Bodhisattva with White Tara Thangka
About Our Thangka
Tibetans pray to White Tara especially for health, healing and longevity. She offers healing to our wounds, whether it is our bodies or our minds that have been hurt.
Introduction To White Tara
White Tara is a meditation deity worshiped by practitioners of the Tibetan branch of Vajrayana Buddhism to develop certain inner qualities and to understand outer, inner and secret teachings such as karuṇā (compassion), mettā (loving-kindness), and shunyata (emptiness). Tārā may more properly be understood as different aspects of the same quality, as bodhisattvas are often considered metaphors for Buddhist virtues.
There is also recognition in some schools of Buddhism of twenty-one Tārās. A practice text entitled Praises to the Twenty-One Taras, is the most important text on Tara in Tibetan Buddhism. Another key text is the Tantra Which is the Source for All the Functions of Tara, Mother of All the Tathagatas
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Size: 19"/ 48 cm (width) x 25"/ 63 cm (height)
Materials: Cotton Canvas, Acrylic Colors, Genuine 24K Gold
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THIS THANGKA IS HAND-PAINTED IN THE TRADITIONAL STYLE BY NEPALI ARTIST AND THE QUALITY IS HIGH
What does White Tara mantra “MAMA AYUR PUNE GYANA PUNTIN KURU SOHA” define?
- Mama = mine, means that I would like to possess the following qualities.
- Ayurur = long life
- Punene = merit that comes from living life ethically.
- Gyana = wisdom
- Puntin = increase
- Kuru = do so! do it now!
- Soha= hail, or may blessings be upon
