Green Tara Maitreya is a bodhisattva currently

Maitreya is a bodhisattva currently residing in the Tushita Heaven

It lives in water all the time but is never wet by it

Tears of sadness flowed from his eyes

two hands and with two long eyes glancing with compassion on beings

Relief painted on pine wood

Green Tara Maitreya is a bodhisattva currentlyGreen Tara is said to embody the fulfillment of all beings desires, both worldly and spiritual. As one who grants beings wishes, she personifies good fortune, although unlike the worldly wealth bestowing deities, the wishes she fulfills include liberation from ignorance. She was once a princess named Jnana Chandra in a human realm. In her youth, she took a vow to achieve complete enlightenment in a female form and entered into deep concentration,