Discover the Living Energy of Green Tara

Green Tara is more than an image of enlightened activity in the sacred Himalayan tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. She is the glorious "Mother of Liberation." In her wisdom and love, she tirelessly generates compassion and responds in the immediate moment to the cries of those suffering. Green Tara is not just a picture; she is a force of living protection, healing, and loving empowerment. She provides refuge, courage, and transportation to all those who call out to her. 

The 17.1" Green Tara Statue, weighing more than 8kg, is a magnificent testament to Himalayan artistry and spirituality. Each statue is handcrafted by skilled artisans in Nepal and is made with a copper body with triple-lay 24k gold leaf, detailed with gold and acrylic paintings. Each statue has stunning, deep-engraved detailing that creates a 3D effect. Whether she is in your personal altar, within a Temple space, or sacred art collection, this statue radiates the swift-acting wisdom and love of Green Tara.

The Divine Artistry of a Himalayan Masterpiece

This Green Tara statue is not one made in a factory—it is an original work of spiritual art, hand-crafted and personified by lineage masters and artisans in the Kathmandu Valley. The shading and luminous layers of gold, the exquisite hand-drawn facial expressions, and everything we see is ideated, painstakingly rendered, and intentional.

With the statue measuring 17.1 inches or 43.5 cm in height and 12.4 inches or 31.5 cm at the base, it serves as a compelling physical and spiritual presence. The statue weighs 8.26 kg, as it is a robust work of art for many generations and will anchor sacred energy in meditation rooms and shrine spaces. The deeply carved engravings convey a three-dimensional vibrancy that animates Tara as if she were alive or stepping into the world to offer her protection and guidance. 

The richness of mercury gold gilded surface symbolizes the brilliant luminosity of her wisdom, open hands, and fingers made with acrylics to highlight her eyes and gestures to incite contemplative intricacies. The curves of Tara's model, her form, and every dynamic of being—from her open palm to her position—are a dharma teaching, a visual scripture spun in metal.

Green Tara in Tibetan Buddhism: The Savior Goddess

Green Tara (Sanskrit: Syamatara) is one of the most loved and most practiced deities within Vajrayana Buddhism. She is the active manifestation of compassion and is referred to as "Mother of All Buddhas," and she sprang from the compassionate tears of Avalokiteshvara. Green Tara is fearless action; she encompasses her grace and compassion to be sentient beings in fear, doubt, and worldly bondage. 

Swift Protection and Fearless Compassion

Green Tara is particularly known for her swift, timely response to supplication and the more grounded compassion for personal liberation from worldly stuckness—mind, body, and spirit impeded in fear and doubt. In all representations of Green Tara, her right leg is extended, poised to leap off the seat to act, whereas her left leg is in a meditative posture, suggesting the ability to find no-mind in awareness and wisdom. Green Tara's readiness and ability to be nimble make her the ideal deity for today's practitioners looking for clarity, protection, and transfiguration in uncertainty. 

Tara's iconography is often presented as a means of removing obstacles during personal or collective suffering, such as illness, periods of fear, or personal and collective crisis. It may also be used to overcome fears, doubts, or feelings of being stuck. She emerges as the sacred protector, appearing before the call has completely left the intention. Her mantra has been recited millions of times over the centuries and is said to have the ability to cut through karma and begin to unlock the door to liberation.

OM TARE TUTTARE TURE SOHA

This is the essential Green Tara mantra. In reciting this mantra, we can call upon Tara's swift compassion to assist beings free from the eight and sixteen great fears, which represent delusions of ignorance, pride, envy, and greed.

Iconography: The Visual Scripture of Green Tara

This Green Tara statue is thoroughly saturated with layers of meaning, allowing us to perceive this statue as more than an artistic expression, but rather a divine cartography to liberation, a living expression of her enlightened qualities. Every detail of a Green Tara statue is intended to convey some kind of spiritual truth. This begins with her posture and gesture.

The Open Right Hand and Outstretched Leg

Tara's right hand is raised in the varada mudra, the mudra of giving and bestowing blessings, or wishes. The right hand's open palm is outward and toward the world, denoting Tara's intention to provide protection and relief from suffering to all sentient beings. In this gesture, we see a reflection of Tara's indefatigable vow to respond to the suffering of beings with swift compassion.

Tara's right leg is uncovered, and stepping forward, forwards from the lotus seat, represents a lesser-known aspect of her iconography. It shows that she is not simply contemplating, but poised to offer assistance—an active Bodhisattva, ready to rise to assist—a savior that acts in the temporal sphere, who rises and intervenes in real time. Tara's right foot stepping forward reflects her immediacy in our lives, her active engagement with the world, and her role as liberator and companion in addressing our struggles.

