How to deal with agarwood incense ash How to deal with incense ash

When the incense burner is burned out, pull out the incense feet and wipe the incense ashes in the furnace. If there is too much incense ash, you can dig some up with a small incense shovel and put it in a flower pot as fertilizer, because the incense ash contains potassium, which can change the pH of the soil and promote the growth of some flowers and plants. If there are more than one incense burner at home, you can also use the incense ash as the bottom ash of other open incense burners to make incense seals, and the practice of health preservation is not wrong.

The ashes left behind after the incense is smoked is called "incense ash", and many people generally do not care too much about the incense ash, and they will be poured out after the incense is smoked. But friends who really play incense cherish the incense ash and will save the incense ash. Playing agarwood pays attention to the stove, and the incense ash continues to be retained in the incense burner, which not only makes the aroma of the incense burner uninterrupted, but also makes the aroma more intense and eternal when the new incense is burned.

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Agarwood ash is saved up to make base ash. Incense lovers who often smoke incense know that it is very easy to extinguish the agarwood incense product in the unused incense burner, because the new incense burner material is non-flammable. Spread some incense ash on the bottom of the incense burner, and then put the lit incense, it will not be easy to extinguish.

It can be wrapped in clean paper or cloth and buried in clean soil. You can also collect the ashes and take them to the temple when you have time to pour them into the temple's large incense burner. You can also sprinkle the ash in running water and let it drift with the water.

Incense ash is the practice of the practitioner's diligence and accumulation of resources, which is implicit and solemn, so the incense ash can be equal to all sentient beings. Ten, the Four Realms and. The incense ash accumulates too much, and it can be sprinkled on the land, rivers, and even the ancestral tombs.

The incense ash in the incense burner can be given away, etc., and it can be treated with respect. When the incense burns out of the incense burner, the incense feet should be pulled out, and the ash in the furnace should be smoothed, and it should not be crowded or dirty.

Generally, how to deal with the incense ash after ignition? Generally, it will be stored in a small box first, and when it can't be contained, it will fall into the bucket, which seems to be a bit inappropriate, because the incense is our heart, so the ash left after burning the incense is also powerful. The ash can be buried in flower pots, planters, or aquariums, and should not be discarded in buckets.

Precautions when applying incense

Before offering incense, the body and mind should be cleansed, and the heart should be pious; Secondly, it is best to bathe beforehand, especially with clean hands, to make incense with a clean body and mind. It is advisable to use three branches of incense, which means that there is no leakage of precepts, concentration, and wisdom; It also means that offering to the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha is the most complete and civilized incense offering. The incense is not much, the value is sincerity, the so-called rent and burial "burn three civilized incense, respect a sincere heart".

Generally, three incense sticks are placed in front of the Daxiong Treasure Hall. After lighting the incense, it should be inserted in the middle of the incense burner, and the first incense should be inserted in the middle, and the heart should be silently recited: offering to the Buddha, feeling and not being confused; The second incense stick is inserted on the right side, and the heart is silently recited:

The law of offering is good but not evil; The third incense stick was inserted on the left, and he silently recited in his heart: Offering to the monks, pure and unstained. Please incense yourself, it is best to ask for incense, do not burn high incense, big disadvantages of incense, etc.

If the temple provides incense, you can put incense money as you like to show your respect for the Three Jewels.

When worshipping incense, raise the incense to the height of the forehead, and then bow three times, holding the incense not lower than the chest. Before and after offering incense, you should pay attention to your speech and behavior, such as not making loud noises in the temple, not pointing your fingers at Buddha statues, and not saying disrespectful words to the Buddha.

The incense ash in the incense burner should be kept clean and tidy, not too full, if it accumulates too much, there can be the following treatments:

1. Wrap the incense ash and make offerings to others. Some people have just asked for an incense burner, and the filling inside needs incense ashes, but they can't find it, so they can be transferred to those who need it.

2. Send it to the large incense burner of the temple and process it centrally.

3. Put it in a flower pot at home or bury it in the yard so that no one can step on it.

4. If conditions permit, it can also be sprinkled into the rivers and seas.