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Isobel Cunningham has published short fiction and poetry. Her book, Northern Compass is available on Amazon. She was born in Wales but Montreal is her adopted home. She speaks French, Modern Greek ( it’s a fun story) and a little Spanish…oh, English too, of course. She welcomes comments on her blog and looks forward to chatting with you over cyber-space.

Prayer Flags

On my way through the cool park this Sunday morning

Buddhist prayer flags

There were some bright flags stretched between trees printed with images and text in a language I don’t know. Among them was a sign announcing the Quebec Buddhist Society. I immediately remembered the idea of prayer flags.

I think the idea is that with every breeze the flag flutters and a prayer is raised. How wonderful if we thought of every breeze swaying a leaf or a bough of a tree, every breeze rippling a wave on water, lifting the wing of a bird, blowing a lock of hair out of place, as a prayer. Even each breath we take creates a breeze and so….

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    Adeline Ciebien

    Your words are very evocative. I’m recalling the flags at a Buddhist temple overlooking Katmandu, visited in 1987, placed among wheels along a parapet. As the worshippers passed by, each would give a wheel a turn to keep the prayers moving.

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    AC

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