The birthplace of Damora Tibetan incense
In Tibet, there is a holy mountain known as Damora, which is rich in all kinds of medicinal herbs. It is not only a holy place for Tibetan Buddhism, but also a “medicine mountain” on which Tibetan doctors rely, where all kinds of precious plants and herbs grow. Tibetans strictly select the best natural raw materials, and through a unique concoction process, coupled with traditional Tibetan secret recipes, the earliest Damora Tibetan incense was produced.After generations of inheritance, Damora Tibetan incense aroma dense thousand years, people smell its herbal fragrance, with its long history to measure the measure of time.
Damora & Desi Sangay Gyatso
Tibetan incense originated in the 7th century during the time of the Tubo Dynasty, Songtsen Gampo hired famous doctors from all over the world to promote the development of Tibetan medicine, Master Tunmi Sangbuzha translated the results of medical research into Tibetan and then combined with the world's best pharmacological and medical science to create Tibetan incense, which was used to make offerings to the Guru, the Three Jewels, and for daily health care.In 1671, Desi. Sangye Gyaltsen (the first generation of Damora Tibetan Incense), as a leader who understood the teachings of Buddhism and the essence of Tibetan medicine. When he was studying the Tibetan medicine Mantang, he thought hard about how to reduce the plague of diseases in the world, to drive away the diseases and evils, and to make it easy for people to use the Tibetan medicine for their health in normal times. After painstaking research, he combined the traditional Tibetan incense with Tibetan medicine, spreading Tibetan medicine through the way of incense smoke in the air, which gradually became the daily necessities for the court health care and monks' practice.On the basis of traditional Tibetan incense craft, Desi. Sangye Gyatso also according to the research of Tibetan medicine discovery, adding beneficial to the human heart medicine nutmeg, lung medicine bamboo Huang, liver medicine cloves, kidney medicine cardamom, spleen medicine sand nuts and India imported purple and white sandalwood, saffron, benzoin, which Go and altitude of more than 4,000 above the Gandan Kamba, Huajin, only raise Ge and other pure natural precious herbs. After a special concoction process, integrated into the traditional Tibetan incense, the production of Damora Palace Tibetan incense dedicated to the palace health.
DIS. Sangye Gyaltsen
(First generation of Tibetan incense bearers in Tibet,Damora)
Wisdom passed on
Desi. Sangay Gyatso also personally taught the art of making Tibetan incense and appointed a special family to be responsible for this sacred work. Over the years, this traditional technique has been passed down and developed through 19 generations, eventually developing into the current “Damora Palace Tibetan Incense”.
(Sanju, the 18th generation and Niji, the 19th generation.)
Making of Tibetan incense
Tibetan incense is a part or a branch of Tibetan medicine, and the Tibetan incense of Damora is consistent with the theoretical basis of Tibetan medicine, both in terms of the choice of raw materials and the principles of the formula. So the generations of Tibetan incense masters in Damora are also a good Tibetan doctor.Each ride on the end of the pull court Tibetan incense, the inheritors are strictly follow the first division. Sangay Gyatso handed down the recipe and production process, to ensure that each piece of incense has the pure flavor of the palace.The process of making incense is complex and delicate: from the collection of raw materials, proportioning to the production of incense sticks, drying, a total of 68 concoctions, 37 kinds of raw materials, is one of the few on the market with a complete concoction of technology and proportion of incense, and we insist on not using any chemical additives, to ensure that the aroma is pure and natural. This insistence on quality stems from the inheritor's deep affection for this ancient art, and from our desire to bring the most genuine aroma to every user.
(Some of the raw materials of Damora Tibetan incense)