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Tibetan Prayer Flags are a quintessential aspect of Tibetan Buddhism. They are used to bless the surrounding countryside and for other purposes. Prayer flags are believed to have originated with Bon, which predated Buddhism in Tibet.

The Indian Sutras, originally written on cloth banners, were transmitted to other regions of the world as prayer flags. Legend ascribes the origin of the prayer flag to the Shakyamuni Buddha, whose prayers were written on battle flags used by the devas against their adversaries, the asuras.The legend may have given the Indian bhikku a reason for carrying the heavenly banner as a way of signifying his commitment to ahimsa. This knowledge was carried into Tibet by 800 CE, and the actual flags were introduced no later than 1040 CE, where they were further modified. The Indian monk Atisha (980 – 1054 CE) introduced the Indian practice of printing on cloth prayer flags to Tibet and Nepal.

There are two kinds of prayer flags: horizontal ones, called Lung ta ("Wind Horse") , and vertical ones, called Darchor ( "flagstaff").Traditionally, prayer flags come in sets of five: one in each of five colors. The five colors are arranged from left to right in a specific order: blue, white, red, green, and yellow. The five colors represent the elements and the Five Pure Lights. Different elements are associated with different colors for specific traditions, purposes and sadhana. Blue symbolizes the sky and space, white symbolizes the air and wind, red symbolizes fire, green symbolizes water, and yellow symbolizes earth. According to Traditional Tibetan medicine, health and harmony are produced through the balance of the five elements.

Prayer Times Dubai. Prayer Times NYC for Muslim Prayer Times NYC where Muslims offers 5-time prayers a day. Islamic cultural centre New York City, USA. pbctimes.com/prayertimes/

Susan Stouffer (left) and Jane Yin pray over the prayer beads they made May 12 during the United Methodist 2016 General Conference in Portland, Ore. Photo by Maile Bradfield, UMNS.

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My prayer flags behind the house.

Prayer flag on the patio

islamic prayer rug

S63-08512 (1963) --- Prayer, written in calligraphy, of astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., pilot of the Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA-9) mission, read during the 17th orbit of Earth in the "Faith 7". Photo credit: NASA

hanging laundry as a sacred act

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Artist: Amanda Quiroz

Location: Highland Senior Center

Address: 131 Monroe NE

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This man with the kind face was saying prayers at a monastery being rebuilt after a fire.

Biellavagando con l'AC Officina Fotografica di Romagnano Sesia

Prayer during the 2009 Srebrenica genocide commemoration.

--Photo By Donna Harati, 2009 AP Peace Fellow. Location: Serbia. Partner: Women In Black.

inside the blue mosque in Istanbul. decluttr

At the Mausoleum Of Tipu Sultan, Srirangapatana, April 2009 [mod: cropped]

Volunteers make prayer beads May 12 during the United Methodist 2016 General Conference in Portland, Ore. Photo by Maile Bradfield, UMNS.

“Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.” Mahatma Gandhi

12-05-01 Athens, Greece

Bouddhist Prayer wheel in the Monestry in Thoska

Traditional Tibetan Prayer flags, would have qualified well as worn out and weathered too!

This is a prayer card from 1918 for the funeral of my great grandfather Napoleon McNabb.

Bishop Pauls walking party depart the Sikh Gurwara in vintage style.

Prayer charms intended to bring good luck hang around a tree at Kunozan Toshogu Shrine in Shimizu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.

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I've taken this shot before, but I like how the purple adds a bit of color to the background.

This was quite the labor of love. I started with sterling silver flat sheet, stamped it, formed it into a tube, and soldered it. All the tiny hinges and clasps were really the hardest part, but it was days of work!

I've stamped the bottom part of the urn with the word "MAGICKAL WISHES" and the lid with the word "BELIEVE", as well as lots of shooting stars, circles, dots and just plain ole texture. I bezel set an amethyst cabochon into the lid...it's PURTY!!! I love it!!!

This is a piece of art in my home. It is a native woman bowing in prayer.

islamic prayer rug

also backlit shooting

Prayer at the Wailing Wall, Jerusalem

Prayer-flags in Karmatang village.

Mormon Girl Prayer

Prayer on the pilgrimage (Poland). For more: fototesty.pl/blog/273_na-pielgrzymim-szlaku-fotoreportaz....

The incense sticks signifies prayers to the gods.

A prayer..what else to say ?

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'Prayers (Long, Through Darkness) detail.

hammered nails, enamel, acrylic on wood. 12"x48"

in Chromesthesia @ the Tribeca Art Space

The mantra "om mani padme hum" is carved with impressive precision, into these pink round stones by a man who is sits, crouched all day long with hammer and chisle in hand. For a small fee you can choose a stone of your own to transform into prayers. Entire walls are constructed of these prayer stones. Some of these walls are over a kilometre long. Believers travel many many kilometres to reach these sacred walls in order to contribute a stone and add their prayers to the wall.

Prayer flags at evening. Nan Puoto Buddhist Temple, Xiamen China

Continuous prayers for peace and safety for all beings everywhere, especially at this time, in the land next to where I live.

(please understand my non-visiting your photo pages now. I am trying to concentrate my photo-work into a force for peace)