All Red Tara Thangka Print - A3 Giclee Print

Giclee Print by Robert Beer11.5" x 16.5" Red Tara is known by the name of Rigjed Lhamo (Tib. Rig-byed lha-mo), meaning "The Fully-accomplished Goddess", who manifests as a peaceful emanation of the red subjugating goddess, Kurukulla. She is crowned by Amitabha Buddha, the Lord of the Padma Family, whose red color represents the transmutation of passion into discriminating wisdom, and the purified desire to liberate all beings from the sufferings of samsara or cyclic existence. The red deities of the Padma or Lotus Family are also associated with the enlightened speech aspect of the Buddha, with the red color of Amitabha being equated with the red syllable AH of the throat chakra and the faculty of speech. The practice cycle of this aspect of Red Tara (Tib. Drolma Marmo) was originally revealed by Amitabha Buddha, then through Avalokiteshvara and another emanation of Tara on to Nagarjuna and Padmasambhava. Padmasambhava then gave this cycle of teachings to his consort, Yeshe Tsogyal, i