Words on the Wind: A Study of Himalayan Prayer Flags

almanacs Amitabha appear areas associated astrological auspicious Avalokitesvara bdag Bhutan Bön Boudhanath bsangs bstan Buddha Buddhist Flag calendar Chabpel Tseten Phuntsok chos classes of deities cloth depicted detailed dgra lha discussed Ekvall example flag Fig flags are raised gnas gnyan groups gsum iconographic images Karmay khams klung literature locations Mahākāla Mallmann maṇḍala mantras mentioned Milarepa monks motivations for raising Mumford names Namkhai Norbu Namkhai Norbu 1997 Nepal Ortner Padmasambhava particular phug lha pilgrimage popular practitioners prayer flag practice prayer flag texts print blocks Quoted raising prayer flags region related to prayer religious rgyal Rigpa ritual text rlung rta sacred sample of prayer script Sherpa sme ba spar kha specific Swayambhunath symbols Tamang Tārā temple term textiles textual Tibet Tibetan Buddhist Tibetan calendar Tibetan cultural Tibetan language Tibetan texts tradition translation Tseten Tsurphu Tucci types Vajrasattva Vajrayogini Waddell wind-horse flag worship wrathful yul lha