Bio Degradable Buddhist Prayer Flags and Scarves
These Prayer Flags and scarves are biodegradable and compostable. They are produced locally, an initiative led by a woman, Ang Dolma, who creates employment for 8 other women and gives a portion of the proceeds to various social causes.
Ang Dolma got inspired by her mother. Her mother was concerned by all the synthetic that is used by the Buddhist community in their daily religious practices in the form of Khada and Prayer Flags. In 2011 Ang Dolma’s father passed away and during the pyre ceremony, she realised and understood the concerns of her mother while smelling and observing the plastic fumes coming out of the khadas and prayer flags while burning.
Prayerflags and Kadhas hold high religious and cultural value in the Himalayan community and are burnt or abandoned on hills with their belief that the mantras on them will reach the deities through sun, rain and air. The Carbon Footprint had been overlooked. A shift to biodegradable flags and shawls takes only a small step but has a positive impact on our suffering environment.
Bio Prayer Flag (Lungta)
Prayer flags that have been made with white cloth, printed in the different colors of the elements, and uses a jute string.
1 Large Prayer flag Roll:
- material: cotton
- size: 26cm wide x 28 cm long,
- 25 leaflets,
- 9 m long (including 90 cm rope on each side)
- weight: 175 gm per roll
- Production time: up to 3 weeks depending on volume
PRICE: 4.3 Euro/roll + shipping/ handling
1 Small Prayer flag Roll:
- material: cotton
- 13 cm wide x 14 cm long,
- 15 leaflets,
- 3 m long (including 20 cm rope on each side)
- weight: 30 gm per roll
- Production time: up to 3 weeks depending on volume
Price: 1.7 Euro/ roll plus shipping/ handling
Bio Scarf (Khada)
White cotton scarf (khada) printed in light charcoal with the eight lucky symbols. Printed in temporary ink so when washed becomes a white scarf.
1 Khada (symbols are available in different colors)
- Material: fine cotton
- Size: 260 cm x 40 cm (folded: 130cm x 20 cm)
Price per piece: 2.3 Euros
TOP TIP: Khadas can be recycled into a summer scarf, kitchen cloth, to wrap precious stones/ jewellery, crunchies and many innovative recycling ideas because of the material’s texture.
Om Mani Padme Hum
OM is a combination of aa, oo, and mm – body, mind, and speech. This can be pure or impure. The goal? Transform impure to pure.
This transformation is possible via MANI – selflessly doing good, PADME – wisdom, and HUM – the combination of the two.
When hung, the prayers written in the flags are taken and spread by the wind to benefit all beings on earth. This is a combination of using wisdom to do good that helps purify the body, mind, and speech.
The colors represent earth, water, wind, fire, and ether – five elements that represent the philosophy of transition from earthly needs to nothingness.
HOW TO ORDER
Send us a request using the form. We will get back to you as soon as possible to let you know the next stage of the order process. Remember, these are made in Nepal in small batches and could take time. A little patience will help.
NOTE: Sending individual small orders from Nepal is not impossible, but expensive. Courier charges can be quite high.