WIND HORSE - PRAYER FLAG - LUNGTA. to bring good luck,success and prosperity. Prayer Flags,wind horse,lung-ta is a mythical Tibetan creature from pre-Buddhist times that combines the speed of the wind and the strength of the horse to carry prayers from earth to the heavens inscribed with auspicious symbols, invocations, prayers, and mantras. Tibetan Buddhists for centuries have planted these flags outside their homes and places of spiritual practice for the wind to carry the beneficent vibrations across the countryside. Prayer flags are said to bring happiness, long life and prosperity to the flag planter and those in the vicinity. Dharma prints bear traditional Buddhist symbols, protectors and enlightened beings. As the Buddhist spiritual approach is non-theistic, the elements of Tantric iconography do not stand for external beings, but represent aspects of enlightened mind i.e. compassion, perfect action, fearlessness, etc. Displayed with respect, Dharma prints impart a feeling of harmony and bring to mind the precious teachings. The prayer flag tradition is ancient, dating back thousands of years in India and to the shamanistic Bon tradition of pre-Buddhist Tibet. Bonpo priests used solid colored cloth flags, perhaps with their magical symbols, to balance the elements both internally and externally. The 5 colors of prayer flags represent the 5 basic elements: yellow-earth, green–water, red-fire, white-air, blue-space. Balancing these elements externally brings harmony to the environment. Balancing the elements internally brings health to the body and the mind. At a deeper level, the lungta and the four dignities symbolize the play of the five elements, out of which all phenomena are formed. The lungta symbolizes space, the ground of all manifestation; The tiger symbolizes the wind element; the snow lion, earth; the garuda, fire; and the dragon, water. Everything is the result of karma, and it is mind that is responsible for the creation of karma, nothing else. Every experience of passing pleasure and pain and all the seemingly small and incidental occurrences of our lives arise because of the mind. However, we have no power or control over the mind at all. We may have in our mind the intention of doing something of a very virtuous and positive nature, but if something goes wrong our mind can change instantly and become very negative. We can also experience states in which we are motivated in a negative, non-virtuous way and then find that our motivation changes and becomes positive. What really controls the mind is lung [Tib.], the ‘wind’ or ‘subtle energy’ that determines the direction that the mind pursues. Thoughts arise in our minds and as they arise and we react to them, we create karma. The windhorse, the mount upon which the mind rides like a rider on a horse, controls or directs the thoughts arising in our minds. Controlling the Elements There is the profound instruction Controlling the Elements [jungwa ur nang], which controls the obstacles caused by engaging in activities on the wrong astrological dates. In the eastern direction, put iron [any material made of iron] and recite the mantra mama kara kara ye soha. In the south, put water and recite mama kam kam ye soha. In the west, put fire [lighted incense or matches] and recite mama ram ram ye soha. In the north, earth [sand in an incense container or dirt from some other place] recite mama su su ye soha. In each corner put a bundle of various plants and recite mama pota pota ye soha. Recite also the heart mantra of the eight appearances, om agani nigana achala mandala mataya soha. By reciting this, you wont receive all the shortcomings and it is said that everything will be very auspicious and you will receive great happiness and goodness. This method can stop all the obstacles and negativities that arise from starting activities related to living and dying at the wrong time—for example, starting a journey, taking a corpse out of the house, getting married or starting a building. If you start these activities at the wrong time, you will encounter a lot of obstacles according to how bad that day was for starting the activity. Many details are given in Tibetan astrology. In the case of marriage, there will be a lot of fighting and disharmony between the couple even if they continue to live together and many other obstacles can arise. If you start the construction of a building at the wrong time, many inauspicious things and problems can occur during construction. When building, you should use the methods to analyze the earth, request permission from the landlord [this does not refer to the person who owns or sold you the land, but to the landlord naga and so forth]. You ask permission and dig at the right point so that you dont harm the landlord. This helps to bring success of the construction and health, long life, harmony and so forth to the family or people living in the house, monastery or nunnery. It is also very important to take a corpse out of the house at the right time; otherwise, harm can come to the family members who are still living. They can experience health problems and even be in danger of death. If you start a journey at the wrong time, you will constantly face problems. By starting a journey at the right time, you can avoid car accidents or airplane crashes. When you put up prayer flags to bring success, if you put them up on the wrong astrological dates you continuously receive obstacles. For as long as the prayer flags last, obstacles will continuously arise. This also applies to long prayer flags and to banners. The following are the wrong dates according to the Tibetan calendar: February 12, 24, Losar (Tibetan New Years) March 2, 2014, March: 20, April: 3, 16, 27, May: 3, 15, 26, 29, 31, June: 13, July: 7, 18, August: 3, 14, 29, September: 21, October: 6, 18, November: 2, 13, 28, 30, December: 25, January (2015): 6, 18, 21, February: 1, 14, Losar (Tibetan New Years): February 19,2015 Thank you...wish you all good luck...Wangchuk.
Posted on: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 02:05:58 +0000
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