"Syama Tara"

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Syama Tara, Eastern Tibet, 18th century. This title is usually translated as "Green Tara," although Syama means "dark," and is often used to describe Vaishnava deities such as Krishna (which also means "dark") and Rama. (In these cases Syam manifests as Blue.) This form of Tara represents protective Compassion, and helps people to overcome obstacles, fear, and suffering. For this, she is known as Jetsun Drölma, "Venerable Liberator" (or savior").

But the deep story of Tara is her desire for liberation, which was inseparable from her womanhood. The vow of Tara: "I have developed bodhicitta as a woman. For all my lifetimes along the path I vow to be born as a woman, and in my final lifetime when I attain Buddhahood, then, too, I will be a woman."