Red Sandalwood Himalayan Incense Sticks
Red Sandalwood Himalayan Incense Sticks
Red Sandalwood Himalayan Incense Sticks
Red Sandalwood Himalayan Incense Sticks

Red Sandalwood Himalayan Incense Sticks

SKU: 81001967

Red Sandalwood Himalayan Incense Sticks

SKU: 81001967
  • 100% natural ingredients
  • Ideal for prayer and ritual
  • Every purchase supports the temple
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Red Sandalwood Himalayan Incense Sticks are traditionally hand-rolled from a blend of red sandalwood, herbs, oils and other ingredients. This aromatic herbal incense has bittersweet cooling aroma of red sandalwood, which has been used as an astringent and tonic in Ayurvedic and Tibetan Medicine, and is useful to treat headaches and general weakness.

It is suitable for meditation sessions and spiritual ceremonies to purify the environment of unwanted energies, to create a peaceful and calm atmosphere, and to support relaxation and stress-relief.

  • Handmade in Nepal.
  • All-natural, non-toxic, and contains no narcotic or habit-forming ingredients.
  • Safe for inhalation.

About Incense and Incense Offering

Across all Buddhist traditions, incense is one of the most common and basic substances used as offerings to the Buddhas and enlightened beings. Within Tibetan Buddhism, incense is typically used as an offering to the Three Jewels — Buddha, Dharma and Sangha. It is also employed as part of Buddhist ritual to purify offering substances such as water, food and light.

In traditional Tibetan Medicine, incense is often used as a medicinal substance to treat certain ailments. Due to the healing qualities of its ingredients, Tibetan incense can soothe and calm a mind affected by depression, restlessness, anxiety and stress. Specific incense formulas can also be beneficial for common complaints such as migraines, cough, dizziness and insomnia.

On a spiritual level, the offering of incense reminds us to hold our vows purely and creates the causes for us to do so. In Buddhist thought, morality is considered to be one of the Six Perfections of a Bodhisattva practitioner. As such, it is one of the keys to reaching full enlightenment.

“Incense offerings should be done daily and consistently with great confidence in the supreme Dharma that liberates our mind from all sufferings and to the holy sage Buddha who has traversed over samsara.”
– Tsem Rinpoche

As we make incense offerings to the Buddhas, we generate the merits to become like them and hold our vows perfectly. This collection of merits is based on our Bodhisattva aspirations, and will lead us to the realisation of higher views which sees the faults of serving oneself as opposed to serving the needs of all sentient beings.

Therefore, offering incense of the best quality with the highest motivation may seem to be a simple spiritual act, but it leads to higher insight, integrity of practice, consistency of practice, generation of merits, and the ability to hold our vows which leads to the generation of higher attainments and insight within our mindstream.

  • Light the incense stick and place it horizontally on the bed of ash/fireproof mat of an incense burner.
  • A small quantity of powder/loose incense may be sprinkled over the lit incense stick.
  • Alternatively, place it vertically in a suitable incense holder.
  • Always burn incense in moderate quantities to prevent overheating.
  • Never leave unattended.
  • For best results, burn in a Tibetan-style incense burner.
  • Contains 30 sticks
  • Burning time: Up to 20 minutes
  • Length: 114 mm (4.5-in)
  • Weight: 59 g (0.13 lb)

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