The Tara Tantra: Tara's Fundamental Ritual Text (Tara-mula-kalpa) (Treasury of the Buddhist Sciences)A groundbreaking English translation of a key tantric text in the history of Indo Tibetan Buddhism. This volume contains an English translation of the root text of the Tara mula kalpa, a scripture ritual compendium that captures an important Buddhist tantric tradition in mid formation. In this regard it is utterly unique and unlike any other text in the Buddhist canon. Its contents document the emergence of the quintessential female Buddha Tara in