The Left Hand Holding a Utpala Lotus

Tara's left hand is raised to her heart in the abhaya mudra, the gesture of protection and reassurance. She displays the blue utpala lotus between her thumb and ring finger. The blue utpala is a nocturnal flower, representing purity amidst delusion. The three pedals of the utpala—closed, open, and fully opened—represent her timeless enlightened activity in past, present, and future. 

This sacred flower also connects Tara to the lineage of feminine wisdom. The blue utpala also showcases Tara's power to turn the murkiness of samsara into clarity and light. The blue utpala captures her ability as a guide who sees clearly, loves deeply, and acts skilfully; it offers a feminine embodiment of the enlightened presence.

Adornments and Sacred Robes

Green Tara is richly ornamented with flowing silks and heavenly jeweled adornments, represented in the 3D-like carvings on the statue. The various aspects of her celestial dresses convey a sense of grace in the service of truth. The jewels represent spiritual significances: the five-leaf crown signifies the five Dhyani Buddhas, the transformation of the five poisons into the five transcendent wisdoms.

 The earrings signify that listening is purified and corresponds with the cries of the world. The necklaces on her chest demonstrate the purity of enlightened speech. The bracelets and anklets convey skillful means, the ability to move gracefully from realm to realm in order to help. Each aspect of ornamentation is not just an ornament, but a teaching in itself, connecting outer beauty with an inner form of realization.

The Serene Facial Expression

Tara's face is the epitome of peaceful strength. Her expression is gentle, with a firmness that reflects a heart with infinite love while remaining non-attached. Her half-closed eyes communicate a contrast of meditative absorption and consciousness of compassion. Tara is fully present in the world but not of the world. 

Her slight smile expresses wisdom, not sentimental and passive, but wisdom-knowing. It expresses a joy that is beyond grasping, a confidence that arises from liberation. This peacefulness also serves as a reflection, inviting the practitioner to remember their inherent potential to awaken.

Why This Green Tara Statue Is More Than Sacred Art

This statue is not a piece of decor—this is a spiritual tool, a visual doorway to the living presence of Green Tara. It often serves as an energetic anchor for those with a spiritual space, reminding and supporting one's drive toward resilience, hope, and the divine.

Whether you are:

• A committed practitioner of Tara sadhana that includes the practice of the goddess in mantra and visualization

• A meditation practitioner in search of energetic stability, psychic protection, and the embodied guidance of a divine mother

• A consumer of sacred Himalayan art and artisan craft, interested in our collective human experience that bears cultural wisdom and spiritual usefulness

• Or guarding a temple or shrine of the sacred feminine, especially with the twenty-one Taras.

This Green Tara statue represents something more than just symbolic value. It serves as a companion on the path of understanding, a visual prayer for those inspired to work with the divine feminine, and a daily reminder of the enlightened feminine in action. Her form serves as a transmission—not the least contributory, but ultimately a powerful reminder—of the very qualities that practitioners embody: compassionate action, wise action, and courageous solicitation of one's might when connected to fear.

Its authoritative form and grounded symbolism suggest a quiet transfer of wisdom, pulling you back into the present, urging you to act compassionately in your life. The palpable weight of the engraved lotus throne, myriad of flowing silk robes, and serene yet watchful bearing create not simply a beautiful statue, but a living entity of Green Tara herself. It invokes the sacred in the mundane and becomes the avenue by which your space becomes a sanctuary of fearlessness and love.

A Feminine Force for Modern Times 

Amidst the madness of speed, Green Tara offers an antidote for the calm, yet charged, clarity without dispassionate distancing, action without aggression, love without enmeshment. Green Tara is a deity who doesn't just respond; she responds with immediacy. She presents her energy gently, offering her campaign a directness, an unmediated and unapologetically feminine urgency. Green Tara is a wise presence who does not require resources or enormous collective contributions to act. She does not wait for the perfect moment to act. Instead, she rises in the midst of fear, standing tall, with both hands open and unwavering. Within her gaze is the encouragement to exist compassionately in a world that can be unleashed, while transitioning that compassion into action.

To have a Green Tara statue in your space means to enlist this force, over and over again. She will become a living reminder and beacon of the truth that compassion is not passive: it is a verb. It is active. It speaks. It liberates. Whether you are in the stillness of meditation or the tumult of day-to-day life, her image will create a grounding clarity for you. She reminds you to step forward, stay open, and extend kindness even when you feel spent.

Final Blessing: Tara’s Whisper in the Heart

While you sit in front of Tara's shining, bold statue, you might begin to feel her presence not just in form, but in spirit. In the glow of the gold, the softness of her gaze, and the generous open palm which blesses all without conditions, you may hear Tara's voice whisper:

"Do not be afraid. The path opens as you walk. I am already here."

May your Green Tara statue be a guide, a protector, and a friend. Whether you are chanting Green Tara's mantra, making daily offerings of contemplation, or simply stopping to pause at the load the world is putting on you, may her quality of presence edge you nearer and nearer to your own fierce heart, where both wisdom and compassion can unfold eternally.