Tag Archives: prayer flags

Check-in/OK message from SPOT TA

Posted on August 20, 2017 by TA Loeffler

Device Name: TA Latitude: 47.92680 Longitude: 107.42848 GPS location Date/Time: 08/20/2017 01:22:32 NDT Message: Lungta Livyers: TA & Marian are adventuring amid prayer flags. Check the map to see where they are hanging out Click the link below to see … Continue reading →

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The Team Visits The Great Wall

Posted on August 17, 2017 by TA Loeffler

We arrived safely in Beijing and are now visiting the Great Wall and the Forbidden City before flying to Mongolia tonight. We are thrilled to be here and seeing sights we’ve heard about all of our lives. Thanks for joining … Continue reading →

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Summer of Hand(s)

Posted on August 1, 2017 by TA Loeffler

I usually mark each summer by the expedition or expeditions that happened that summer. Last summer was the “Polar Bear” expedition to northern Labrador. The summer before was the “Will the plane ever land?” expedition to the Kanairiktok River in … Continue reading →

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Raising Windhorse for 2015

Posted on January 3, 2015 by TA Loeffler

According to the dharma practice calendar (DPC) , today was/is an auspicious day…one of the most, in fact and an excellent day for hanging prayer flags. So that’s what I did. We’d been wanting to change our prayer flags on … Continue reading →

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Looking for WIndhorse II

Posted on January 23, 2011 by TA Loeffler

Prayer flags are often called Lung-ta or Windhorse in Tibet and Nepal. One traditional prayer flag design has a windhorse in the centre and the Four Dignities (Lion, Tiger, Garuda, Dragon) in the four corners. As some of you will … Continue reading →

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Looking for Windhorse July 2005

Posted on July 30, 2005 by TA Loeffler

Looking for Windhorse: An Invitation 7/31/2005 It’s Sunday night and it seems familiar to be writing to you. Tuesday marked the one-month’s passing of time since I stood on the summit of Denali. The time seems to have passed both … Continue reading →

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