White Tara Their embrace represents the union

Their embrace represents the union of compassion and wisdom

when the Medicine Buddha was a bodhisattva

In the sixth year

appliquéd on brocade

perches nearby

White Tara Their embrace represents the unionOnce Avalokiteshvara was absorbed in a profound meditation on the welfare of all beings. Within his peaceful absorption, the painful realization dawned upon him that even if he were to save beings from suffering for an eternity, beings would never cease to be born in the cycle of existence. Tears of sadness flowed from his eyes, moistening the ground below him. From twenty one tears a lotus sprang up, at the heart of which sat a being, white and