Tsering Jong Rangjung Tibetan Incense Stick - Tsering Jong, Tibet 

Tsering Jong Rangjung Traditional Tibetan incense is produced by Tsering Jong Nunnery in central Tibet. It is made according to the ancient recipe of incense making, using cypress and holly seeds from various holy places as the main ingredients, and adding precious medicinal plants such as red and white sandalwood, saffron and agarwood. The cypress trees in various holy places include cypress trees in Lumbini, Kapilavastu, Bodhgaya and Sarnath in India and Nepal, cypress trees in Samye Chimpu, Drakmar Yamalung, Drak Yerpa, Yarlung Sheldrak and other sacred places in Tibet where Guru Padmasambhava practiced, and cypress trees in Gangri Thökar, the sacred seat of Longchenpa. Especially precious is this incense contain the cypress trees that naturally grew from the place where Rigzin Jigme Lingpa put his hair in the Tsering Jong.

This incense is perfect for offerings and relaxation and purification, and invoke the blessings of Guru Rinpoche and all the lineage masters of the Nyingthig lineage of Nyingma. 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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Approx. 50 sticks per pkg
Length: 23cm x 3mm 
Weight: 90g

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.