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Tara is radiant and translucent, her beauty is a personification of her strength and passion to help others. She is gentle, loving compassion. She sits on a lotus that arose out of the lake of tears shed by the Buddha of Compassion as he looks down upon the sufferings of the world. That deity, Avalokitesvara, also known as Quanyin, sits quietly in his/her compassion, but Tara is compassion in action: she extends her foot down to the lotus below, ready to stand at a moment’s notice to begin her work.

Her right hand rests on her knee, open in the mudra of supreme giving. Her left hand forms the mudra of protection and fearlessness. She gives instantly and unthinkingly, like a mother, providing aid and protection to all who call on her. She is one of the most popular deities in Buddhism.