Green Tara Prithvi Hand Mudra

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Comment by Lovsong on December 14, 2008 at 10:32pm

Tara's Vow
In another tale, Tara was first known as Jnaana-chandra or "Moon of Wisdom" and was extremely devoted to the Buddhas. Every day she made offerings. Finally, there arose in her the Bodhicitta, the aspiration, based in compassion, to gain Enlightenment for the benefit of all beings-to become a Boddhisatva. The priests urged her to pray that she would be reborn as a man in order to develop her career and eventually become a Buddha. But she made the following vow:

There are many who desire Enlightenment
in a man's body, but none who work for the
benefit of sentient beings in the body of a
woman. Therefore, until smsara is empty, I
shall work for the benefit of sentient beings
in a woman's body!

http://www.orderwhitemoon.org/goddess/Tara.html