"I have taken hold of the Tibetan tradition of the five buddha families, where each family holds together a color, an element, and above all a psychological disposition, in order to place within it the ecological concerns that run through me, and especially those that bear on biodiversity.
 

 
With Karma, green and of air, I question jealousy and restless activity, that productivist haste which disturbs the winds, the migrations, and the air we breathe, when the wisdom of all-accomplishing action would answer it with a way of acting attuned to what the earth can bear."
 
— Rentai Caroline Maby
 

 
The five buddha families present a complete image both of the sacred world of awakened mind and of the neurotic world of ego-centered existence.
 
 "Karma family energy manifests neurotically as jealousy and on the awakened level as all-accomplishing wisdom. It is the energy of the element of wind which is present everywhere, touching all corners of space. Therefore, in the neurotic manifestation, it is aware of all facets of situations as something it has to keep up with or that it is left out of. If, through relating with the karma yidam, ego's reference point is overwhelmed, the same energy becomes active in every area of situations, doing whatever needs to be done and destroying all obstacles to the fulfillment of enlightenment.
 
Karma is connected with the cold, stormy energetic quality of the north. Its color is green, expressing either envy or the energy of all-pervading action. The karma family symbol is either a sword or a double vajra, both of which denote the fulfillment of all actions."
 
 [ ~ Source: "Himalayan Art quoting Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche | Visual Art, The Buddhist Art of Tibet " ]