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June 11, 2026 | 7-9PM | ONLINE
Live from Shantideva Center, NYC

Lecture
on Green Tara

The Buddha of Active Compassion

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
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.

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!”

ONLINE live from Shantideva Center, co-hosted by Tibet House US