Tsering Jong Rangjung Tibetan Incense Powder

Tsering Jong Rangjung Tibetan Incense Powder - Tsering Jong, Tibet

Tsering Jong Rangjung incense is made by Tsering Jong Nunnery in central Tibet following a traditional recipe. Its principal ingredients are cypress and holly seeds, blended with red and white sandalwood, saffron, agarwood, and other herbs.

The cypress comes from sacred places including Lumbini, Kapilavastu, Bodhgaya, and Sarnath in India and Nepal; Samye Chimpu, Drakmar Yamalung, Drak Yerpa, and Yarlung Sheldrak in Tibet; and Gangri Thökar, the seat of Longchenpa. The blend also includes cypress from trees traditionally said to have grown where Rigzin Jigme Lingpa placed his hair at Tsering Jong.

This incense is suited to offerings, meditation, and traditional purification rituals associated with Guru Rinpoche and the masters of the Nyingthig lineage. Tsering Jong, located in central Tibet, is a Nyingma monastery that was founded by Jigme Lingpa as a hermitage in 1762. It has functioned as an active nunnery since the nineteenth century.

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Weight: approx. 60 g

About Jigme Lingpa:
Jigme Lingpa (1730–1798) is regarded as one of the most important figures in the Nyingma lineage. Also known as ‘Khyentse Özer’, ‘Rays of Compassion and Wisdom’, he was a great scholar and visionary, and discovered the Longchen Nyingtik cycle of teachings and practice through a series of visions from the great fourteenth century master, Longchenpa. With the patronage of the Dergé royal family, Jigme Lingpa published the compilation of Nyingma tantras known as the Nyingma Gyübum and composed a catalogue to accompany it.