Those Nepal 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 ...

As images of the devastation in Nepal become more prevalent in the wake of the 7.8-magnitude earthquake, one brightly-coloured symbol flies in stark contrast to the rubble: Tibetan Buddhist prayer ...

More on this topic 'Smart hives' in Tunisia save bees and improve production While Buddhist temples today all have blue, white, red, green and yellow prayer flags representing the five elements ...

Photo: DAWA YANGZOM SHERPA. Long lines of multi-coloured prayer flags dangle from Buddhist stupas, they are strung up on Himalayan summits by mountaineers, and they flutter noisily at pilgrimage sites ...

According to Buddhist legend, the first prayer flags were used by Gautam Buddha, the founder of Buddhism. Devas, or angels, would carry flags that had Gautama Buddha’s prayers written on them ...

A look at life in Kagyu Samye Ling Buddhist monastery in Dumfries and ... as a group as well as by themselves in solitude. The prayer flags around the monastery are inscribed with prayers and ...