Good Fortune Flags - prayer flags from NZ
Sharing Good Fortune, Gratitude and Peace globally
Good Fortune "is not something you wish for;
It's something you make,
Something you do, Something you are,
And something you give away"
from Robert Fulghum's quote on peace
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Heart
Gratitude symbol
Labyrinth
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Good Fortune prayer flag dream
We are currently helping with 2 refugees who have dreams that are becoming a reality because of people like you. By buying a set of these flags you take the opportunity to give and receive; to participate in the greater tapestry of life. I believe that every act of kindness makes a difference.
We are raising money for a Tibetan refugee monk who is applying for residency in a country where he has
freedom of choice to practice his
religion; where he can talk about and receive teachings from His Holiness, The Dalai Lama.
Although he can support himself in his day to day living, he needs a considerable sum of money to a make this application. If you would like to gift money directly to our monk - click here.
We are also raising money for a Tibetan refugee who is currently studying to be a teacher in India. A group of people got together and
raised the money to pay his fees. However, he now needs money to support him while he studies. It doesn't take much.
By providing physical support for these refugees we are not only supporting them in their communities, we are also supporting
our wider global community. In doing this we also open ourselves to receive. This is a win, win, win process.
"I am a Buddhist monk who practices infinite compassion
and I pray on a daily basis for the happiness of the all sentient beings. I believe in the promotion of human values.
I instinctively want a happy life for all the six billion of humanity because we are all part of them. If they are in difficulty, we also suffer. That is why I have committed fully and voluntarily in my concern for their well-being.”
His Holiness the Dalai Lama
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Buying Good Fortune prayer flags
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$NZD |
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Good Fortune flags with symbols as shown
(set of 7) |
$25.00 |
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Good Fortune flags - write your own prayers
(set of 7) |
$25.00 |
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Freight (by post) |
6.00 |
Secure Credit Card Payments in $NZD via PayPal
both for "one off" credit card transactions (you don't have to be a Paypal member)
or for PayPal members
New Zealand payments by
cash, cheque or internet banking (or Paypal for credit cards)
Email us : flags@avocahouse.com
Note: We gift between $8 to $10 from the sale of each set of flags to Tibetan refugees
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About Good Fortune prayer flags
The intention of these “Good Fortune Flags” is to send good fortune
around the world, touching all and making dreams become reality, making a global
difference.
The Good Fortune prayer flags are individually hand-dyed and screen printed in the heart of the Southern Alps of New Zealand.
They are a set of 7 prayer flags in rainbow colours with gold symbols. The symbols are ones that imply inner peace to me.
(Use of the gratitude symbol was kindly allowed by www.gogratitude.com). The proceeds of the sale of these prayer flags go towards supporting
Tibetan refugees in India and around the world.
Put the prayer flags up with the intention to enhance your own good fortune,
give them to a friend with the intention to enhance their good fortune
and know that by doing this you are also helping to increase good fortune globally.
Each time the wind caresses them your intent for
good fortune is carried on a journey to touch all sentient beings.
Good Forutne prayer flag size
Each flag measures 20cms wide x 27cms long (7.87" x 10.63").
There are 7 prayer flags in a set and the set measures approximately 1.4ms long (55.12") with string at each end for attaching.
Creating Global Families
Traditionally
Tibetan Buddhist monks have a “family”.
The monk looks after the family’s spiritual
needs and the family looks after his physical needs.
By moving out of Tibet to gain the freedom to practice their spiritual beliefs this
supportive family relationship has been broken.
We have an opportunity to rebuild this family support in a
beautiful and more global way.
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Colours and Symbols on the prayer flags
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Prayer flags on the wind
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I have used rainbow colours combined with universal symbols that are special to me.
I have worked with colours for a long time and they lend their own gifts.
It is amazing to me how well this arrangement of symbols fits in with
the colours. This is what they mean to me. You may put your own
interpretation on them.
Colours
The rainbow colours remind us that although we are all different races and ethinicities, together we make an amazing & beautiful pattern, the rainbow, a universal symbol of hope.
Green & gratitude symbol
The colour green is the colour of life, and is the
great harmonising & balancing colour of the
Universe. It is the colour for the heart chakra, the seat of the soul.
