We are going to vacations…

For a whole month.

Tomorrow, July 16th, is the last day when you can make an order. These orders we will ship on July 17th. After that, the first day we can ship orders is August 21.

Have a nice and blissful summer everyone!

Summer Vacations

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In the newly released DVD “Breathe – The Perfect Harmony of Breathing” (120 minutes, $19.95) master, certified and mesmerizing yoga instructor Fabio Andrico and Argentine super-model and actress Yamila Diaz demonstrate simple but effective exercises that deepen and clarify the experience of natural, relaxed breathing. These exercises were developed by Fabio Andrico and inspired by his experience of many yoga systems, especially the rich tradition of Yantra Yoga. Yantra Yoga is an ancient Tibetan yoga based on positions and movements, combined with conscious breathing. The unique breathing techniques found in this video can help coordinate and harmonize one’s personal energy so that the mind can relax and find its authentic balance. Harmony in breathing is harmony in life. With the help of Fabio and Yamila, beginner and expert yoga practitioners will find exercises that deepen and clarify their experience of breathing. This ground-breaking technique enables the discovery of a new dimension of relaxed energy in modern life. Harmony in life means enjoying the beauty of existence. The Tibetan tradition of Yantra Yoga emphasizes the importance of a complete, calm, and harmonious breath. The exercises in this program, inspired by this ancient tradition, are designed as a simple way to apply this invaluable knowledge in everyday life. Program highlights include: Discovering and training abdominal breathing; Innovative exercises to clarify the four phases of complete breathing; Easy routine for everyday life; and Breathing with awareness and relaxation. According to Fabio Andrico, “If we have relaxed control and awareness of our breathing, it becomes complete and harmonious. Perfect breathing means strong, relaxed energy in action.”

Yantra Yoga DVD

About Fabio Andrico: Fabio Andrico has been a certified yoga instructor for over 30 years. He is famous for using his skill, clear precision, and delightful humor to help students deepen their practice and understanding of yoga. He began his career in the mid-seventies, when he studied Sivananda Yoga during a trip to India. In the following years, Adrico was exposed to many different yoga traditions. He ultimately met his teacher, Dzogchen Master Chogyal Namkhai Norbu, and had the rare opportunity to learn the Tibetan tradition of Yantra Yoga directly from this lineage holder. Adrico has been authorized to teach Hatha Yoga and Yantra Yoga, as well as to train Yantra Yoga teachers. He teaches Yantra Yoga internationally to groups of 700 participants in venue on six continents. He has appeared in yoga DVDs worldwide and collaborated on the best-selling book, “Yantra Yoga: the Tibetan Yoga of Movement.”

YANTRA YOGA: The Tibetan Yoga of Movement by Chogyal Namkhai Norbu, trans. by Adriano Clemente

About Yamila Diaz: Supermodel Yamila Diaz was born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was featured in the 1999 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue and has also graced the covers of such magazines as GQ, Glamour, Maxim, Elle and Shape. She has appeared in the Victoria’s Secret catalog, as well as ads for Bebe, Ungaro, and others. She was the first Latin Spokes model in Cover Girl history and starred in the Italian Film Il Pesce Innamorato.

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New arrival in the Tibetan Incense Shop - Vajrasattva Yab Yum and Buddha Mandala thangkas.

Vajrasattva Yab Yum

Vajrasattva (Tib. Dorje Sempa) is shown here in Yab Yum (union), with his consort Vajragarve (Tib. Dorje Nyema). In his right hand he holds a silver vajra (dorje), and in his left hand he holds a golden upturned bell at his heart. Vajrasattva is an important bodhisattva in both Mahayana and Vajrayana traditions. In Tibetan Buddhism Vajrasattva practices are common to all schools. The Vajrasattva purifies karma, and brings peace and enlightenment to devotees. Vajrasattva is also been invoked during purification practices.

Used, in very good condition.

