Thangka Description
Material: Hand painted in Nepal on canvas with Silk brocade
Painting L x H: 15 x 20 inches
Scroll L x H: 43 inches @ widest x 29 inches
- A fully enlightened female Buddha, Tara is the Buddhist goddess of compassionate activity
- Tara's energy influence is the capacity to actively move through life and to accomplish our goals
- Green Tara is associated with enlightened activity and active compassion
- Her right hand is opened out on her right knee, in the gesture of generosity
- Her left hand holds the stem of a lotus flower, which is blossoming next to her left ear symbolizing purity and enlightened transformation
- Her right foot is slightly extended because she is ready to leap to the aid of sentient beings
- Tara is the most beloved of all the female enlightened beings in the Tibetan Buddhist pantheon, and the essence of awakened love and compassion
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