Sang, the incense powder, is the clearest stuff, it’s basically a material the incense sticks are being rolled from. That’s why the experts prefer to burn powdered incense. Though it is slightly more difficult in use than usual sticks.
I’ve already bought couple of dozens of sorts of sang in your shop, and I can confess you that the
Temple Sang series is my favorite, I tried them all. The
Medicine Buddha one is something beyond this world at all.
Not every sang can be lit equal easily. Some sorts you can easily light with a match, some sorts - with a burning incense stick, and for some you need to use a charcoal.
My patented method - is to mix several sorts of sang; first I light one that ignites easily, and when it starts to smolder it ignites the one that I have chosen for today.
Or I just grab a charcoal. How to use it? First, you take a small ceramic bowl. Make a bed of sang on it. It can be the simplest and cheapest sort. Then you take a charcoal tablet with tweezers and light it up. Wait for the charcoal to warm up, when it stops to sparkle and starting to go gray around the edges. Then you lay it flat on the bed of incense powder and on the top you pour the sang you want to be a guest tonight.
Voila!
Thank you for the great shop.
Wish you all the soonest enlightenment!
Monica Torres,
Barcelona, Spain
Recently I began thinking about incense – the different types and scents, my favorites and where I was when I first smelled it.
It comes in sticks, ropes, powder, coils, dhoops, wood chips, cones. And comes from India, China, Japan, and all over the world, but the best ones are from Nepal and Tibet. You can light it for rituals or light it ‘just because’.
I’ve enjoyed many scents from the basic cheap to the handmade expensive and I always return to sandalwood. Or a sandalwood mix. It loyally permeated the sixties with me and followed me into the next century. Sandalwood has the history and the memory factor that none of the others have.
My first sandalwood incense experience began at a head shop in Daytona Beach, Florida. The ‘after dinner’ crowd was shopping and people watching on the sidewalks next to the beach. My senses were riveted with sounds of motorcycles, music by the Tams, kids screaming for snow-cones, Moms sipping on Singapore Slings and the freaks were stopping in the head shop to buy some new music or a peace sign patch. I could smell the incense long before I could see the head shop. I go inside and buy a ring with a large red stone. I hear Surrealistic Pillow on the turntable and we discuss the songs and talk about Grace Slick. I stood out like a sore thumb in my small town, but these were my people and I feel a real kinship with them.
Anticipation surrounded me that summer night and I felt I was in the midst of a beautiful memory that would last a lifetime. Permeated in a young girl’s adolescence and the smell of sandalwood.
Kate Steinard,
Daytona Beach, Florida
Obviously burning incense is not directly to do with meditation, but there’s an indirect connection. As part of our preparation for meditation it’s common to settle down by going through some form of ceremonial ritual.
Rituals can be very simple of very complex. One of the most common forms of ritual action is to light incense. It’s best if this is done mindfully. First one lights candles, and then the end of a stick of incense is lit in the candle flame. Usually we let the end of the incense burn with a flame for a few seconds, and then the incense is gently waved in the air. This has the effect both of extinguishing the flame so that the incense is now glowing as an ember rather than as a flame, and of sending a stream of smoke into the air. Some people will then bow before sitting for meditation.
I’ve always found that the choice of incense is important. Certain kinds of incense can produce a very calming effect, and we can very quickly build up positive associations with a particular scent, so that the mind becomes quiet and a retreat-like atmosphere settles around us.
The more refined the incense is, the more likely it is that it will have a positive emotional and mental effect. Japanese incense is generally more refined (and in fact the world of Japanese incense is like the world of wine, with a great variety of qualities ranging from merely good to connoisseur-level). Indian incense can be more rough and chemical-smelling. Tibetan incense is more natural, and although some is refined much of it is like a fire on a hillside. That’s my experience; your mileage may vary.
Xian Kim, NY
I love many incense from your site, and especially from Aromatic series. Here is my review on some of them.
Benzoin. I really liked this soothing scent. It’s sweet and floral, in just the right combination of light and rich. My partner (not always wild about incense) loves it and says it reminds him of honey or honeysuckle. It’s very relaxing - I use it when reading or unwinding - and it’s definitely in my top five.