Green helps to bring body,
mind & spirit into balance to create wholeness. It brings calm,
forgiveness & unconditional
love creating peace. This colour is combined with the gratitude symbol to bring an awareness for all the miracles we have in our lives and brings gratitude to the heart of everything.
(This gratitude symbol is copyright by
www.gogratitude.com
who have kindly given permission for its reproduction in these flags.)
Balance & integration in mind & voice
The colour yellow is for the mind and for personal power; blue is
the colour for peace, self expression and communication. These colours are combined with the
symbol of the labyrinth to invite peace and to remind us to bring balance
and integration to our minds and our communications.
Om - visionary creation in motion
The colour indigo is for perception and vision and orange
the colour for creation, opportunity and connection with others. Combined with the “Om”
which is the symbol for creation in motion and “All that Is”, these flags
invite visionary creation in motion.
Love binds all together
The colour red is a primal colour,
the first colour of life, colour of life blood and the first colour of the rainbow.
Red is our foundation. It grounds us and is linked to gratitude. Violet
is the colour of the heart of the Universe in your hands and is the peace maker. Violet is made from red & blue, it combines
power with gentleness, humility with wisdom. I have
combined both red and violet with the symbol of the heart, (a stylised version
with a koru or spiral) to invite power, grounding, wisdom and peace to the heart energy
that embraces these prayer flags.
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Gratitude symbol from
www.gogratitude.com
Labyrinth
(integration & balance)
Om
(creation in motion)
Heart
(love, the power that drives the Universe) |
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Write you own Good Fortune prayer flags
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Prayer flags waiting for prayers
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Good Fortune flags for weddings & special occasions
We have been asked on several occasions to produce blessing flags for weddings. So we have introduced
the "write your own" Good Fortune prayer flags. These are rainbow coloured, embraced by a red and violet heart,
leaving the middle 5 flags free for you to write your own blessings or prayers.
Flags at my son's wedding. Flags were sent out to all guests as many could not make it form overseas. They were asked to
send the flags back with blessings for the newly weds. Some came back amazingly embellished.
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Prayer Flag Tradition
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For centuries, Tibetan Buddhists have hung sacred prayer
flags from tree to tree, between rocks, across gateways,
in fact, in any place where the wind can caress them. So hang
your flags where they will give you most pleasure and remind
you most of your good fortune.
Tibetans believe as the wind passes over the surface of
the prayer flags, the air becomes purified, sanctified and sweetened
by the intent of the prayers and images on the flags.
Prayer flags are said to bring happiness, long life and
prosperity to the person who put the prayer flags up and to all sentient beings.
"Peace is not merely a distant
goal that we seek,
but a means by which we arrive at
that goal."
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Feedback from our Projects
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Helping to send Chime to Teachers College
As one of a number of contributors we have been able to send money towards
tutition fees for a Tibetan refugee to attend the Bachelor of Education course in India. Following is a response from Chime.
Dear Jan
This is Chime from India. I am writing to express my heartfelt gratitude to you for
your contribution in my tuition fee at the college here. Thank you very much
and you are always in my prayers and thoughts.
I am sending this lines for you:
The work an unknown good woman has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground,
secretly making the ground green. - Thomas Carlyle
Thank you very much
love and gratitude,
Chime, India
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Giving a Gift for freedom
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If you would like to gift money towards the residency costs for our Tibetan refugee monk then you can click this Paypal Donate button and the money goes directly into his Paypal account. Fill in the amount you wish to gift in dollars and cents (i.e 20.00).
Don't have a PayPal account?
You can still use this button to make a one off Credit card payment using Paypal's secure online system
using
Visa, Mastercard, American Express or Discover credit cards.
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| "I do not want the peace which passeth understanding,
I want the understanding which bringeth peace." Helen Keller |
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Location map - Castle Hill |
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1 hour to Christchurch Airport
1.75 hours to Greymouth & Hokitika
Great stopover accommodation
Kaikoura to Franz Josef Glacier
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Contact Avoca House
Private Bag 55037, Castle Hill Village
Canterbury 7652, New Zealand
Phone : +64 (0)3 318 7620
Email : flags@avocahouse.com
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Thank you for being the difference that makes the difference and helping a dream become a reality.
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If there is light in the soul,
there will be beauty in the person.
If there is beauty in the person,
there will be harmony in the house.
If there is harmony in the house,
there will be order in the nation.
If there is order in the nation,
there will be peace in the World.
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