Talk:Prayer flag
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I think it's imporant to note here, that current Tibetan Buddhism doesn't worship "deities" as stated. The Buddha in Tibetan Buddhism is a symbol and reminder of the long-term goal -- enlightenment. The deity or god reference to the flag comes from the Bon religion only, not modern Buddhism. This is my understanding... maybe someone with a greater knowledge of this could verify the accuracy of the section on the religious meanings of the flag? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.177.214.231 (talk • contribs) 01:36, 20 June 2006
- that is, shall we say, one way of putting it, and a way the Dalai Lama has put it. But a lot of the activity in Tantric Buddhism would normally be construed in Western terms as worshipping deities - I think you need a high level of Buddist theology to explain why it is not or might not be, and not all practicioners of the religion would have that. (wasn't my text btw)Johnbod 03:56, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Order
Can anyone verify the hanging order? At the beginning of the article it says that lung ta are hung blue, white, red, green, and yellow, left to right, but states the opposite - yellow, green, red, white, and blue, left to right - towards the end. --Bentonia School 17:01, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
- No idea personally, though it seems that it could well vary by tradition / region / etc. I just looked on Flickr for examples by photo taken all over and I noticed that sometimes the white and blue are swapped (white, blue, red, green, yellow left to right) but most seemed to match the first pattern (blue, white, red, green, yellow left to right). - Owlmonkey (talk) 16:52, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
