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| Tara, late 9th century India: Bihar, 801-900 Schist 37 x 18-3/4 x 8-1/2 in. (94 x 47.6 x 21.6 cm) Norton Simon Art Foundation M.1974.06.S © 2012 Norton Simon Art Foundation On view The Buddhist deity Tara is the goddess of compassion, who aids devotees in overcoming personal difficulties. The inscription inside her halo is the Buddhist creed, which reads "[Buddha] has revealed the cause of those phenomena which spring from a cause and also [the means of] their cessation. So says the Great Monk."
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