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[[Image:JKW Tara med2.jpg|frame|The sacred image of White Tara, 'The Wish-Fulfilling Wheel' which was in the empowerment room of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo's residence, [[The Joyful Grove of Immortal Accomplishment]]]] | |||
'''White Tara Wishfulfilling Wheel''' (Tib. ''Drolkar Yishyin Khorlo''; [[Wyl.]] ''sgrol dkar yid bzhin 'khor lo'')— a form of [[Tara]] associated with longevity and one of the [[three deities of long life]]. She is white and has the appearance of a sixteen year old girl. She has seven eyes: three on her face, one on the palm of each hand and one on the sole of each foot. She is adorned with the [[thirteen ornaments of the perfect sambhogakaya]], her right hand is in the [[gesture of offering]], and her left hand, in the gesture of granting [[refuge]], holds the stem of an [[utpala]] lotus flower which blossoms at the level of her ear. She is seated in the [[vajra posture]] on a moon disk seat, on top of an open white lotus. | '''White Tara Wishfulfilling Wheel''' (Tib. ''Drolkar Yishyin Khorlo''; [[Wyl.]] ''sgrol dkar yid bzhin 'khor lo'')— a form of [[Tara]] associated with longevity and one of the [[three deities of long life]]. She is white and has the appearance of a sixteen year old girl. She has seven eyes: three on her face, one on the palm of each hand and one on the sole of each foot. She is adorned with the [[thirteen ornaments of the perfect sambhogakaya]], her right hand is in the [[gesture of offering]], and her left hand, in the gesture of granting [[refuge]], holds the stem of an [[utpala]] lotus flower which blossoms at the level of her ear. She is seated in the [[vajra posture]] on a moon disk seat, on top of an open white lotus. | ||
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White Tara Wishfulfilling Wheel (Tib. Drolkar Yishyin Khorlo; Wyl. sgrol dkar yid bzhin 'khor lo)— a form of Tara associated with longevity and one of the three deities of long life. She is white and has the appearance of a sixteen year old girl. She has seven eyes: three on her face, one on the palm of each hand and one on the sole of each foot. She is adorned with the thirteen ornaments of the perfect sambhogakaya, her right hand is in the gesture of offering, and her left hand, in the gesture of granting refuge, holds the stem of an utpala lotus flower which blossoms at the level of her ear. She is seated in the vajra posture on a moon disk seat, on top of an open white lotus.
This is the form of the main deity in the Chimé Phakmé Nyingtik sadhana as well as the Chimé Drupé Nyelam.