Use Green Tara energy in Feng Shui

Anjie Cho (thespruce.com); Ananda (D Buddhist Meditation), CC Liu (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Tibetan brass and stone statue of Green Tara close up (Alenka00/Getty Images/The Spruce)

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Feng shui (pronounced \fung shway\) is a practice that has been influenced by other Eastern philosophies such as Buddhism, Taoism, and Hinduism.

Depending on the school of feng shui, or even the practitioner, these spiritual influences may be part of their expression.

Feng shui can be applied in a secular manner because using Buddhist iconography is not a requirement. However, if one is attracted to Buddhism's Green Tara, she can be a powerful way to bring feng shui into the home. This is good if it resonates.

Who is Tara?

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Tara is one of the most adored and well-known goddesses in the Mahayana Buddhist/Hindu pantheon.

The name “Tara” comes from Sanskrit and means the “one who takes you across,” referring to the Hindu-Mahayana concept of someone else saving us rather than having to reform ourselves.

She is a female deity who can take us across the ocean of samsara, which is the Buddhist and Hindu (and Jain) concept of unending cyclical existence, swirling painfully on the wheel of death and rebirth we call life.

Samsara can be likened to a hamster wheel, on which we are mindlessly running around in circles. When will it end? When we stop, for otherwise it would be endless. The road doesn't end; only the traveler can stop at any time.

Tara can offer support to take us across samsara to enlightenment, to the peace and ultimate rest of nirvana.

Tara is considered the “Mother of all Buddhas” or Awakened Ones. Tara is also a bodhisattva, which means she is one who has dedicated her life to end the suffering of all beings.

A bodhisattva vows to remain in samsara until every being is saved and shown the way to nirvana.

One story says Tara was born from a tear shed by Avalokiteshvara (another bodhisattva whose name means the “one who hears the cries of the world”). Ultimately, Tara represents compassion for all living beings. More: How to use the energy of Green Tara in feng shui (thespruce.com)