The Tārā Root Tantra tells how Tārā arose from a tear of Avalokiteśvara's compassion, vowing to liberate beings in female form. Green Tārā leads the Twenty-One Tārās, her emerald color signifying vitality and fearlessness, able to pacify calamity and grant worldly and spiritual ease.

Kagyu masters of every generation have practiced Tārā, regarding her as a "swift-fulfilling" deity. Many practitioners recite her mantra daily and meet her protection in peril. Thus praying to Green Tārā for a distant loved one is to invite this "savioress" to hold a gentle umbrella over their life.

• **Rescue from the eight fears.** Tārā is renowned for saving from water, fire, weapons, imprisonment, and the other fears; dedication prays for safety and smoothness.
• **Swift fulfillment.** The Tārā practice is famed for speed; regular practice meets resonance and gradually fulfills wishes.
• **A softened heart.** In recitation and invocation, restlessness eases and the heart is steeped in compassion.

Online Green Tara blessing follows the Kagyu tradition:

• **State the wish.** You provide the beneficiary and wish (safety, health, study, travel); the lama takes this as aspiration.
• **Praise and mantra.** The lama recites the "Praise to the Twenty-One Tārās" and the Green Tārā mantra "oṃ tāre tuttāre ture svāhā," the prescribed count.
• **Lamp and flower offering.** Lamps and flowers are offered before the Buddha, adorn the site, and increase auspiciousness.
• **Dedication.** Merit is dedicated solely to the beneficiary, that Tārā protect, calamity not arise, and good wishes be fulfilled.