Green Tara Mantra and Homage to Green Tara Prayer

Green Tara filled with youthful vigor, is a goddess of activity. She is a savior-goddess of compassion. She is the consort of Avalokiteshvara and considered by some to be the original Tara. Like Avalokiteshvara, the Green Tara is believed to be an emanation of the “self-born“ Buddha Amitabha, and an image of Amitabha is sometimes depicted in Tara’s headdress. Green Tara is believed to have been incarnated as the Nepali wife of the Tibetan king Srong-brtsan-sgam-po. In Buddhism, the color green signifies a