Size of Painted Surface 11.5″ X 16″ (29 X 40 cm.)
Size with Brocade 21″ X 30″ (54 X 77 cm.)

Buy the Vajrasattva Yab Yum Thangka for usd 220 only, free shipping worldwide!

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Read the rest of Two Thangkas: Vajrasattva Yab Yum And Buddha Mandala (105 words)

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This is a wonderful gift set of five incense from Tantra series.

Tantra Bhutanese Incense Gift Set

Concentration (Good Morning Incense)

Grim determination alone isn’t always enough to get you through uninspiring chores.
The fragrance of this incense will help you cut through the fog, accomplish tasks, with one-pointed attention and get you focused.

Relaxation (Healing Blend)

The relaxation power of this fragrance is awesome as you will find it virtually impossible to remain stressed out, when you experience ultimate relaxation.

Reviving (Aroma Blend)

The aroma from these incense sticks stimulates the senses, nourishes the spirit, comforts the mind and integrates the emotions.

Meditation (Good Evening Incense)

Light this incense to transform your living room into a heaven of peace, after a busy day.
Placed in the corner, it will bring the feeling of tranquility to a room.

Sensual (Erotic Blend)

This emotionally uplifting fragrance can greatly enhance the sensual mood of lovers.
The aroma that it emits makes people succumb to the body’s innate sexuality.

37 sticks in each pack, each stick burns for 70-80 min.

Buy the Tantra Bhutanese Incense Gift Set with 25% discount!

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We are going to vacation…
As we are small family business, there won’t be any employee to handle and ship orders.
The last day we can bring parcels to the Post office is Aug 6th, so the last day you can make your orders is Aug 5th.
After this date, all your orders will be shipped on Aug 18th.

Great and blissful summer to everyone!

Vacation in Tibetan Incense Shop

Image: Simon Howden / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

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Incense offering, or Sang-sol, is a ceremony performed by Tibetans from all walks of life to mark important events in their lives. A widespread national custom, it can be preformed individually or in groups, on occasions such as the Dalai Lama’s birthday, marriages, third day of the Tibetan New Year, or preceding other important events.

Incense Offering (c) massimoconti

Origins

It is not clear whether the Tibetan custom of offering incense originated in India or not, as only two references to such practice can be found in the Indian texts. It is mentioned in the Guhyasamaja Tantra that one should know about the three kinds of fragrance. The other reference is to be found in the story of Bhadri of Magadha, which tells of how she invited the Buddha to her house and made offerings of smoke to him from the roof.

According to the writings of various scholars, it seems that incense offering was carried out in Tibet from the very early times when the teacher Tonpa Sherab, founder of the Bon religion, first came from Zhang Zhung (Afghanistan/ Tadzhikistan?) to spread his doctrine in Tibet.

The oldest extant text on incense offering, dates back to the eight century, when the Indian master Padmasambhava came to Tibet and built Samye monastery. This manual, containing detailed instructions on how to preform the ritual, was then hidden by him to await discovery at some appropriate juncture in the future. Several centuries later, two Treasure masters (tertons), one from northern Tibet and another from the south, discovered and revealed it. based on this Treasure (terma) text many Nyingma, Kagyu and Sakya lamas composed the incense offering. Later at the time of the third Dalai Lama, Sonam Gyatso, a lama by the name of Yeshe Wangpo, wrote a text on the incense offering from the Gelugpa point of view. Subsequently, three works were written on the subject by Panchen Lobsang Chogyen (1570-1662) and another by the fifth Dalai Lama.

The Ritual

The Incense offering should be done in the morning on a clean and elevated outdoor site, free of insects., either on a hill or the top of a house and inhabited by many local gods and nagas.

If performed during a festival, all the inhabitants of a locality may assemble and, at the end of the offering, stand in a row and throw a handful of tsampa (roasted barley flour) in the air. As this is usually a happy occasion, a dance often follows. In the summer, incense offering is often associated with picnics on top of mountains. It is closely linked with the hanging of prayer flags from trees or tall poles, especially on the third day of the new year, but also on other auspicious days.

