White Tara Tapestries

Tara is a tantric meditation deity whose practice is used by practitioners of the Tibetan branch of Vajrayana Buddhism to develop certain inner qualities and understand outer, inner and secret teachings about compassion and emptiness. Tara is actually the generic name for a set of Buddhas or bodhisattvas of similar aspect. These may more properly be understood as different aspects of the same quality, as bodhisattvas are often considered metaphors for Buddhist virtues. White Tara counteracts illness and thereby helps to bring about a long life. She embodies the motivation that is compassion and is said to be as white and radiant as the moon.

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The Māori people were the original settlers of Aotearoa (New Zealand). Their culture and history is rich and beautiful, and to this day is an important part of New Zealand's culture. Their legends around the creation of the world and this beautiful land have always captured my imagination. A Hei Matau is a bone or greenstone depiction of the Hook of Maui. Māori legend holds that the North Island of New Zealand was once a huge fish that was caught by the great mariner Maui using only a woven line and a bone hook. Legend holds that the shape of Hawke Bay is that of the hei matau, which caught in the fish's side. For the Māori, the hei matau is taonga (a cultural treasure). It represents not only their land, but also prosperity, fertilit...

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...

Experimenting with pen for a change - this is my first ever roller ball drawing! :) With a hug for Barbara for inspiring me to give it a go!!! :) I don't have access to editing software at the moment so I had to crop this a little more than I would have liked to, so I'll probably upload a new version when I can get PSP back and fix the edges so I don't have to crop them.....but meanwhile, I couldn't wait any longer to put this one on! :) Rollerball on 100gsm cartridge paper. *Featured in "Back in Black":http://www.redbubble.com/back-in-black/ March 2009 Featured in "Finks of Inks":http://www.redbubble.com/groups/finks-of-inks/ April 14th, 2009.* *Featured in "Finks of Inks":http://www.redbubble.com/groups/finks-of-inks/ 7 May...

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...