Green Tara Statue, Painted in Colour, 22 cm

This statue depicts Green Tara, Dolma in Tibetan, seated on a lotus base. It is handcrafted from copper in Nepal and painted by hand: her robe in green, her sash and lotus flowers in red, her jewellery and ornaments finely picked out. Her right leg is extended, ready to rise: in the Tibetan tradition she is the liberator who comes swiftly to help. To learn more about her, read our article Tara: The Compassionate Mother of Liberation.

As a central figure, the statue gives your home altar or a quiet corner of your home a calm focus and is an everyday reminder of compassion that acts.

Tara, Dolma in Tibetan, ‘the liberator’, is especially revered in Tibet as a female buddha. According to tradition, she arose from a tear of the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara as he wept over the suffering of beings. Green Tara embodies active compassion: she is regarded as the one who comes swiftly to help when called upon. Her mantra is Om Tare Tuttare Ture Soha.

Her posture carries this meaning. Her left leg is folded in meditation, her right rests on a small lotus, ready to rise. Her right hand rests on her knee in the gesture of giving (varada mudra), while her left is raised before her heart and holds the stem of a lotus flower that opens at her shoulder. The lotus grows from muddy water yet remains pure, an image of the awakened mind.

Place the statue somewhere clean and raised, for example on your home altar or a shelf, never on the floor. Many people set a water bowl, a butter lamp or incense in front of it. Before the statue you can recite the mantra of Green Tara or simply sit in stillness for a while.

We sell our statues unconsecrated. If you would like the statue consecrated, you can ask monks or lamas at a Buddhist centre.

Material

copper

Surface

gold-coloured

Painting

by hand, multicoloured

Height

approx. 22 cm

Width

approx. 14 cm

Depth

approx. 11 cm

Weight

approx. 1 kg

Figure

on a lotus base

Bottom

open, without base plate

Making

by hand in Nepal

As each statue is made and painted by hand, slight variations are possible.
We measure and weigh by hand, so the figures are approximate.

Remove dust with a soft, dry brush or cloth, especially in the fine engravings. Avoid water, metal polish and cleaning products, as they can damage the paintwork. Lift the statue with both hands by the base, not by the flowering stems. As the image of a deity, by Tibetan custom it belongs not on the floor but in a clean, raised place.