Prayer
flags are gentle reminders,
bringing us back to our essence and helping us to open our hearts and
minds.
When we hang prayer flags,
we create the intention for more kindness for ourselves and all beings.
Prayer
Flags are inscribed with auspicious symbols, invocations, prayers
and mantras.
For centuries, Buddhists have planted these flags outside their homes
and places of spiritual practice for the wind to carry the beneficent
vibrations across the countryside.
The
flags are said to bring happiness, long life and prosperity to the
flag planter and all beings in the vicinity.
Traditionally,
they are fastened to eaves, sewn onto ropes to be displayed horizontally,
or they are fastened to wooden poles for vertical display.
I have mine flying always near my bird feeders, the hummingbirds
and purple finches seem to love them and the butterflies too.
Sets
of five color flags should be put in the order:
Yellow, green, red, white, blue.
The colors represent the elements:
earth, water, fire, air, and ether (space).
Traditionally-after
your flags become too faded to read or too frayed and torn
--you must take them down and burn them with a prayer or invocation
or leave them side by side
-the new with
the old and leave them to the elements.
Read more Prayers below.
Be
At Peace, Be Gentle and Be In Love. Om
Shanthi, Shanthi, Om
Medium
and Small Flags
Praise to the 21 Taras Medium
flags measure: 9" X 10", 17 ft. long Small
flags measure: 8" X 8", 14 ft. long
At
one time Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of compassion, emptied all
of the hell realms.
But as he looked again the hell realms were immediately refilled.
As he shed tears for these beings one tear transformed into the
saviouress Green Tara who manifested her twenty other forms.
The Tibetan script on this traditional flag praises Tara in all her
manifestations.
The verses conclude with her root mantra
"OM TARE TU TARE TURE SOHA,"
the magical syllables that evoke the goddess.
Large
Flags
Windhorse (Lungta) Large
flags measure: 10" X 12", 22 ft. long
The
life force called windhorse is the unlimited energy of basic goodness,
buddhanature, inherent wakefulness.
We connect with it through meditation practice.”
In
the Shambhala teachings of warriorship, this life force is called
windhorse (Tibetan: lungta).
Lungta is the unlimited energy of basic goodness, buddhanature, inherent
wakefulness.
Basic goodness is the most fundamental secret in any situation-difficult
or not
-and it’s something that we already possess.
We connect with it through meditation practice.
Every day we need to contemplate our own inherent wakefulness.
Then we’ll have the confidence to raise our windhorse and ride
it through life with joy and delight.
This is how we become the kings and queens of our own lives.
The "Mini"
Prayer Flag is now only available in our Prayer Flag Assortment.
The little flags measure 3" x 4" and are 6 ft. long-of course,
sizes may vary.
They are very Sweet.
For A Very Limited Time Only!
Tara
Small 14' $-8.00
Tara
Medium 17'- $10.00
Windhorse
Large 22' -$15.00
Tibetan
Prayer Flag Assortment 1
Each-Mini, Small, Medium & Large (4)
$35.00
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Prayer
flags are gentle reminders,
bringing us back to our essence and helping us to open our hearts and
minds.
When
we hang prayer flags,
we create the intention for more kindness for ourselves and all beings.
As
they wave in the wind,
prayer flags lift up and carry our wishes for compassion,
peace and healing around the earth.
Prayer
flags encourage us to live more mindfully
and help us to restore our own inner calm.
A more peaceful world still must begin in each of us,
one open heart at a time.
It
is a sign of respect to keep them off of the ground or floor
and to have clear, beneficial intentions as they are being hung.
The
cloth frays and the printed images fade
as they are released to the wind and the heavens.
When
they are well worn they are often burned,
to release the last expression of prayer.
It
is also common to see old, tattered flags
side by side with new ones, left to the elements.
