Goddess of Healing Pin

White Tara is the goddess of health and longevity. She is related to a group of twenty-one Taras where each of them possessing their own virtues and wisdoms. She is also appeared in the great triad of long-life trinity along with Amitayus and Ushnishavijaya. Legend has it White Tara was born from a tear of compassion that fell from the left eye of Avalokitesvara. Therefore her compassion to sentient beings is compared to the love that of a mother to her child. White Tara is white in color. She is richly adorned with silks and jewels with her dark hair swept over to her right shoulder. She sits in a full vajra posture. Her left hand holds a stem of Upala flowers with three blooms that represent the past, future and present, while he...