![]() ![]() It’s a combination of values like compassion, ethics, patience, diligence, renunciation, and wisdom. Prayer flags with sutrasįor the well-known Six-Character Mantra, it does not have one particular meaning. And some of the text on the prayer flags are purely selected from Buddhist tantra mantras, such as the White Parasol Mantra on the Great Prayer Flag. ![]() The main contents of the scriptures are the Indian Dharani mantra, the six-character Mantra (Om Mani Padme Hum), Sanskrit mantras, auspicious words, proverbs, and prayer scriptures, etc. According to Tibetan Buddhism, where there is the prayer flag, there are God and wishes. Therefore, the prayer flag has become a link between Gods and men. In Buddhist believers’ eyes, the prayer flag waves for one time in the wind means reciting the sutra once, which is a way to show pilgrims’ wishes and seek blessings from Gods. The reason why those streamers are known as prayer flags is that there are numerous Buddhism sutras printed on them. Well, you may be curious about the meaning of the Buddhist/Tibetan prayer flags. Originated from Bon culture, the prayer flags, namely Longda in the Tibetan language, primarily carry our prayers via the wind to get them answered. But do you even know that these are not just some fancy accessories? Everything from the color to the word holds a meaning. When you travel to Tibet, you can see the great number of Buddhists Prayer Flags hung at the summits of mountains, passes of mountains, banks of rivers, sides of roads, roofs of monasteries, etc.
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