 During the week of April 11-15 2005, Twelve Tibetan monks from the Gaden Jangtse Monastery in India visited Union College to teach, perform different ceremonies, and construct the "Sand Mandala of Wisdom" and the "Butter Sculpture of White Tara" which now sits on the second floor of Schaffer Library. This sculpture is made of pieces of dyed, molded butter placed on a black wooden board.
The White Tara
The White Tara represents virtuous, universal compassion and love. Her white color symoblises purity and truth as opposed to her green, red, yellow and blue forms. This sculpture displays the "Tara of Seven Eyes" as she has two human eyes, one eye on the forehead and one on each palm and foot. This symbolises her awareness of all the world's suffering. In Tibet she is called "Sgrol-ma" which means "she who saves." She is dressed in Bodhisattva ornaments and is seated in the diamond lotus position, with the soles of her feet pointed upward. The White Tara holds an elaborate lotus flower which symbolizes that Tara is the essence of the three Buddhas.
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During the week of April 11-15 2005, Twelve Tibetan monks from the Gaden Jangtse Monastery in India visited Union College to teach, perform different ceremonies, and construct the "Sand Mandala of Wisdom" and the "Butter Sculpture of White Tara" which now sits on the second floor of Schaffer Library. This sculpture is made of pieces of dyed, molded butter placed on a black wooden board.
