Present paper deals with general aspects of Tibetan Buddhism with emphasis on ritual practice of the Nyingma tradition. Next, it tackles various forms of myth and cult goddess Tara while giving some remarks from the point of view of structural anthropology. The author argues that the worship of Tara plays crucial role in the lay and monastic spheres and the cult of the goddess provides a common background for symbolical communication both within and between the contexts., Petr Horáček., and Obsahuje seznam literatury