Tara Puja Days

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Tara Puja Day

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Tara Puja Day

A detail from a thangka of 21 Taras with Green Tara as the center of the mandala.

Tara Puja Day

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Tara Puja Day

Happy Tara Day!

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Loving face of the Mother of All Buddhas Green Tara. Detail from art by Ben Christian.

Tara Puja Day

Loving face of the Mother of All Buddhas Green Tara. Detail from art by Ben Christian.

Tara Puja Day

Green Tara (left) is similar to Chittamani Tara (right). In fact they are the same being, but differ in visualization. Green Tara normally has one lotus (day lotus normally) in her left hand, blooming over her shoulder, while Chittamani Tara is distinguished by TWO uptala (blue night lotus) flowers, one over each shoulder. Often, online, the two are confused, and the two-flower Chittamani Tara is labeled as Green Tara. (Which, of course, is fine by Tara, since Tara is Tara.)

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Green Tara beautiful face

Tara Puja Day

21 Taras in the Atisha tradition, with Green Tara as the center of the mandala. Detail from a canvas from Himalayan Art.

Tara Puja Day

Om Tare Tuttare Ture Soha is Green Tara's mantra. Green Tara is the rescuer, the mother of all the Buddhas and of all beings — Wisdom is mother — and she is known for her quick action on behalf of those who call her name for help.

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Chittamani Tara's face, a detail from a painting by Jampay Dorje (Ben Christian).

Tara Puja Day

A statue of Tara. Notice she is holding her uptala flower in her left hand (which is in the mudra of Taking Refuge in the Three Jewels) — and on the top of the flower blosum is a double vajra — the cosmic mandala symbol of Tara's Karma family. This is the symbol representing both Tara and her co-equal consort Amoghasiddhi.

Tara Puja Day

A beautiful devotional practice is to paint your own statues. This beautiful "thanka painted" statue of Chittamani Tara started out as an unpainted bronze. Buddha Weekly's volunteer art director Kam Yu, as a devotional practice to Tara, beautifully painted and decorated a Chittamni Tara statue after filling with mantras and blessings. This is one of the most beautiful practices of devotion. He painted the flowers blue, and jewelry in gold foil. The body is matte varnished while the silk clothing with elaborate designs painted on, are glossy. As a final touch he added Turquoise and coral gems.

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White Tara feature image.

Tara Puja Day

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Tara Puja Day

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