Text of the Month: In Praise of the Twenty-One Noble Tārās with Albion Butters
October 24 · 5:00 PM UTC
Join us for our October Text of the Month teaching on A Garland of Fresh Utpalas of Benefit and Bliss: In Praise of the Twenty-One Noble Tārās, with KVP Managing Editor Dr. Albion M. Butters.
The Twenty-One Tārās are among the most widely practiced forms of the goddess and appear in several Tibetan Buddhist lineages. Two of most well-known traditions—the Atiśa, and the Longchen Nyingtik popularized by Jigme Lingpa—present the twenty-one Tārās somewhat differently in terms of their color, form, and attributes. Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo’s praise follows the Longchen Nyingtik iconographic tradition, but with the distinctive inclusion of two additional, lesser-known forms of the goddess at the start.
In this session, Albion will guide us through both traditions, tracing their shared ground and their differences.
Albion M. Butters holds a Ph.D. in the History of Religion from Columbia University and is a docent at the University of Turku, specializing in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism. He serves as Managing Editor at Khyentse Vision Project and is editor of Studia Orientalia Electronica.