In Buddhist scriptures, incense is often used to compare the mind and morality of Taoist priests. As recorded in the sutra of abstaining from incense, the Buddha told disciple Ananda that those who keep virtue and virtue have "abstinence from incense", and this supreme fragrance spreads to ten parties. Although there is trouble, it is unimpeded, which is incomparable to all incense in the world; Master Huineng described the five-point dharma body theory in Six Ancestors Tanjing by abstaining from incense, fixing incense, benefiting incense, releasing incense, and releasing knowledge to see incense. In the Shurangama Sutra, the general trend is that the Bodhisattva states that if the practitioner can remember the Buddha's nature sincerely, he will be blessed and accepted by the Buddha, which means that "if a person dyes the fragrance and smells fragrant, it is said that the fragrance is solemn".
Buddhists believe that incense has a direct impact on people's body and mind. A good fragrance is not only fragrant and pleasant, but also helps people to achieve a calm, ethereal and agile state, achieve positive determination in a relaxed and happy way, and prove that they are self-sufficient. Moreover, good smell has a subtle influence on people, which can cultivate people's physical and mental roots to develop in the direction of righteousness and goodness. It smells like healthy qi. If we can get closer and smell more, we will benefit a lot. Therefore, Buddhists regard incense as an aid to monasticism. As the best fragrance, agarwood is expensive, but there are still many people who spend a lot of money to cultivate their self-cultivation and help them to achieve positive results.
Buddhism has advocated the use of incense in meditation, chanting and other exercises since ancient times. There are incense everywhere inside and outside the temple, creating a good practice environment. And the category of incense is also carefully selected. Not only the first-class single spice is used, but also the combination fragrance which is more suitable for cultivation is blended according to a specific formula. Even different cultivation methods use different formulas of incense. Many accomplished wizards are also good perfumers.
Aquilaria sinensis is famous for its unique fragrance that can communicate with the three realms. With its unique high-quality fragrance, it is recognized by five major religions in the world: Buddhism, Taoism, Christianity, Islam and Catholicism.
Buddhists use many kinds of incense, and there are many varieties and forms. Let's talk about the use of incense by Buddhists from the aspects of varieties and forms.
Buddhists use many kinds of spices, including those from South Asia, Nanyang Islands, West Asia, Australia and China. A variety of spices were recorded in the early Buddhist scriptures, such as Aquilaria Resinatum, Sandalwood, Borneolum Syntheticum, Acorus calamus, benzoin, Calculus Bovis, Radix Curcumae, Alfalfa, Musk, Realgar, Chuanxiong, Lycium barbarum, Rosin, Cinnamomum cassia, Angelica dahurica, Rhizoma Cyperi, Cinnamomum cassia, Cinnamomum camphora, Phragmites australis, Bambusa, Cardamom, Gan Song and Huang Zhu.
The incense used by Buddhists has not only various flavors, but also thousands of forms. There are "burning incense" for smoking, "spreading incense" on the body, fragrant soup soaked with spices, and fragrant mud ground with spices; There are flaky and blocky fragrant wood and powdered fragrant powder; There is a single spice, but also a variety of spices and combinations of incense. These colorful incense products appeared at the beginning of Buddhism.
From the production process of incense, the forms and varieties of incense used by Buddhists are various, but the changes are only external, and their needs, compatibility and fragrance blending have never changed, which may be the core of Buddhists' use of incense in practice.
Incense is not only offered in front of the Buddha statue, but also used to worship the scriptures. Spices are often mixed into paint to paint the doors and windows of Buddhist temple pillars, and perfume is often sprinkled on important places.
Not only use incense, but also have respectful and solemn etiquette before and after incense. Especially in major ceremonies, all monks have to kneel down and read special incense burning songs before they can burn incense, and then read hymns after burning incense. According to "Buddhist Canon", "If you want to praise virtue, you must first go to the incense table, rest and worry about it, miss virtue, prove it, land on your knees, hold the incense burner in your hand, and say," Stop the incense and extinguish it, Ming Yuntai will go all over the dharma world, support hundreds of buddhas, and smell the incense and prove silence. "
According to the scriptures, the Buddha himself and other saints have repeatedly stated that incense is the most important supply. The Buddha once said to the pure and wise Bodhisattva, "Make all kinds of wonderful scents such as sandalwood, red sandalwood, Tamara incense, Gan Song, male valley, white sandalwood, dragon brain, agarwood, musk, clove, etc. into perfume, give the Buddha a bath, and then pour some washing water on his head to" burn all kinds of scents as a support ". This is "the most extraordinary victory of all sacrifices." "
Another example is the Huayan Sutra, which records: "Take care of the good roots of the Buddhas, cover them with boundless incense, cover them with boundless incense, cover them with boundless incense, have boundless incense flags, have boundless incense palaces, have boundless incense lamps, have boundless incense flames, live in boundless incense houses, have boundless incense buddhas, have boundless incense kings, have boundless incense seas, have boundless incense rivers, have boundless incense trees, have boundless incense clothes and have boundless incense.
When we visit a temple, we are sometimes infected by the curling smoke in the temple, so we can't help but buy a wick to worship Buddha, or the smoke will bring our good wishes or prayers to the gods, let them perceive our wishes and make their dreams come true. !
I hope to get the more durable agarwood I can think of. It is better to burn the supreme agarwood. Then you have high quality and good workmanship, and it must be worth it.