Dorjee Stupa Incense - 15 Sticks Tube Incense Stick independently held precious

independently held precious

Each bead carries its own scatter of gold

the pink crossed by dark veins of its own oxide

the pigment once costlier than gold

For when the ground needs to feel firm again - three smokes that end lower than they began

Dorjee Stupa Incense - 15 Sticks Tube Incense Stick independently held preciousThe Stupa workshop's Dorjee blend Himalayan juniper (Saang, Juniperus recurva J. squamata) and sal resin (Saldhoop, Shorea robusta) ground together and hand rolled into bamboo less 10cm sticks in the Kathmandu Valley. Fifteen sticks per tube, ~30 minutes burn each. The two named materials are characteristic of the South Asian subcontinent and the Himalayan range Saang grows across the high Himalayan ridges from Bhutan through Nepal; Saldhoop is the