmic scheme and is not an isolated popular deity. Donald Lopez describes in &#8220;Buddhism. An Introduction and Guide&#8221; (London 2001) how this classification structures the Tibetan <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The totality of the gods of a religion or culture.\" tabindex=\"0\">pantheon<\/span>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a15e773 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a15e773\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-350fd59 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"350fd59\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Tara and Avalokiteshvara<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bdca0b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bdca0b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>An important narrative tradition has T\u0101r\u0101 arise from the tears that Avalokite\u015bvara weeps when he recognises the extent of the suffering of beings.<\/p><p>From one of the two lotus-tears Green T\u0101r\u0101 emerges, from the other White T\u0101r\u0101. This genealogy links the two bodhisattvas as two aspects of compassion and makes T\u0101r\u0101 the direct helper of Avalokite\u015bvara.<\/p><p>From the perspective of <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The discipline that studies religions comparatively and without confessional commitment.\" tabindex=\"0\">religious studies<\/span>, this narrative is to be read as a later joining of two originally separate cult traditions. T\u0101r\u0101 has her own, older Indian root, which was only linked with the Avalokite\u015bvara complex in the P\u0101la age.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ebf3057 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ebf3057\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48bcadc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"48bcadc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Modern Reception<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1ee611 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f1ee611\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In Western Buddhism since the 1970s, T\u0101r\u0101 has become one of the most prominent female figures, especially in communities shaped by Tibetan tradition.<\/p><p>The teacher Tsultrim Allione presented T\u0101r\u0101 as an accessible practice figure for modern Western practitioners in &#8220;Women of Wisdom&#8221; (London 1984). In feminist Buddhist <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The scholarly doctrine of God and of the faith of a religion.\" tabindex=\"0\">theology<\/span> she stands for a female figure of enlightenment who is not mediated through a male being but acts independently.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9d0628 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f9d0628\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e0b227 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4e0b227\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Sources and Further Reading<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b62f9d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b62f9d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div data-nosnippet=\"true\"><p>Primary sources: \u0100ryat\u0101r\u0101-n\u0101m\u0101\u1e63\u1e6dottara\u015bataka; T\u0101r\u0101-Tantra; Sarvatath\u0101gatam\u0101t\u1e5bt\u0101r\u0101-Vi\u015bvakarmabhava-Tantra; &#8220;Praise to the Twenty-One T\u0101r\u0101s&#8221; (Namast\u0101re ekavi\u1e43\u015bati-stotra).<\/p><p>Secondary literature: Stephan Beyer, &#8220;The Cult of Tara&#8221;, Berkeley 1973; David Snellgrove, &#8220;Indo-Tibetan Buddhism&#8221;, London 1987; Anne Klein, &#8220;Meeting the Great Bliss Queen&#8221;, Boston 1995; Tsultrim Allione, &#8220;Women of Wisdom&#8221;, London 1984; Donald Lopez, &#8220;Buddhism. An Introduction and Guide&#8221;, London 2001; Robert Buswell and Donald Lopez, &#8220;Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism&#8221;, Princeton 2014.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3647d0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b3647d0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29258d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"29258d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Twenty-One Forms of Tara<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-237f159 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"237f159\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The twenty-one T\u0101r\u0101s are a systematised <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The collection of sacred scriptures recognised as authoritative by a religion.\" tabindex=\"0\">canon<\/span> of female bodhisattva manifestations, first described in detail in the Sarvatath\u0101gatam\u0101t\u1e5bt\u0101r\u0101-Tantra. Each form has its own colour, its own mudr\u0101 gesture and its own functional effect.<\/p><p>The first form, Prav\u012bra T\u0101r\u0101, is the &#8220;swiftly rescuing&#8221; one and stands for rapid response to emergencies. The seventh form, Vajra T\u0101r\u0101, has a wrathful character and is <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The petitioning or invoking address to a deity or power.\" tabindex=\"0\">invoked<\/span> against hostile forces.<\/p><p>The eleventh form, Vai\u015brava\u1e47a T\u0101r\u0101, is associated with prosperity and wealth. The twenty-first, Parip\u016bra\u1e47\u012b T\u0101r\u0101, is the &#8220;all-completing&#8221; one and stands for final realisation.