编号:HAR542

中文名称:白度母

英文名称: Tara (Buddhist Deity) - White

尺幅:66.04x44.45cm (26x17.50in)

类别:彩唐

材质:棉布

题材:人物

收藏:Rubin Museum of Art

地域:西藏

年份:19世纪（1800 - 1899）

传承:格鲁

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内容:

White Tara, (Tibetan: drol ma kar mo): the female Buddha of longevity, commissioned by Yeshe Lobzang Tanpa (ye shes blo bzang bstan pa) and dedicating the merit with the intention to eliminate the suffering of untimely death of all sentient beings and to bestow the blessings of long life. (See the inscription on reverse of painting). It is very likely that the Yeshe Lobzang Tanpa mentioned in the inscription on the reverse is the 8th Tatsag Rinpoche, Yeshe Lobzang Tanpa Gonpo, 1760-1810 [TBRC P302]. The name and identity of the artist of the painting has not yet been researched or discovered.At the top center is White Amitayus with one face and two hands holding a longevity vase; richly adorned with jewels and fabrics. To the left is red Amitayus, standing, holding a begging bowl and adorned with silks and jewels. To the right is the goddess Ushnishavijaya, white, with three faces and eight hands removing the obstacles to longevity.At the bottom center is Green Tara, emerald in colour, with the two hands clasped at the heart holding the stems of two blue utpala flowers blossoming at each ear. Seated in a relaxed manner on a moon and lotus seat her right foot extended rests on a small lotus cushion. To the left is yellow Marichi in a peaceful appearance and to the right blue Ekajati with three eyes and orange hair flowing upward in one braid (Tib.: ral chig ma, Skt.: eka jati) slightly fierce. Both hold a long fly wisk with a white yak tail and stand in a posture with the legs together above a moon and lotus seat rising sprung from the dark blue, rippled, lotus pond.Tara is a completely enlightened Buddha and as a young bodhisattva she promised that in the future, after achieving complete enlightenment, she would always appear in the form of a female bodhisattva and goddess for the benefit of all beings and especially to protect from the eight fears. In this white coloured form she specifically performs the activity of bestowing longevity. Practiced in all Schools of Tibetan Buddhism Tara is second in popularity only to Avalokiteshvara. Her practices are found in all classes of tantra - Nyingma and Sarma.Jeff Watt 8-98