Green Tara, The Buddha of Active Compassion
with Carmen Mensink
Thu Jun 11, 7–8:45pm EDT ONLINE
Green Tara is the most famous female Buddha, and is the embodiment of active compassion. She extends her hand like a mother to her child to fulfill all wishes. She stands with her right foot extended, ready to help where needed.
There are many stories of people being rescued from 
difficult circumstances while reciting Tara’s mantra or invoking her name.
Green Tara is also considered one of the first emancipated women. When other male practitioners instructed her to pray only for a subsequent incarnation in a male body, arguing that this was the only way to attain Enlightenment, Tara made the following unwavering vow: “Until Samsara is empty, I shall work for the benefit of all sentient beings, but always in a female body!”
During this online lecture you will learn all about Green Tara, her interesting story and her iconography in Tibetan art. This presentation is offered by renowned thangka painter Carmen Mensink from The Netherlands, and ends with a Q&A.
Free for those joining the weekend course at Tibet House. This lecture will be free for those who sign up for the subsequent thangka weekend course where you’ll learn to draw Green Tara according to the Tibetan tradition.
Important Note
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Dana for the Teacher
About the Teacher
Carmen Mensink is an internationally renowned painter of thangkas, the traditional Tibetan scroll paintings of Buddhas and mandalas. She is the founder of the online School for Tibetan Buddhist Art.
Carmen has been teaching Tibetan Art, Meditation and Philosophy for two decades and offers classes at museums, universities, and Buddhist centers around the world, including the Rubin Museum of Art, Pratt Institute, Columbia University, and Omega Institute. She has been featured in dozens of publications.
Through the dedication and joy Carmen expresses (and that is passed on to her students!) in her onsite, online, and private thangka classes, she has guided and inspired thousands of people along the Buddhist Art & Dharma path.
Carmen is based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and is also being asked to work on related Tibetan art forms, including large floor paintings of the ‘Eight Auspicious Symbols’ to welcome the Dalai Lama in her home country in 2009, 2014 and 2018.
To learn more go to https://www.tibetan-buddhist-art.com and the https://www.schoolfortibetanbuddhistart.com/
