Prayer flags

emmak

Does anyone have these at their house? Just curious.

Simonthepilgrim

I have.

fee

hello

Simon, what do you do with them? Do you ust put them up and leave them there? Is there some kind of ritual you have to undertake before doing it?
Thanks

fee

And....what is on each one? Do you put your own prayers on them, or do they come with ready made prayers?

Simonthepilgrim

Here is a link to some quick explanations:
http://www.hitherandyononline.com/Prayerflags/prayerflags.htm

And I also found some notes on some of the mantras to be found on flags:


The last one (Lah Gyalo: Victory to the Gods!) is the traditional cry of the Tibetan on setting out on a journey and on cresting a mountain pass.

fee

Thanks Simon

I could go mad on that site and buy everything on offer. Such lovely things. Very interesting. Now I want prayer flags to string up in my back garden - which is not much bigger than this computer screen really!

emmak

I have a north facing back verandah, it catches all the sun. I hang the flags along the roof, under the gutter. The 20 flag strings reach the whole length. I hang more and more up when they fade. It is really beautiful.