Yellow and white flags on green grass field

Gangtok - Sikkim - India

The greatest prayer is patience.🙏🏻It’s a good omen to receive prayer flags as a gift from a friend or a well wisher.. . The greatest prayer is patience.🙏🏻It’s a good omen to receive prayer flags as a gift from a friend or a well wisher.. . . Those prayer flags you’ve hung at your desk and on your bike are not just some fancy accessory. Everything right from the colour to the words on the flags has a deeper meaning. Buddhist prayer flags essentially carry our prayers via the wind to get them answered. What are prayer flags? . 1. Each colour of the flag symbolises an element.The red, blue, yellow, white and green buddhist prayer flags represent elements like air, fire, water and earth. White symbolises air, red is fire. Green is water, yellow is earth, and blue is wind. They also represent directions – North, South, East, West and Center. . 2. ‘Om Mani Padme Hum’ has a very deep meaning. Om- The sacred syllable Mani- Jewel Padme – Lotus  Hum – Spirit of enlightenment . 3. Buddhist prayer flags should never be still. The reason why they are put high above the roof is so that they flutter in the wind. It is said that they emit positive spiritual vibrations and that the prayers are carried by the wind like silent prayers.