In Indian Hinduism, the star-goddess Tara is a manifestation of the queen of time. She is the absolute, unquenchable hunger that propels all life. Among the Buddhists and Jains, as well as in Tibetan Lamaism, she became the symbol of spiritual hunger for release from the purely physical world. As such, Tara is the goddess of self-mastery and mysticism. She is a compassionate goddess, who sees life for the game it is. (M 25230) _ _.