<\/p><p>This list is not identical in all schools; the Nyingma and Gelug traditions have differing orders and emphases. Stephan Beyer documented in full the list widespread in the <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"In Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism, the law of cause and effect of action: every deed acts back upon subsequent existences.\" tabindex=\"0\">Karma<\/span> Kagy\u00fc tradition in &#8220;The Cult of Tara&#8221;.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e2374d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1e2374d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ea53bb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1ea53bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Tara in the Buddhist Tantra Classes<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e09256b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e09256b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Tibetan classification of Tantra distinguishes four or six classes, whose arrangement follows the degree of practice attainment and the complexity of visualisation. T\u0101r\u0101 is treated in several of these classes.<\/p><p>In the Kriy\u0101-Tantra, the lowest class, she is present as a venerable <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A being venerated as divine within a religion.\" tabindex=\"0\">deity<\/span> with a relatively simple ritual form. In the Yoga-Tantra she is employed as a yidam with her own <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Circular diagram that depicts the cosmos in Hinduism and Buddhism.\" tabindex=\"0\">mandala<\/span> structure.<\/p><p>In the Anuttarayoga-Tantra, the highest class, she appears as the central figure of the T\u0101r\u0101-Tantra, which in the late Indian and Tibetan tradition is treated as an independent body of teachings.<\/p><p>This multiple placement within the Tantra classes is illuminating for the history of <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The academic discipline that studies religions comparatively and without confessional commitment.\" tabindex=\"0\">religion<\/span>; it shows that T\u0101r\u0101 is not a figure of one particular teaching tradition but occurs in several layers of tantric systematisation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35e89fa e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"35e89fa\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d37ada7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d37ada7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Tibetan Iconography of Tara<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-80ef122 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"80ef122\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The iconographic depiction of T\u0101r\u0101 follows strict conventions that are laid down in detail in the s\u0101dhana texts (practice instructions). Green T\u0101r\u0101 is depicted in the seated posture lalit\u0101sana, the right leg lowered from the lotus seat.<\/p><p>Her right hand shows the varada-mudr\u0101 (granting of wishes), the left holds the stem of a blue utpala blossom that blooms over her left shoulder.<\/p><p>She is depicted youthful, sixteen years of age, with the adornment of a royal princess, thirteen ornaments and the characteristic tantric crown bearing five Buddha images.<\/p><p>White T\u0101r\u0101 sits in the full lotus posture (vajraparya\u1e45ka), likewise holding the right hand in varada-mudr\u0101 and the left before the chest in the gesture of the threefold refuge. Her body is endowed with seven eyes.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25ecec2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"25ecec2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-721226c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"721226c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Tara and the Karmapas<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa779e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aa779e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Karmapa lineage, the oldest tulku lineage of Tibet, has a special relationship to the veneration of T\u0101r\u0101. The first Karmapa, D\u00fcsum Khyenpa (1110 to 1193), according to tradition received direct T\u0101r\u0101 visions that supported him on his path to enlightenment.<\/p><p>The second Karmapa vision is said to have been experienced by Karma Pakshi (1204 to 1283), who under the Yuan dynasty also taught T\u0101r\u0101 practice at the Mongol court.<\/p><p>The Karma Kagy\u00fc tradition has since cultivated its own T\u0101r\u0101 s\u0101dhana, which is still practised daily today in the monasteries of Rumtek (Sikkim) and Tsurphu (Tibet). This connection shows how the veneration of a bodhisattva does not remain abstractly <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The academic study of God and the doctrines of a religion.\" tabindex=\"0\">theological<\/span> but is embedded in concrete institutional lineages.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d4b2cb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6d4b2cb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f21dcc3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f21dcc3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Tara in the Sadhanamala<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73b9099 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"73b9099\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The S\u0101dhanam\u0101l\u0101, a collection of 312 tantric visualisation texts from the 11th and 12th centuries, is the most important Indian source on T\u0101r\u0101 practice.