Anna HowardQuest for the Enlightened Feminine
Faith, Tara, and the Path of Compassion
Anna Howard, M.A. (Oxon), is an Oxford-educated student of Buddhism, whose work focuses on the healing and transformative energies of Tara. A workshop facilitator, teacher, healer, and writer, Anna lives in Dorset, England.
Foreword by Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche
Preface
Part One
Following the Call
Chapter 1 The Dream
Chapter 2 Healing Hands
Chapter 3 Death
Chapter 4 Trouble in the Monastery
Chapter 5 Gurus and Teachers
Chapter 6 Love and Exile
Chapter 7 The Feminine Face of God
Part Two
Tara and the Peace Pilgrimage
Chapter 8 Starting Out
The Tara Pilgrimage Tara Enhancing Harmony
Tara Protection against Earth-Caused Disasters
Chapter 9 Floods and Desire
Tara Protection against Floods
Chapter 10 Fire and Anger
Tara Protection against Fire
Chapter 11 I Am Not Just “Me”
Tara Protection against Wind Destruction Tara Increasing
Activities Tara Enhancing Indestructibility Tara Protection
against Weapons Tara Protection against Politics
Tara Protection against Thief
Chapter 12 Spiritual Power
Tara Increasing Power
Chapter 13 Global Reach
Tara Protection against Famine Tara Protection against Wild
Elephant Tara Protection against Lion Tara Protection
against Snake Tara Protection against Carnivorous Evil
Beings Tara Protection against War
Chapter 14 Healing Taras
Tara Protection against Untimely Death Tara Protection against
Sickness
Chapter 15 Wish-Fulfilling Jewel
Tara Granting Prosperity Tara Protection against Failure
Color Illustrations
21 Emanations of Green Tara
White Tara
Part Three
Coming Home
Chapter 16 The Fire and the Rose Are One
Appendices
Appendix 1 Green Tara
Appendix 2 White Tara Practice
Appendix 3 Working with the 21 Taras
Appendix 4 Tonglen
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Resources
Acknowledgements
About the Author
