Chinta-Chakra Tara : She wears the five divine silk garments and eight jeweled ornaments of a

sambhogakaya goddess, with these being her golden tiara; earrings;

White Tara (Skt. Sita Tara: Tib. Drolma-karmo) is the long-life aspect of
bracelets, armlets and anklets; and short, medium and long necklaces. Half
Tara, the "Saviouress", the ever-popular Buddhist goddess of mercy and
of her long sapphire-black hair is bound up into a topknot, while the other
compassion. In her white long-life aspect she is also known as Saptalocana
half hangs freely behind her back. Her golden tiara is adorned with little
Tara, or "Seven-eyed Tara", and as an important yidam or meditational
flowers and five jewels, and from the crown of her head emerge two
deity she is know as "Wish-fulfilling Wheel White Tara" (Skt. Chinta-
entwining rainbows that embrace the halo-like sphere or tigle of rainbow
chakra Sita Tara), which is the aspect in which she appears here. As one of
light that encircles the form of red Amitabha Buddha, the "Lord of the
the three principal Buddhist longevity deities, White Tara also frequently
Padma or Lotus Family" to which White Tara belongs. Amitabha wears the
appears as part of a trinity with Amitayus and Usnisavijaya. White Tara’s
three orange-red robes of an ordained bhikshu or Buddhist monk, and with
meditational practices are mainly employed to confer long-life, alleviate
his two hands joined upon his lap in the dhyana-mudra of meditative
illnesses, and to remove the obstacles that are indicative of an untimely
equipoise he holds his nectar-filled blue alms-bowl.
death. Thangkas of White Tara and the 'Trinity of Long-Life Deities' are
frequently commissioned for such purposes, or to auger an auspicious
In front of Tara’s lotus-seat is a convoluted lotus leaf bearing the five
rebirth for a deceased relative or friend.
sensory objects of a golden mirror (sight), a pair of cymbals (sound), a
conch full of perfume (smell), fruits (taste), and a red silk cloth (touch). On
White Tara sits in vajra-posture upon a white moon disc on the golden
either side of these are two stacks of precious jewels, along with the "seven
centre or sun-disc of an immaculate pinkish-white lotus. She is beautiful,
precious insignia of the chakravartin or universal monarch" - white tusks
peaceful, graceful and youthful like a sixteen-year-old, with full breasts, a
(elephant); rhinoceros horn (horse); triple-eyed gem (jewel); crossed white
narrow waist, and a sweetly smiling face. Her complexion is radiant and
lozenges (general) on the left. And coral (wheel); square earrings
white like a full autumnal moon. In this composition the aureole disc of a
(minister); round earrings (queen), and tusks on the right. A fruit-laden
full autumnal moon forms both her aura and her backrest, which is
tree, rainbow, water and clouds appear in the background landscape.
encircled by rainbows and radiates beams of pure light throughout the ten
directions. She is adorned with seven bow-shaped eyes, with her three
facial eyes representing the perfection of her body, speech and mind, and
the four eyes in her palms and soles symbolizing the "Four
Immeasurables" of her loving kindness, boundless compassion,
sympathetic joy, and perfect equanimity. With her lowered right hand she
makes the open-palmed boon-granting varada-mudra of supreme
generosity. And with her left hand she makes the abhaya-mudra of
protection or giving refuge, as she holds the stem of an immaculate bluish-
white utpala lotus blossom in front of her heart. This lotus blossoms at the
level of her ear and bears a fruit, an open blossom and a bud, representing
the Buddhas of the three times – past, present, and future.