Green Tara (Tibetan: drol ma jang ku. English: the Green Saviouress, or The One who Liberates), with Amitabha Buddha at the top center and surrounded by the 21 forms of Tara according to the tradition of the Indian scholar Atisha.

Tibetan: Drol ma jang ku

Tara is a completely enlightened buddha who in a previous life promised to appear, after enlightenment, in the form of a female bodhisattva and goddess for the benefit of all beings. Her primary activity is to protect from the 8 and 16 fears. Practiced in all Schools of Tibetan Buddhism her various forms are found in all classes of tantra - Nyingma and Sarma.

Jeff Watt 5-2004