The incense should be burned in a large urn-shaped burner (sang-khun) and should not have been trampled by people or animals. Wood, not coal, should be used as fuel and the substance to be burned as incense should be fragrant, such as the leaves of fern or juniper, or the branches of coniferous tree, rhododendron, and red or white sandalwood. In addition, tsampa, butter, sugar, and medicinal plants, and other substances free from the taint of alcohol, onion or garlic are burned.

When offering incense, people should examine their motivation and reflect that by making this offering to lamas, meditational deities and religious protectors, they will accumulate merit, which they should dedicate to the benefit of all sentient beings. If they have any specific requests, such as prayers for longevity or the removal of obstacles to religious practice, they should be made at this point. Next the practitioners take refuge, meditate on the four immeasurable wishes, love, compassion, joy, equanimity, and visualize themselves as deities. The objects to be offered are then blessed, rid of their ordinary appearances and transformed by meditation, gestures, and mantras into an inexhaustible source of great bliss which will please those to whom they are offered.

The offering ends with the practitioners asking the deities to forgive them for any mistakes in the performance of the ritual, such as improperly or incompletely reciting the words of the text. the deities are then asked to return to their abodes and auspicious verses are recited.

Incense offering can thus be preformed as an elaborate religious ritual, an offering of a fragrant purified of its ordinary qualities and appearance to lamas, meditational deities, religious protectors, nagas and local worldly gods. The offering is intended to please the deities, who rejoice at the merit of those making the offering. However, incense offering can also be preformed simply because it is an ancient custom, and a traditional means of purifying the atmosphere. Incense offering is also done to mark the passing away of important people, lamas or officials and in these ways it is a practice common to both Buddhists and Bonpos.

(Transcribed from “ME-LONG, The Newsletter of the council for Religious and Cultural Affairsof H.H. the Dalai Lama”, N0.6, April 1990)

Source: sacred-texts.com

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Due to technical reasons, our shop and blog were not available for about 14 hours.

Now everything is fixed and works flawless again!

We will make everything to ensure that such issue will not happen again.

Have a wonderful week everybody!

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Well, it took us longer than we expected…

But now everything is on site!

We now have more than 550 kinds of best Tibetan Incense - sticks and powder!

Go check out new series of Bhutanese incense. They are simply sooooo great that we even think about shutting down all the business and trade only incenses from Bhutan… (just joking…) I swear to you, it’s a whole different Universe.

Mandala Incense From Bhutan

Of course, picture doesn’t transmit a smell…

Apart of the incense, we have new brocades, prayer flags, great door handles and locks in traditional Tibetan style, offering bowls and more…

Ganesha Door Handle

Offering Bowls

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Well, we are overwhelmed by number of orders during the Sale… Amost all old stock is sold out!

I promised to put all the new stuff on site just after the Sale end, but apparently we need so much time to handle all the orders that we can’t work on the site now and it’ll take one-two more days…

Have a wonderful weekend everybody!

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We have new stock in the Tibetan Incense Shop!

And therefore we are happy to announce a clearance Sale on all of our old stock.
So come on in and get 50% off all of the items on sale!

Once announced, the sale lasts for only 24 hours. So hurry!

The Sale starts on July 2nd @ 12pm EDT (9am PDT, 17:00 BST) and ends on July 3rd @ 12pm EDT (9am PDT, 17:00 BST).

New Arrivals and Total Sale - 2010

The next day we open with new stock - now more than 550 kinds of Tibetan Incense!

Hope to see you amongst our happy regular customers.

Peace, Karmapa Chenno, Om Mani Peme Hung!

** Prayer Wheels are not included to the Sale.
** During the Sale, all our discounts and free shipping are not applied.

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