Tibetan Prayer Flags Tara, Cotton – 26 x 40 cm, 3 m / 4.8 m
Tibetan Prayer Flags Tara, Cotton – 26 x 40 cm, 3 m / 4.8 m
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The meaning of the 5 colours
How to hang your prayer flags
- Hang them high where the wind can reach them – it carries the prayers and blessings into the world.
- Keep the order: blue, white, red, green, yellow – from left to right.
- Ideally hang them on a sunny morning.
- Never place them on the ground. Faded flags are a good sign: the blessings have been spread.
Kunsang
"When the wind blows through Kramgasse and the flags in front of the shop begin to flutter, many people stop and ask me: what do the colours actually mean? That is one of my favourite questions in the shop."
Tibetan Prayer Flags with Tara
Each of these prayer flags shows Tara, surrounded by her mantra and traditional Tibetan prayers. The flags are made of cotton, measure 26 x 40 cm each and come as a string of 3 metres or 4.8 metres total length – perfect for balcony, garden or fence.
Each string features the five classic colours blue, white, red, green and yellow – representing the five elements sky, water, fire, air and earth.
Who is Tara?
Tara – in Tibetan Drölma, "the liberator" – is one of the most beloved figures in Tibetan Buddhism. She stands for compassion, protection and swift help: she is said to free beings from fear and clear obstacles from their path. Many Tibetans recite her mantra Om Tare Tuttare Ture Soha every day. Prayer flags bearing her image are hung to send protection and blessings to the home and to all beings.
Meaning & tradition
For me, prayer flags are not just decoration. In Tibet we hang them where the wind can touch them – on roofs, at mountain passes, in front of the house. The wind carries the prayers and good wishes out into the world – not for ourselves, but for all beings it reaches.
Care & use
Prayer flags are made to weather – that is part of the tradition. Over time the colours fade in sun, rain and wind, and that is exactly the point: the prayers symbolically "fly" out into the world.
Hang the flags where they can move freely in the wind – over a fence, between two trees or on a balcony railing. Once a string has completely faded, it may be replaced – a sign that the prayers have made their way.
See the flags for yourself – or come by Kramgasse 63: they hang right in front of our door, and I am happy to tell you more about Tara.