<\/p><p>No fewer than 21 texts of this collection are <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Handed over to the sacred through a religious act and thereby set apart from the everyday.\" tabindex=\"0\">dedicated<\/span> to T\u0101r\u0101, in several colour forms and with differing <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A sacred syllable or formula repeatedly recited in Hinduism and Buddhism.\" tabindex=\"0\">mantra<\/span> structures. Benoytosh Bhattacharyya critically edited the texts in 1925 and 1928 in Baroda and systematised them in &#8220;Indian Buddhist <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The study of pictorial content and its meaning.\" tabindex=\"0\">Iconography<\/span>&#8221; (Calcutta 1958).<\/p><p>The S\u0101dhanam\u0101l\u0101 texts presumably originate from the monasteries of Vikrama\u015b\u012bla and N\u0101land\u0101, whose teachers were among the initiators of late Indian T\u0101r\u0101 <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The scholarly doctrine of God and of the faith of a religion.\" tabindex=\"0\">theology<\/span>. Most of these s\u0101dhanas were translated into Tibetan soon after their composition and are today <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Belonging to the authoritatively recognised body of scriptures of a religion.\" tabindex=\"0\">canonical<\/span> in the Kangyur and Tengyur collections.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02851a7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"02851a7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b57001 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9b57001\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Transmission through Atisha<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e80ed7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4e80ed7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Bengali scholar Ati\u015ba D\u012bpa\u1e43kara \u015ar\u012bj\u00f1\u0101na (982 to 1054) had a particularly close relationship to T\u0101r\u0101. His &#8220;Bodhipathaprad\u012bpa&#8221; (Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment) is regarded as the founding text of the Kadam school. Ati\u015ba introduced T\u0101r\u0101 practice into Tibet, where it passed via Drom T\u00f6npa and the subsequent Kadam masters into the Gelug school.<\/p><p>Tradition reports that Ati\u015ba venerated T\u0101r\u0101 as a personal protective deity (yidam) and always carried her image with him. Several T\u0101r\u0101 hymns attributed to him are preserved in the Tibetan Tengyur.<\/p><p>Robert Beer (&#8220;The Encyclopedia of Tibetan Symbols and Motifs&#8221;, Boston 1999) shows that Ati\u015ba&#8217;s T\u0101r\u0101 practice definitively canonised the Central Asian T\u0101r\u0101 iconography in Tibet.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44061b1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"44061b1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae7319c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ae7319c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Cittamani Tara and the Secret Lineage<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e2723f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e2723f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A particular <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Collective term for teachings that claim a hidden knowledge accessible only to initiates.\" tabindex=\"0\">esoteric<\/span> lineage of T\u0101r\u0101 practice is the Cittama\u1e47i T\u0101r\u0101 (T\u0101r\u0101 as the &#8220;wish-fulfilling jewel of the <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"An incorporeal being to which effects in the world are attributed.\" tabindex=\"0\">mind<\/span>&#8220;). According to tradition she was received in a vision by the Indian mah\u0101siddha Takphu Garwang and belongs to the Anuttarayoga-Tantra class. This form became prominent in the Gelug context through Pabongka Rinpoche (1878 to 1941).<\/p><p>The first Dalai Lama, Gend\u00fcn Drub, composed an extensive s\u0101dhana that is today among the principal practices of the Gelug school. Cittama\u1e47i T\u0101r\u0101 is green, sits in the posture of royal ease and holds lotus and vajra.<\/p><p>The practice combines <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A brief, personal or communal religious contemplation.\" tabindex=\"0\">devotion<\/span> to T\u0101r\u0101 with the completion-stage yogas of the Anuttara-Tantra, which structurally makes it the highest level of T\u0101r\u0101 realisation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8e0a60 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c8e0a60\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9c553d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d9c553d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Tara in the Indo-Tibetan Monasteries<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-556ae92 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"556ae92\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In the great Tibetan monasteries of Ganden, Drepung and Sera, the T\u0101r\u0101 <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The established order of worship of a religious community.\" tabindex=\"0\">liturgy<\/span> is cultivated in a fixed annual cycle.<\/p><p>The &#8220;T\u0101r\u0101 P\u016bj\u0101&#8221; (sgrol ma&#8217;i mchod pa) is among the most frequently recited liturgies and is performed both in the spring assembly of the M\u00f6nlam Chenmo and on special occasions such as illness or political crisis.<\/p><p>The <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The established order of worship of a religious community.