WIND HORSE WITH MANTRA.

“LUNGTA” WIND-HORSE THE FLUTTERING PRAYER FLAG (LUNGTA) ARE ACTUALLY COLORFUL COTTON CLOTH SQUARES IN WHITE, BLUE, YELLOW, GREEN AND RED COLORS WITH IMAGES, MANTRAS AND PRAYERS ON IT AND ARE CONNECTED ALONG THEIR TOP EDGES TO A LONG STRING. LUNGTA (TIb: LUNG=WIND, TA=HORSE) A MYTHICAL CREATURE FROM PRE BUDDHIST TIMES COMBINES THE SPEED OF THE WIND AND STRENGHT OF HORSE TO CARRY PRAYERS FROM EARTH TO HEAVENS. THE WORD LUNGTA FOR TIBETAN ITSELF MEANS FORTUNE OR GOOD LUCK. TIBETAN BUDDHIST BELIEVE THAT THE PRAYERS AND MANTRAS WILL BE BLOWN UPWARDS AS OFFERINGS TO THEIR DEITIES AND WILL BRING FORTUNE, HAPPINESS AND GOOD HEALTH TO ALL WHO HANG THEM AS WELL AS THEIR FAMILIES, LOVED ONES, NEIGHBORS AND ALL THE PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD UNCLDUING EVEN ENIMIES. LUNGTA REPRESENT PEACE, COMPASSION, STRENGHT AND WISDOM.

FLAG SIZE 2.5"X2.5" (15 FLAGS)