Burning incense is a timeless spiritual practice. It harkens back to days of sacred offerings, weddings, annointment, and open fires where burnt offerings were made. In addition, burning incense is a healing, soothing and uplifting activity. Each incense formula will have a different cleansing, healing or purifying effect.
In the Buddhist, Hindu and Christian traditions, burning incense is a way to make offerings of gratitude through scent. For the Buddhist and Hindu practitioner offering scent to all beings is a way to purify karma and release the self-clinging tendency by generously giving a beautiful scent for the welfare and pleasure of all beings. Incense can be offered for the upliftment, purification and well-being of others.
In the Biblical Christian and Jewish traditions similar notions can be found. Tibetan Buddhists perform Chod practice, burning sweet substances as an offering in the same manner. All that matters is to offer the wonderful aroma for all beings to enjoy.
Using incense is a powerful science or art of cultivating positive states of mind and worshiping. Burning incense in not just a way of masking unpleasant smells, but a way to refresh your heart and mind.
Our incense offerings are made by the masters in Japan, India, Nepal and the Middle East. The incense recipes are hundreds or even thousands of years old created from natural plant ingredients.
Fine Quality Aromatic Aloes Wood Incense Woods are highly prized by the Japanese as the finest of incense selections. The scent of the wood is so unusually refined that we can smell the delicate aroma from across the room while not being burned, even when the bag is closed! You must understand, this is not a strong, overpowering smell but a gentle aroma from the wood chips; one that awakens a quietly pleasant feeling. It is the type of experience that makes one want to go over and open the bag, and just smell it every so often.
There is nothing like Aloes Wood chips. They are grown and harvested from the wild in Southeast Asia where it is also known as Agarwood, Eagle wood, Jinko, and Oud or Kyara. We offer several choices for the discriminating buyer. These fine selections are special order items - please allow several weeks for delivery. Let us know the size of the piece or total weight you are seeking.