Amber. Being an asmatic I just could not take smoky scent indoors. This incense opened up a whole new world for me. They are low smoke and have a delicate scent the permeates the room even with one stick lit! Amber is one of my favorite scents from way back. Being a child of the 70’s when incense was very much in I used to burn incense everyday. Now that I have found Morning Star incense I can again smell the delightful calming scent of Amber! A quality product and a very good price.
Jasmine. It’s so hard to find jasmine incense that isn’t charcoal blanks dipped in oil. Even when the oil is of the best quality, dipped incense can’t hold a candle to a good durbar or masala. This is a nearly perfect jasmine scent, delicate and potent at once. The pleasant wooded undertone contrasts nicely with the jasmine, keeping it from getting too heady while loaning it an irresistible, ambrosia-like quality.
Tuberose. This is one of my all-time favorite scents. I find this irresistable. I put the opened packs in my clothing drawers, so that my clothes will be scented with this fragrance. It is very powerful emotionally, although the frangrance is not all covering. It is its essence and not its strength that makes it so inviting.
And a couple of words about your great site.
Since I first found your website I simply fall in love, then (unfortunately :) or not) I get addicted to the website and your wonderful items! You are the first (and often the last) place I am looking for the incenses. In addition your customer care service is second to none! I just placed order yesterday and another one today - and I am pretty sure it wasn’t the last one! Many thanks for wonderful things, reasonable prices, great service and simply for being there for me! I already recommended you to my friends! Thanks again.
John Marshall
Cape Coral, Florida, US
I came across your site by accident while trying to hunt down some Palijor incense. I had bought a book on Tibetan medicine and wanted to try it out as I hate conventional drugs! I loved your site as it explains what each incense is used for - I found this very helpful.
Your service was wonderful and you also recommended incense for Asthma, a problem I suffer with.
I had a bad cough following a cold and two doses of antibiotics failed to clear it up. After using Palijor twice a day and inhaling the aroma (I placed it near my face), my cough miraculously cleared up.
I ordered around 15 packs of different incense from you - all of which are wonderful. I used to burn small highly scented incense before discovering Tibetan incense, but having used this, the benefits are immediate and I can feel the presence of Monks! I love the fact they are made from natural herbs, flowers and spices and do not contain anything artificial. I also find it very comforting knowing that have been made under the supervision of a Tibetan Doctor.
My Father and daughter died within six months of one another and in both cases their passing was relaxed and peaceful. I frequently burned a combination of Agar 31, Tara, Green Tara, Palijor, Kalachakra and cedarwood, particularly in their last two weeks of life.
My son has just spent five weeks here recuperating from a foot operation. He was discharged on the day of the operation and was in constant pain and had trouble sleeping. On the second day he was still in pain but when I lit Agar 31 he actually fell asleep and when he awoke several hours later he was much more relaxed and the pain had lessened. We used many packets of incense while he was here and his foot healed beautifully.
Thank you so much
Viv Smith
Bedford
United Kingdom
The Tibetan Incense Shop is having a Christmas Incense Essay Contest. If you like incense and like to write, this could be your chance to win big.
The rules are simple. Write a review of some incense from the shop (or other products), or go freestyle and write about your experience with any Tibetan incense. If not a review, an article about the usage and/or benefits of Tibetan incense will be accepted. Reviews/articles about sang (powder incense) and its usage are mostly welcomed.
The best entry will win $100 in merchandise from the Tibetan Incense Shop!
Results of the contest will be announced on December 1, 2008. At that time, winners will be able to ’shop for free’ in the Tibetan Incense Shop for the amount they won. All prizes includes free delivery of the merchandise.
Three prizes will be awarded:
- 1st prize - $100
- 2nd prize - $50
- 3rd prize - $20
The terms of the contest:
- Send your essay to e-mail contest@tibet-incense.com
- The best essays will be published on our site
- The winners will be enunciate on December 1, 2008
- The winners choose the merchandise for the amount they won
- The winners get free delivery of their prize by registered air mail
- The winners of the prizes are not eligible for general purchase discount
Good luck!
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