[Buddha-l] five elements

Mike Austin mike at lamrim.org.uk
Mon Oct 24 01:07:19 MDT 2005


In message <000501c5d83f$327b2e40$6900a8c0 at vic.bigpond.net.au>, Kate 
<marshallarts at bigpond.com> writes
>
>If it's ok to ask, which colours does the Gelug tradition assign to the
>different elements.  For Tibetan colours in general, I have starting with
>Earth - Yellow, White (or Black), Red, Black (or Green) and Azure (light
>Blue).

I have never paid much attention to these things,  but I had a dig round 
and found that earth is yellow, fire is red, water is green, sky is blue 
and ether (or mind) is white.

-- 
Metta
Mike Austin


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