It was a splendid idea and I saw in a moment its far-reaching potentialities as an agent in that scheme of Buddhist unity. Our Colombo brothers had hit upon the quite original and unique idea of ...

When we see the flag of the Buddhist community around stupas and monuments, it gives us a pleasant feeling. But do you know why it has so many colours and why it is designed like that? In the late ...

It was the culmination of a campaign by the Buddhists to get some of their lost rights back. The event called for celebrations and the six-colour Buddhist flag flew high for the first time on that ...

at stupas (Buddhist centres for meditation) and at the base camps of Himalayan mountains. Traditionally, the flags are five colours: Yellow, green, red, white and blue, which indicate the five ...

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?

On May 16, the most important Buddhist ... prayer flags representing the five elements (space, air, fire, water and earth), Ang Dolma only offers her products in white, the original color.