Above: One of the many large incense burners around the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa.
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1. Peace Offering Incense. Made of sandalwood, ambergriss, saffron and other medicinal ingredients as an offering to all Buddhas, Bodhisattvas and guardian deities of the ten directions. Comes in a bamboo tube wrapped in a silk brocade bag. 19 thick sticks, spicy, smokey, like a Tibetan temple. Click on the picture to see the incense. 9" long. $10.
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2. Tibetan Herbal Medicine. For relief of stress, headaches and muscle pain due to tension. 31 ingredients. 11", 24 sticks. $8.
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3. Pure Sandalwood. 10", 19 sticks - SOLD OUT.
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4. Gift Pack of 4 Healing and Ritual Incenses. 4 boxes, each with about 20 sticks, and a small wooden incense burner. Packed in a larger gift box that comes wrapped in a Tibetan ritual scarf. 8" long. $10. Click on the photo to see details.
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5. Tibetan Zimpua. Made with 35 different spices. 12", 45 sticks - $10.
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1. Deer Incense Burner. Copper and brass, 6 1/2" long, 5" tall, 3" wide. The eight auspicious symbols on the sides and a pierced copper top which the smoke drifts lazily through. The top is also decorated with brass figures of birds and deer like a Tibetan temple roof. $45. |
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2. Large Om Mani Burner. This is a beautifully made extra large burner made of copper decorated with brass sacred symbols, a row of Om Mani Padme Hums mantra in Sanskrit, and two deer. Wonderful prancing lions guard each corner. The incense smoke drifts through the lacy pierced top. 10" (26 cm.) long by 6" (15 cm.) tall by 4" (10 cm.) wide. SOLD. |
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3. Buddha Altar Incense and Candle Burner. 12" tall. Copper with brass and nickel. A lacy cylindar with brass wind horse medallions opens to a small Buddha figure and a space for either incense or a candle. The smoke wafts through the lacy fretwork -- or the candle light shines through throwing patterns on the wall and lighting up the Buddha on the top. If you fill the space for the candle with sand it will firmly hold almost any size candle. $75. |
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4. Tibetan Wood Burner. 14" (36 cm.) long, diameter 4 1/2" high. Painted wood with a tin liner where the incense is burned on a bed of ash. The typically Tibetan, and the neatest and safest, way to burn incense. Carved with lotus flowers and the mantra "Om Mani Padme Hum." With a little drawer to store incense. $58. (Price includes free shipping.) |
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5. Buddha Altar Burner. 6" in diameter, 4" high. Copper, nickel, brass. Ingenioiusly serves as both an altar and an incense burner at the same time. Decorated with medallions of the sacred symbols and four Buddha figures facing in towards the center, the base is a lotus blossom held up by 3 deer and with the mantra "Om mane padme hum above. The ash is collected in a bowl and can be used for blessings; fill the center with sand and it will hold any size incense stick. SOLD. |
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6. Lotus Burner and Candle Holder. Copper and brass, 5 1/2" (14 cm.) wide, 4" (10 cm.) tall. With medallions of sacred symbols and meditating Buddhas. Holds both Tibetan style incense and the thin Indian sticks. The center opens to hold a tea light or candle. $52. |
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7. Incense Burner and Candle Lamp. 13 1/2" high, 4" in diameter. Copper fretwork with brass medallions. The candle behind the fretwork throws off starlike patterns and the smoke from the incense glows. Uses a regular votive candle. SOLD OUT. |
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8. Large Yogini Incense/Thanka Holder. 14" (35 cm.) high, 2 1/4" (5.7 cm.) in diameter. Tibetan nomads are often pilgrims and need to carry incense as offerings to the temples and holy places they visit -- or a thanka for a travelling altar. Copper with four gilt figures of dancing yoginis. $95. |
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