Green Tara

Tara represents the entire enlightened activities of all Buddhas and hence she is called the mother of the Buddhas of three times.It is said in a sutra that Avalokiteshwora Bodhisattva saved and ferried over countless suffering beings from the sea of birth and death.It happened one day when Avalokiteshwora looked at the misery of the world he shed tears out of great compassion from his eyes.The tears turned into a lotus flower from which appeared white and green tara who said to him,"Please don't be sad.We will assist you in liberating living beings although they are countless in number the power of our vow is also immeasurable".
Since then they had been liberating countless numbers  of living beings daily.The name of Tara was thus known to all Buddhas in ten directions.
There are 21 forms of tara.In reality they are all the transformed bodies of Avalokiteswora,the Buddha of compassion.
Green tara appears as young beautiful maiden.Her body is green in color.She has one face and two arms she wears a crown bedecked with five buddha images.She wears all kinds of boddhisatva ornaments studded with jewels  and celestial garments of varied color.She sits on a lotus throne in Lalita attitude in half lotus posture.Her left hand shows the gesture of refuge vows and right hand the varada mudra because she is quick to answer the petitions of those who seek her aid.The cultivation of tara sadhana will eliminate all demoniac and karmic obstacles eradicates disaster and lengthens ones life span.

Green Tara appears as young beautiful maiden. She sits on a lotus throne in Lalita attitude in half lotus posture.