Why Tara appear in female body? The previous life of Green Tara, she was Pāramitā Light Princess in the Collective Light Kingdom. Pāramitā Light Princess initialized her vow to her followers in the Kingdom. She will always rebirth as female body even until she attain her Buddhahood. This sharing given by Ven. Abbess Master Miao Jing
“Summary of Story of Tara”
Immeasurable eons ago, there was a world named “Collective Light Kingdom” and a princess named “Pāramitā Light ” who revered the Three Jewels — Buddha, Dharma and Sangha. She made the following great vow to her followers in her Kingdom :
From the present world to the destruction of this world and the destruction of the void realm, I will take on the form of a woman to deliver sentient beings. This is why she is called “Tara” (meaning Mother of Salvation). The name is heard throughout the ten directions, and it is given by the Buddhas.
“Origin of Tara” Buddhist Text
It documented that the Guan Yin Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva tried to deliver the teachings to benefit the sentient beings but the beings were still confused and did not understand, sinking into the sea of suffering and death, the cycle of Samsara. The Guan Yin Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva shed tears out of compassion for sentient beings, and the tears turned into lotus flowers and then transformed into the Green Tara and White Tara. Green Tara said to Avalokiteśvara, “Don’t be worried and troubled. I have vowed to be your helper. Although the sentient beings are immeasurable, my vow is also immeasurable.” This is the origin of the name of Green Tara.
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