Green Tara Thangka (The Swift Liberator and Mother of Compassion)

The Story in the Details

• Dimensions: 125 x 80 cm
• Sacred Materials:
  Genuine 24K Gold, Hand-Ground Mineral Pigments, Cotton Canvas
• Hand-Painted In: Kathmandu Valley, Nepal
• Artistic Tradition: Menri Style
• Framing: Traditional Silk Brocade Mount
• A Unique Creation: Original, one-of-a-kind Menri-style thangka with serene terrestrial landscape details
• Consecration: Available on request

Iconography: A Visual Dharma Teaching

Green Tara is the embodiment of enlightened compassion and swift protection. 
She leads beings out of suffering, responding instantly to calls for help. Her form radiates kindness, courage, and the deep calm of liberation.

• Sacred Form: 
  Her radiant emerald-green body glows with vitality, transforming fear into fearless wisdom.
• Posture: 
  Tara is seated with one leg extended, ready to rise and help all beings, symbolizing compassion in action.
• Mudras (Hand Gestures):
  Right Hand: Offers Varada Mudra, the gesture of supreme generosity
  Left Hand: Forms the Abhaya Mudra, holding an utpala lotus, a symbol of purity and protection.
• Attributes: 
  Crowned with precious jewels and surrounded by blooming lotuses, she represents purity and compassion rising from samsara’s waters.

The Sacred Assembly: A Mandala of Compassionate Blessings

This thangka presents a field of enlightened masters and deities, each embodying their unique blessing to support the practitioner’s path.

• Central Deity – Green Tara:
  The Mother of All Buddhas, she radiates compassion, removing fear, poverty, and emotional pain. Her soothing green aura is the living energy of mercy and peace.
• Upper Left – Shakyamuni Buddha:
  Symbol of awakening and teaching, Shakyamuni embodies the wisdom that turns ignorance into realization. His serene smile reflects inner enlightenment.
• Upper Right – Medicine Buddha:
  The Healing Buddha of Lapis Light he holds an alms bowl and myrobalan flower, bringing physical and spiritual well-being. His blue light dispels illness and restores balance.
• Lower Left – Vajrasattva:
  Seated in white radiance, holding the vajra and bell, he is the Purifier of Karma, transforming negativity into clarity and truth.
• Lower Right – White Tara:
  The gentle White Tara, the goddess of longevity and serenity, sits peacefully with a lotus in hand, spreading calm, healing, and long life blessings.

The Living Landscape of the Mind

This painting shows the deities in a lush terrestrial landscape, symbolising life blooming under wisdom’s light.

• Background Style:
  Menri style, soft gradients, rich hills, and peaceful natural balance.
• Symbolic Elements:
  Lotuses, rivers, and clouds signify purity, flow, and boundless freedom.
• Sacred Realm:
  Depicts Tara’s Pure Land of Olmo Lungring, where compassion is active and peace unshaken.

A Legacy of Devotion in Every Brushstroke

This thangka is painted with care and reverence by a Menri-trained master artist from Kathmandu.

• Artistic Lineage: 
  Rooted in the Menri tradition, known for balanced composition and refined harmony.
• Renowned For: 
  Soft natural tones, delicate gold highlights, and peaceful, compassionate expression.
• Craftsmanship: 
  Each detail follows sacred proportion, turning artistic devotion into living meditation.

A Sacred Tool for Your Path

• For Meditation & Sacred Space:
  Use this Green Tara Thangka to invoke protection, peace, and compassionate energy.
• Heart-Mantra:
  Om Tare Tuttare Ture Soha — calling Tara’s swift protection and loving grace.
• A Final Blessing:
  May Tara’s blessing surround you with peace, health, and fearless compassion in every moment.