Khadi Ravani Tara Buddhist Gods Symbols Charm

Khadi Ravani Tara, also known as Green Tara, is a youthful and vibrant deity whose green color denotes protection, vitality, and strength in Buddhism. She is known as the '22nd Tara'. She sits in a royal-ease stance on a white moon disc and a multicolored lotus, her left foot raised and her extended right foot resting on a little lotus pedestal. Her right hand rests on her knee joint in the Varada-mudra, representing that she gives emancipation to all beings. She holds her left hand in front of her heart in the gesture of offering sanctuary or protection, representing that she shields all creatures from the 'Eight major fears,' which are: fear of thieves (false beliefs); serpents (jealousy); fire (rage); lions (arrogance); elephants (ignorance); drowning (attachment); demons (doubt); and imprisonment (gluttony).