Tara the Supreme Goddess

Author: Prof. Pushpendra Kumar A rare book in English for every Buddhist or Tantric practitioner, worshipper and scholar who is fascinated by the beauty and elegance mother-goddess Tara. The book is also a must have for every Indologist as an excellent resource replete with references. In a 14 page preface, the author explains the book concept and chapter-wise textual division outlining the nature of his work. The name Tara implies one who enables devotees to cross the ocean of saṃsāra (cycle of birth, death and rebirth). She is a symbol of primordial female energy and enlightenment. In some Buddhist traditions she is said to have come into existence from a single teardrop of Avalokiteśwara, who embodies the compassion of all buddhas. As part of daxinācarya-tantra worship, she is also the venerable śakti or the consort of Jupiter, the guru of the gods. Various Himalayan meditation traditions invoke the Tara vision as part of the concentration on a five-pointed star revealed in the midp