White Tara

Feminist

This piece is a celebration of the power and attainment of women where the artist celebrates feminism with a meditation piece depicting the story of the white Tara. A piece of art to aid meditation and contemplation on all things connected to gender.

The tale is of a young princess who lives in a different world system, millions of years in the past. Her name is Jnanachandra or Yeshe Dawa, which means "Moon of Primordial Awareness". For many years she makes offerings to the Buddha of that world system, whose name was Tonyo Drupa. She receives special instruction from him concerning bodhicitta - the infinitely compassionate mental state of a bodhisattva. After doing this, some monks approach her and suggest that because of her level of attainment she should next pray to be reborn as a male to progress further.

She chastises the monks saying only "weak minded worldlings" would see gender as a barrier to attaining enlightenment. She sadly notes there have been few who wish to work for the welfare of sentient beings in a female form, though. She resolves to always be reborn as a female bodhisattva and stays in a palace in a state of meditation for ten million years, and the power of this practice releases tens of millions of beings from suffering. As a result of this, Tonyo Drupa tells her she will henceforth manifest supreme bodhi as the Goddess Tārā in many world systems to come.

Original: 55 cm x 45 cm - Original available: price by negotiation.

Prints: (all prints have 10 cm border for mounting and framing)

On canvas: £255 (Rolled and delivered in tube)

Paper Giclee: £175 (Rolled and delivered in tube)

Framed and mounted: www.glastonburygalleries.com

A1 prints for display in meditation room:

Canvas: £315

Paper Giclee: £215

(Above prices are UK only, email artist for overseas orders)