Within Tibetan Buddhism Tara is regarded as a Bodhisattva of compassion and action. She is the female aspect of Avalokitesvara (Chenrezig) and in some origin stories she comes from his tears. Tara is also known as a saviouress, as a heavenly deity who hears the cries of beings experiencing misery in samsara. Tara also embodies many of the qualities of feminine principle. She is known as the Mother of Mercy and Compassion. She is the source, the female aspect of the universe, which gives birth to warmth, compassion and relief from bad karma as experienced by ordinary beings in cyclic existence. She engenders, nourishes, smiles at the vitality of creation, and has sympathy for all beings as a mother does for her children. She is called “Mother of All Buddhas”, and is appealed to for help in protecting against the Eight Great Dangers. Green is the color of Her main form and indicates Her nature of active compassion; She is known for helping those in need with lightning quickness. As Green Tara she offers success and protection from all the unfortunate circumstances one can encounter within the samsaric world. Green Tara/Khadiravani is usually associated with protection from fear and the following eight obscurations: lions (= pride), wild elephants (= delusion/ignorance), fires (= hatred and anger), snakes (= jealousy), bandits and thieves (= wrong views, including fanatical views), bondage (= avarice and miserliness), floods (= desire and attachment), and evil spirits and demons (= deluded doubts).
- the Green Tara Mantra is “Om Tare Tu Tare Ture Svaha” and very popularly recited widely. The Green Tara Mantra is able to:
overcome fear and anxiety, protect us from all obstacles as well as grant all our wishes swiftly. - quickly enable one attain success in a project.
- actualize wishes for those seeking for money, health, love and children.
- increase martriarchal energy and bliss for females and mothers.
