paradigm
of
‘the beautiful woman’
turns many women’s
births
into
a kind of death.
this type of pressure does
horrid things to a heart.
paradigm
of
‘the beautiful woman’
turns many women’s
births
into
a kind of death.
this type of pressure does
horrid things to a heart.
![White Tārā is also known as Sita Tārā - the Sanskrit sita simply means white or pure, and is also a name for the planet Venus.
White Tārā’s mantra is the basic Tārā mantra with an extra phrase inserted. In Magic and Ritual in Tibet : The Cult of Tārā, Stephan Beyer describes how various phrases can be inserted into the mantra depending on the needs of the person working the magic. In this case, we are asking for [long] life (ayuḥ), merit (puṇya), and wisdom (jñāna). See also below.
White Tārā is distinguished from Green Tārā (other than their colours) by having both legs tucked up in the meditation posture, and by having seven eyes: the two usual ones, and then one in her forehead (the Wisdom Eye) and one in each palm and the soles of her feet.
White Tārā is associated with the Padma family of Amitābha, who in graphical representations appears in the form of Amitāyus (Infinite Life) and sits in her headdress, or above her head.
oṃ tāre tuttāre ture mama āyuḥ-puṇya-jñāna-puṣṭiṃ kuru svāhā](http://25.media.tumblr.com/7eb9ca152eef56212a661cf26fc96ecc/tumblr_mhgkbqGGGA1rofqk3o1_500.jpg)
