Kurukulla is the red, enchanting emanation of Tara who wields a flower-strung bow to magnetize beings toward the dharma, her seductive power turned entirely toward drawing the confused out of ignorance and into liberation.
Machig Labdrön is a human emanation of Tara, born in 11th-century Tibet to transmit the Chöd practice of cutting through ego-clinging, her fearless dance in charnel grounds embodying Tara's compassionate activity in living form.
Tara sprang from a tear that fell from Chenrezig's eye as he gazed upon the endless suffering of sentient beings, her green form embodying the swift compassionate activity that his vow of universal liberation demanded.
Tara, the compassionate goddess born from Avalokiteshvara's tears, is venerated identically in Indian and Tibetan Buddhist traditions — the same bodhisattva transmitted through tantric lineages, with her Twenty-One Praises becoming central to Tibetan daily liturgy.
Tara was Atisha's primary yidam deity and constant guide. She appeared to him in visions throughout his life, most critically advising him to accept the invitation to Tibet — warning that his lifespan would be shortened but that his benefit to beings would be immeasurable. He composed some of the earliest Tara devotional texts in the Tibetan canon.
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