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Tara (Sanskrit: तारा, tārā; Standard Tibetan: སྒྲོལ་མ, dölma), Ārya Tārā (Noble Tara), also known as Jetsün Dölma (Tibetan: rje btsun sgrol ma, meaning: "Venerable Mother of Liberation"), is an important female Buddha in Buddhism, especially revered in Vajrayana Buddhism and Mahayana Buddhism.
The text is originally a Sanskrit Indian Buddhist work, and it is the most popular prayer to Tara in Tibetan Buddhism. [1] The Praise appears in the Derge Kangyur as "“Offering Praise to Tara through Twenty-One [verses] of Homage” (Wylie: sgrol ma la phyag 'tshal ba nyi shu gcig gis bstod pa)."
Ekajati is one of the most powerful and fierce protectors of Vajrayana Buddhist mythology. [1] [3] According to Tibetan legends [citation needed], her right eye was pierced by the tantric master Padmasambhava so that she could much more effectively help him subjugate Tibetan demons.
Tibetan Buddhism [a] is a form of Buddhism practiced in Tibet, ... Vajrapani, and Tara. The most important Buddhas are the five Buddhas of the Vajradhatu mandala ...
Tara is often considered to be an emanation of Prajñāpāramitā Devī in Tibetan Buddhism. [27] She is also often called "mother of all tathagatas" in some sources, such as in the Tantra Which is the Source for All the Functions of Tara, Mother of All the Tathagatas. [28]
Avalokiteśvara is an important deity in Tibetan Buddhism. He is regarded in the Vajrayana teachings as a Buddha. [50] In Tibetan Buddhism, Tãrã came into existence from a single tear shed by Avalokiteśvara. [5] When the tear fell to the ground it created a lake, and a lotus opening in the lake revealed Tara.
A statue of Green Tara, a common meditation deity in Tibetan Buddhism. Deity yoga is the central practice of Buddhist Tantra. In the three lower or "outer" tantras (Action, Performance and Yoga), Deity yoga practice is often divided into "the yoga with signs", and "the yoga without signs". [38]
The Nyethang Drolma Temple (Wylie: snye thang sgrol ma lha khang) is a temple in Nyêtang in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China dedicated to Tara. It is associated with Atiśa (980–1054), who founded the Kadam school of Tibetan Buddhism. The monastery survived the Cultural Revolution relatively undamaged.