Tibetan Incense Culture

Preface:

Incense. In the monastic table of refinement. The virtue of pure precepts. Bit of incense and flowers and lamps painted fruit and tea and food treasure bead clothing ten offerings of the first. Can be seen. The virtue of incense. Wonderful and difficult to think about. The virtue of offering incense. Even more incredible. In the vulgar. Burn a pillar of pure incense. Use it to open the window of your mind. To touch the beauty of the world.　　The author of this book refers to a large number of books. Objective and true details of the Tibetan incense flow source. In today's rare.　　This "Tibetan incense culture" published. It is rare. Slightly described in my words. I am happy to praise you.　　Foolish Silk Fan Heshi Heng Yin July 15, 2007 To the Myriad Translations Institute India is one of the birthplaces of the world's spices. Before Indian Buddhism was introduced to China, the culture of incense had long been quietly emerging in the land of God. Luo Yin of the Fifth Generation wrote in a poem: "Sinking water is a good material to eat cypress treasure, and the Boshan stove warms the jade building in spring. I pity the king is also a groundless thing, greedy for the fragrance to forget the body." With the spread of Buddhism in the world, the culture of incense also took root in various parts of the world. Tang Dynasty monk Jianzhen eastward, not only Buddhism to Japan, but also brought with Buddhism has a close relationship with the culture of incense.

Tibet since the Tang began to gradually and completely show the state of development of incense-making, to the Yuan Dynasty has become brilliant. In Tibet, "Tantric practitioners make offerings to the Three Jewels and the Dharma Protectors with incense, so that the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas and the Dharma Protectors will be happy and protect them at all times, and will not come to obstruct the practitioners, so that the practitioners will be able to develop the precepts, determination and wisdom. ...... "Princess Wencheng went to Tibet and relatives for more than a thousand years, according to the survey, the history of Tibetan incense is not less than this time. Tibetan incense is also one of the main items of ancient snowy tribute to the court. Many of these ingredients are formed on the basis of absorbing and transforming the raw materials of India and China. Tibetan incense culture and Chinese culture also seems to exist between inextricably linked ......

This book **** divided into three parts. The first part is the history of the development of Tibetan incense, the development of Tibetan incense clues, the inheritance of the formation of factions to make a brief account of the main points, is intended to enable readers to faster brief understanding of Tibetan incense. The second part is the form and types of incense, also recorded some representative Tibetan incense raw materials, magic weapon, this part can be used as Tibetan incense lovers on the classification of incense research. The third part of the book analyzes the current situation of Tibetan incense culture in the market promotion and puts forward practical suggestions, which is intended to provide reference for readers to study in-depth the application of Tibetan incense in reality and to broaden their thinking.

This book in the process of editing a large number of historiographic information, brought together a representative of Tibetan history in some of the allusions and theses. In order to be prudent, some historical background information related to the origin and flow of Tibetan incense has been cited, and some information circulated in the folk and network has also been included. In order to be faithful to the Tibetan tradition, this book has not deleted or explained some of the religious and superstitious statements in the legends and quoted articles.

In the process of writing this book, I have received help from many great masters and brothers and experts. I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to all of you! As the Tibetan incense culture is a rich and profound discipline, and the author and limited knowledge, the book must be a lot of mistakes, I sincerely hope that readers do not hesitate to advise.