The Cult of Tara: Magic and Ritual in Tibet (Hermeneutics: Studies in the History of Religions)

"THE WORSHIP of the goddess Tara is one of the most widespread of Tibetan cults, undifferentiated by sect, education, class, or position; from the highest to the lowest, the Tibetans find with this goddess a personal and enduring relationship unmatched by any other single deity, even among those of their gods more potent in appearance or more profound in symbolic association."