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[[Image:lungta flag SG cal.jpg|thumb|300px|The flag of lungta (windhorse)]]

'''Prayer flags''' (Tib. ''dar cho''; [[Wyl.]] ''dar lcog'') are displayed in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition to generate [[merit]] and increase one's life force.

Prayer flags are inscribed with auspicious symbols, invocations, prayers, and [[mantra]]s. Some flags bear [[dharmapala|protectors]] and enlightened beings. Sets of five colour flags are displayed in the colours: yellow, green, red, white, blue. These colours represent the elements: earth, water, fire, wind, space.

===Windhorse prayer flags===
The windhorse prayer flags typically display a [[tiger]], a [[snow lion]], a [[garuda]], and a [[dragon]], (the [[four dignities]]) with a [[windhorse]] in the centre around which is written the mantra, "May the horse of good fortune run fast and increase the power of life, influence, fortune, wealth, health, and so forth."  

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