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Tara
Tara has been part of Buddhist practice for over a thousand years. In Tibet she’s called Jetsün Dölma, the Mother of Liberation, and in the Vajrayana tradition she’s a fully enlightened Buddha. She is the mother of all the buddhas of past, present, and future.
Her origin story starts with grief. Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva of compassion, wept over the suffering of the world. His tears formed a lake, a lotus grew from it, and Tara appeared when it opened. She’s the one who hears people cry out, and she responds.
The figure in my painting sits in lotus posture, hands in her lap, draped in a veil that could belong to a Madonna or to Christ. I’m happy to leave that open. She has no face, so she could be anyone.
Perhaps that’s the point of the bodhisattva. Any of us could be the one who hears and responds.
Tara
Watercolor and charcoal on paper
18” x 12”
#Tara #GreenTara #DivineFeminine #BuddhistArt #contemplativeart
Tara has been part of Buddhist practice for over a thousand years. In Tibet she’s called Jetsün Dölma, the Mother of Liberation, and in the Vajrayana tradition she’s a fully enlightened Buddha. She is the mother of all the buddhas of past, present, and future.
Her origin story starts with grief. Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva of compassion, wept over the suffering of the world. His tears formed a lake, a lotus grew from it, and Tara appeared when it opened. She’s the one who hears people cry out, and she responds.
The figure in my painting sits in lotus posture, hands in her lap, draped in a veil that could belong to a Madonna or to Christ. I’m happy to leave that open. She has no face, so she could be anyone.
Perhaps that’s the point of the bodhisattva. Any of us could be the one who hears and responds.
Tara
Watercolor and charcoal on paper
18” x 12”
#Tara #GreenTara #DivineFeminine #BuddhistArt #contemplativeart
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