"Tārā is a female Bodhisattva born from a tear of Avalokiteśvara who is the embodiment of all the purified inner winds of all the Buddhas. She is also the incarnation of the active compassion of all the Buddha. Tārā is the most popular deity in Tibet both with the Lama and the layman. Tibetan refers to her as one who does religious service immediately. She is also a patroness, a personal deity rather than a monastic one, a mother to whom her devotees take their sorrow and on whom they rely for help. Her constant access is best symbolized in the daily repetition of her ritual rather than by any great annual ceremony. She is said to have become incarnate from rays of light that burst from the left eye of Amitabha. The image of Tārā is said to have reached Tibet during the mid-seventh century."