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During the Obon festival, offering incense infused with sweet tea, a favorite of Buddha, is a way to express your feelings and is sure to please. This bamboo charcoal sweet tea incense, with its low smoke and subtle sweet fragrance, helps to free our minds from the worries of everyday life.
Incense sticks infused with "sweet tea," a favorite food of Buddha. It is said that offering Buddha's favorite food makes him more attentive to your wishes, granting them a "feast from Buddha." You can pray for Buddha's protection on the journey of the deceased. A feast from Buddha to grant your wishes. Famous Sweet Tea Incense.
Place of origin: Japan (Awaji Island, the home of incense production) / Packaging: Paper box / Package size: Length 15.5cm x Height 2.9cm x Width 3.5cm
Shape: Incense sticks for Buddhist ceremonies. Healing incense / Contents: 18g / Weight: approx. 47g / Length: approx. 14cm / Burning time: approx. 30 minutes
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Incense sticks, commemorative gifts, presents, memorial gifts, Obon gifts, New Year's gifts, bamboo charcoal sweet tea incense, 18g loose incense sticks, Awaji Baikundou.
This incense, "Amacha-ko," is a sacred incense made with carefully selected sweet tea, the same tea used to celebrate the birth of Buddha on April 8th, the Flower Festival, by pouring it over the statue of the infant Buddha.
Let me treat you to this. The bamboo charcoal sweet tea incense has bamboo charcoal mixed in, so there is hardly any smoke and the fragrance is very subtle.
It is a well-established belief among Shinto and Buddhists that incense sticks, which are offered as tributes rather than being mere incense for personal enjoyment, should first be presented to the Buddha in a beautiful form, along with his favorite foods, before making a request, and then the offerings should be received. It is said that by dressing up beautifully (performing a celebratory dance like Kagura) and offering a feast to the Buddha during Obon, when ancestors who have transformed from their ego into Buddha return, the Buddha's wish for a feast will be granted, and the deceased and their family will receive the Buddha's blessings, bringing peace to the world.
This popular sweet tea incense is said to grant the Buddha's wish for a feast, as it opens the eyes to attentiveness, consideration, and thoughtfulness, builds a mountain of moral tradition, maintains order that respects elders, leads to selfless acts of altruism, and allows descendants to pass on good deeds to their ancestors.
Extending our compassionate standards to how we treat our ancestors who have returned as Buddhas, we offer a grand hospitality, incorporating sweet tea and incense—favorites of the Buddhas—into the Obon festival, welcoming guests with dignity and sincerity.
Showing attentiveness, consideration, and thoughtfulness by offering a meal brings immense merit, refining and elevating one's character. It fulfills the Buddha's wish for a meal.
Manufactured by Awaji Baikundo, a company with a history of over 100 years since its founding. We continue to make incense sticks using natural ingredients and cherishing our long-standing traditional manufacturing methods.
Ginza and Kyoto, places where people gather, are like markets where incense sticks are sold.
For gifts, incense sets, and presents, let Awaji Baikundo's exquisitely crafted incense convey your feelings to your loved ones.