Stretched out over a
mountainside, it is beautiful to see colorful prayer flags waving in the wind…what
exactly is a prayer flag?...prayer flags are not just pretty pieces of colored
cloth with strange designs on them…Certain buddhists use these prayer flags to
send prayers around the world…the way it works is a special prayer is said over
the flag…the flag is then put up and the wind carries the prayer through the
air…the prayer flags are used with the natural energy of the wind that impartially
increases happiness and good fortune among all beings…according to some lamas,
prayer flags date back thousands of years to pre-Buddhist Tibet…now each color
of a prayer flag corresponded to a different primary element - earth, water,
fire, air and space...priests often arranged colored flags around a sick
patient to help produce a positive state of physical and mental health…prayer
flags are inscribed with auspicious symbols, invocations, prayers, and mantras...for
many centuries, Tibetan Buddhists have planted flags outside their homes and the
places of spiritual practice for the wind to carry across the countryside. prayer
flags are said to bring happiness, long life and prosperity to the flag planter
and those in the vicinity…try using these beautiful flags…they may just work.