\" tabindex=\"0\">liturgy<\/span> follows a fixed structure with praise, <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Circular diagram that depicts the cosmos in Hinduism and Buddhism.\" tabindex=\"0\">mandala<\/span> <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The concrete object or food offered to a deity.\" tabindex=\"0\">offering<\/span>, <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A sacred syllable or formula repeatedly recited in Hinduism and Buddhism.\" tabindex=\"0\">mantra<\/span> recitation and repetition of the vidy\u0101. The number of repetitions varies from 100 to 100,000, depending on occasion and intention.<\/p><p>Robert Thurman (&#8220;Essential Tibetan Buddhism&#8221;, San Francisco 1995) described this <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The established order of worship of a religious community.\" tabindex=\"0\">liturgy<\/span> as &#8220;the Tibetan counterpart to the Christian rosary&#8221;, which is tenable in the sense of a formally comparative phenomenology of religion.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a48bca3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a48bca3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd6ee90 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dd6ee90\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Khadiravani Tara<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1dbd7a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1dbd7a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A form especially prominent in the S\u0101dhanam\u0101l\u0101 corpus is the Khadirav\u0101\u1e47\u012b T\u0101r\u0101, &#8220;T\u0101r\u0101 from the Khadira forest&#8221;. She is connected with the acacia tree (Khadira), beneath which she is said by tradition to have appeared on Mount Potala. The images show her green in colour, flanked by M\u0101r\u012bc\u012b (sun) and Ekaja\u1e6d\u012b (moon).<\/p><p>This triad is an older iconographic constellation that frequently occurs in the P\u0101la-period sculptures of eastern India, for instance in finds from Bihar and Bengal.<\/p><p>The later Tibetan tradition adopted this constellation and transferred it to wall paintings, for example in Tabo and Alchi (Western Himalaya, 11th century). Roger Goepper, in his studies on Alchi (&#8220;Alchi. Buddhas, G\u00f6ttinnen, Mandalas&#8221;, Cologne 1982), documented the iconographic continuity between Indian models and Tibetan execution.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ce10bc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5ce10bc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a7fcbe elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8a7fcbe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Tara and the Space for Women in Buddhism<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-882f709 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"882f709\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The T\u0101r\u0101 tradition is remarkable in the history of religion in that here a female figure of enlightenment stands fully and equally alongside the male bodhisattvas.<\/p><p>T\u0101r\u0101 is not a &#8220;consort&#8221; (praj\u00f1\u0101) of a male principal, but an independent Buddha form. In the 12th century the Tibetan yogin\u012b Machig Labdr\u00f6n composed hymns to T\u0101r\u0101 that are still recited today.<\/p><p>Janet Gyatso (&#8220;Apparitions of the Self&#8221;, Princeton 1998) and Sarah Harding (&#8220;Machig&#8217;s Complete Explanation&#8221;, Ithaca 2003) have documented this lineage as one of the few authentically female voices of Tibetan religious literature. The modern Buddhist women&#8217;s movement frequently invokes T\u0101r\u0101&#8217;s avowal, &#8220;Until the world is empty, I shall be a Buddha in female body&#8221;.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1eed29 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c1eed29\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2975d59 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2975d59\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3467c78 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3467c78\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Is T\u0101r\u0101 a Buddha or a bodhisattva?<\/strong> She is a bodhisattva, that is, a being on the path to enlightenment who has vowed to bring the other beings along to liberation.<\/p><p>In some later tantric texts she is also treated as an already fully enlightened female Buddha, but this distinction has little bearing on practical veneration.<\/p><p><strong>What is the difference between Green and White T\u0101r\u0101?<\/strong> Green T\u0101r\u0101 is the active form; she is invoked in acute difficulties. White T\u0101r\u0101 is the meditative form; she is associated with longevity, health and deepened understanding. Both are regarded as two aspects of the same bodhisattva.<\/p><p><strong>Which <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A sacred syllable or formula repeatedly recited in Hinduism and Buddhism.\" tabindex=\"0\">mantra<\/span> is assigned to T\u0101r\u0101?<\/strong> The root mantra is &#8220;om t\u0101re tutt\u0101re ture sv\u0101h\u0101&#8221;. It is one of the most frequently recited mantras in Tibetan Buddhism and may be recited in any situation of life.<\/p><p><strong>Does T\u0101r\u0101 have a connection to the Indian goddess Durg\u0101?<\/strong> In the history of religion the connections are contested. Both are female protective figures with martial aspects.<\/p><p>Structural parallels cannot be ruled out, but a direct borrowing cannot be demonstrated. 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