English: Many eons ago, there was a princess named Yeshe Dawa, "Moon of the Primordial Wisdom". She has developed the thought of Bodhicitta through her vast devotion to the Buddha. She vowed to become the enlightened one to benefit all the sentient beings from the Samsara.

During that time, attaining enlightenment was only possible in a male body. So, the masters advised her to pray for a male body in her next life. But princess Yeshe was determined. She carried out all her enlightened activities throughout the past, present, and future. All of them in her female form.

Thus, as a female bodhisattva, she became an enlightened Buddha. She was then known as Tara.