White Tara according to the tradition of the Atisha.
White Tārā has a body is white like the moon, clear and stainless like a water crystal jewel, radiating five-colored light rays. She has a smiling face that projects complete peace. Her face is fully unfurled like the petals of an utpala flower. She has seven eyes;three on her face and one on each of her palms and the soles of her feet.
Her right hand is in the gesture that depicts supreme generosity. She holds a white utpala stalk to her heart with the thumb and ring finger of her left hand, which are open at the level of her ear. She has a charming and passionate demeanor. She is beautiful with a pair of protruding breasts. She wears a crown which is decorated with mainly white pearl, earrings, neck ornaments, necklace, string of pearls, armlets, bracelets, waist ornaments, anklets, and garlands of pearl, She is adorned with many divine flowers, wears an upper garment of white silk and a skirt of various colors, and her white hair is tied behind her back with a flowing topknot. She has a youthful body and she sits in the vajra posture surrounded by a moon disk.
White Tara embodies the enlightened activities of all the Buddha and is a deity of longevity. Therefore, if one relies on her, obstacles are removed, one’s tasks are accomplished, one has a long life, and so forth. She is praised as supreme. In Tibet, countless people rely on White Tara as practised in the lineage of the Atisha. There are many Sadhanas for the practice of White Tara.
Note:1 The Great Assembly of the Deities of Tibetan Buddhism, edited by GyurméChökyiDorjé, published in 2001 Qinghai Nationalities Publishing House page number 597 -598
2 The author is the KhenTsewangRigdzin of Ngari. The method of drawing the faces of the special deities - KunsangNamparopaiChakja . Published in 2005 the third tenure of the Mindröling editors’ committee,