Prayer flags at La-me Latse Pass, Tibet 2018

A prayer flag is a colorful rectangular cloth, often found strung along mountain ridges and peaks high in the Himalayas. They are used to bless the surrounding countryside and for other purposes. Prayer flags are believed to have originated with Bon. In Bon, shamanistic Bonpo used primary-colored plain flags in Tibet. Traditional prayer flags include woodblock-printed text and images.

Traditionally, prayer flags are used to promote peace, compassion, strength, and wisdom. The flags do not carry prayers to gods, which is a common misconception; rather, the Tibetans believe the prayers and mantras will be blown by the wind to spread the good will and compassion into all pervading space. Therefore, prayer flags are thought to bring benefit to all.

By hanging flags in high places the Lung ta will carry the blessings depicted on the flags to all beings. As wind passes over the surface of the flags, which are sensitive to the slightest movement of the wind, the air is purified and sanctified by the mantras.
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Taken in: 中國 / 青海省 / 玉树藏族自治州 (show map)

Taken on: September 19, 2018

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Tibet བོད

བོད་ལྗོངས།

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Tibetan Plateau བོད་མཐོ་སྒང་bötogang

Amdo ཨ༌མདོ

Kham ཁམས་བོད

Eastern Tibet

Trindu ཁྲི་འདུ། county

La-me Latse ལ་ མེ་ལ་ རྩེ་ 4458 m pass

prayerflag དར་ལྕོག Lung-Ta

རླུང་རྟ་

many prayer flags together དར་ཕུང༌ darpung

prayer flag in the wind དར་ལྕོག་རླུང་བསྐྱོད darchok lungkyö

prayer flag དར་ལྕོག darchok

mountain top ritual with prayer flags རི་བསང་རླུང་རྟ། risang lungta

Four wind-horse deities. Four animals (khyung bird_ dragon_ tiger_ and lion) རླུང་རྟ་ལྷ་བཞི། rlung rta lha bzhi/ lungta labzhi

Yak གཡག་ g.yag « less

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