WHITE TARA
# White tara represents the enlightened & liberating activity of all the buddhas.She embodies
the motherly aspect of universal compassion.Her compassion for living beings & her desire
to save them from suffering is said to be even stronger than a mother's love for her children.
# White tara ,the mother of all buddhas,is known for her swiftness in responding to the prayers
of those who invoke her name.Her right hand is open towards us in the gesture of supreme
generosity,signifying her ability to fulfill our spritual & materials needs.Her left hand
is in the gesture (mudra) of bestowing blessing,refuge & protection.
# White tara meditation practice is said to grant health,long life,fearlessness, patience & peace.
# As Manjushree is the celestial bodhisattva who represents the wisdom of all buddhas & Avalokiteshvara
is the one who represents all the compassion.Tara is the Bodhisattva who represents the miraculous
activity of all the Buddhas of past,present & future.
# White bodied tara and saptalochana known ,hence has seven eyes-one in each hand & foot & a third eye
on her face -to show that she sees & responds to suffering throughout the universe.
# The seven eyes symbolise the vigilance of her compassion which allow her to look upon beings in
every realm of existence with clear sighted wisdom and heartfelt compassion.
# she sits in full lotus in Vajra(meditation ) posture.Like the solitary form of the deity,her right
hand is in the gesture of supreme generosity and her left hand holds the lotus of compassion
with the mudra of the three jewels{buddha,dharma,sangha}.
# The fraction of white tara is basically performed in order to prolonged life as well as for
healing purpose.
# White tara represents the enlightened and liberating activity of all the buddhas.
# IT Is said that because Arrya Tara is the collective manifestation of the
enlightened activity of all buddhas,Sadhana is easily accomplished.
# The recitation of her Mantra merely a hundred thousand with the motivation
of BOdhicitta will cause aversion of hindrances.
# At last, White tara brings the devotee long life and protects against all dangers.