A quick slide show I did for some students in 2014 who were interested in the prayer flags I gifted to the school. I have added in some slides with notes about what I talked about, along with some links to the information for the kids. Original is available on Google Drive: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1kVFmeWJRYHKoqSq1ZNuQdxtUhRHXMUzLKbQOU-ze1I4/edit?usp=sharing

1. Prayer Flags
Nepal ~ Chomolungma ~ Religion ~ Prayer Flags
By Miss Walden
2014

2. Nepal has no beaches, only
mountains.
Nepal is landlocked. Surrounded by
two big neighbours: India and
China.
Nepal is the home of the Himalayas
and of Chomolungma (Mt Everest).
Nepal

3. Nepal
Nepal
New Zealand

4. Nepal Nepal is very
similar to New
Zealand
Nepal is also very
different to New
Zealand

5. Chomolungma
Chomolungma is a Tibetan name that
literally means “Holy Mother”.
Chomolungma is as important to the
Tibetan/Sherpa people as Papatūānuku
is to Maori.

6. Chomolungma

7. Religion
Nepal has many different religions
and many different cultural groups.
Some of Nepal's population is made
up of Tibeto-Nepalese, people
whose ancestors entered Nepal over
the mountains from Tibet in the
north.

8. Religion
Boudhanath - Buddhist stupa in Kathmandu Valley

9. Prayer Flags
● Prayer flags are hung often to lift the spirit of beings
in the environment where they are raised.
● Prayer flags are used to promote peace, compassion,
strength, and wisdom.
● Prayer flags do not carry prayers to gods.
● Tibetans believe the prayers and mantras will be blown
by the wind to spread good will and compassion.
● All beings that are touched by the wind are uplifted
and a little happier.
● I was told they offer safe passage to travellers.

10. Prayer Flags

11. Prayer Flags
● Ropes of prayer flags can be strung horizontally between two
trees (the higher the better).
● Sometimes they are strung at an angle (with the wind horse
always pointing uphill).
● When raising prayer flags proper motivation is important. If
you are doing it for yourself the benefits will be small. If you
put them up with the attitude “I hope everyone will benefit and
find happiness from these” then the virtue generated by such
motivation greatly increases the power of the prayers.
● Tibetan tradition considers prayer flags to be holy. Which
means they should be treated respectfully. They should not be
placed on the ground, on clothing or put in the rubbish.
● When disposing of old prayer flags the traditional way is to
burn them so that the smoke may carry their blessings to the
heavens. But when I was in Nepal I was told many people leave
the flags up until they disintegrate in the elements.

12. Prayer Flags-Lung ta

13. Prayer Flags-Lung ta

14. Prayer Flags-Darchor

15. Attribution/Links:
Slide 1: http://www.amazon.com/Tibetan-Incantations/dp/B00000JB12/ref=sr_1_3?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1334632225&sr=1-3
Slide 2: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepal
Slide 3: Big Map from: http://gudungisengblog.blogspot.co.nz/2011/03/world-map-unlabeled.html
Small Map from: http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/asia/np.htm
Slide 4: Photos taken by me.
Slide 5: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Everest
Slide 6: The view of ‘looking up’ at the base of Chomolungma aka Mt Everest. - Photo taken by my Mum.
Slide 7: You can read up about People and Culture here - By Everest Treks
http://www.everesttreks.co.nz/wawcs0133253/People-and-culture.html
Slide 8: Learn more about Boudhanath (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boudhanath). A stupa (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stupa) is a mound-
like or hemispherical structure containing Buddhist (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism) relics. Photo taken by my Dad.
Slide 9: There are thousands of photos in google image search. - A Mantra (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantra) is kind of like a repeated
sound or chant.
Slide 10: Prayer Flag Activity (http://www.bodhikids.org/prayer-flag-activity/).There are a few different designs and close ups if you search
in google images.
Slide 11: Prayer Flags. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prayer_flag)
Slide 12: Prayer Flags in Kathmandu (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathmandu) and Lukla (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lukla). Photos taken
by my Dad and I.
Slide 13: Prayer Flags in The Upper Khumbu (L) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khumbu), Namche (R)
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namche_Bazaar) and Base Camp (B) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everest_Base_Camp). Photos taken by my
Mum & Dad.
Slide 14: Prayer Flags (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prayer_flag). Photos taken by my Mum and I.