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Prayer flags are part of the landscape and omnipresent in the Indian mountainous landscape. Tibetan in origin, they are unmissable when you go to Mcleod Gunj. All the following pictures are part of that trip & on every trek to a gompa/temple/monastry, these flags led the way. Prayer flags are inscribed with auspicious symbols, invocations, prayers, and mantras. Tibetan Buddhists for centuries have planted these flags outside their homes and places of spiritual practice for the wind to carry the beneficent vibrations across the countryside.
Sometimes a single string and sometimes a multitude of them, rise in a chorus, taking your prayers with them. They give you company along hilly and winding paths And even if you walk alone they walk by you And they increase in number, just like people. Google Image Result for. Om mani padme hum. Oṃ maṇi padme hūṃ[1] (Sanskrit: ओं मणिपद्मे हूं, IPA: [õːː məɳipəd̪meː ɦũː]) is the six-syllabled Sanskrit mantra particularly associated with the four-armed Shadakshari form of Avalokiteshvara (Tibetan སྤྱན་རས་གཟིགས་(Chenrezig), Chinese 觀音(Guanyin), Japanese 観音(かんのん, Kannon), the bodhisattva of compassion.
Mani means "jewel" or "bead" and Padma means "the lotus flower", the Buddhist sacred flower. It is commonly carved onto rocks or written on paper which is inserted into prayer wheels. When an individual spins the wheel, it is said that the effect is the same as reciting the mantra as many times as it is duplicated within the wheel.
Transliterations[edit] In English the mantra is variously transliterated, depending on the schools of Buddhism as well as individual teachers. Karandavyuha Sutra[edit] Meaning[edit] Mantras may be interpreted by practitioners in many ways, or even as mere sequences of sound whose effects lie beyond strict meaning. 14th Dalai Lama[edit] Karma Thubten Trinley[edit] Mandarin Strands - Supportive Stones of the Earth. Our lives don't always go the way we want them to, and occasionally we need something to hold on to for support.
Mandarin strands came about because I wanted something tangible to hold in my hand during meditation. Natural stone beads of the earth are strung featuring the colors of the Feng Shui bagua. Each strand can be placed in a specific area such as health or knowledge as an enhancement or hold them in your hand during prayer and meditation. I like to think of them as a contemporary prayer bead. Each features a signature bead I made from crushed rose petals. Hold each strand and feel the warmth coming from the natural stones of the earth. . #1 Green is for the Family area. . #2 Red is for the Fame and Reputation area. . #3 Fame and Reputation area. . #4 Fame and Reputation area. . #5 Fame and Reputation area. Prayer Flags.
In the West as in other places, the property of a Tibetan Buddhist is often bounded by a string of thin cotton flags in 5 primary colors: blue, white, red, green, and yellow.
The colours stand for the traditional elements: space (sky), air (clouds) and fire, water, and earth respectively that are also associated with the 5 Buddha families. They are printed with pictures, designs and writing by means of inked wood blocks. The small horizontally-flown type of Tibetan flag is properly called dar-ding. Colloquially, the small flag is called "windhorse" or lung-ta though it may not always display the image and prayer associated with that figure. Reading the prayers on one kind of Windhorse flag. The vertical kind, flown from a pole as a kind of offering, is called dar-cho. Flags inscribed with mantras, prayers and protective inscriptions are raised to mark auspicious occasions. < chorten arrangement, typical of Kham, East Tibet (Blanchard. The Buddhist Basis Tibetan National Flag.