Sandalwood Powder

Sandalwood is a popular incense which produces a very pleasant aroma, making it an ideal wood for making incense offerings. Widely used in Buddhism, Hinduism and western culture, sandalwood helps to cleanse the air and atmosphere and promotes mindfulness. It is also effective for relaxing and soothing the soul, and to relieve anxiety.

Sandalwood incense can be used to appease local spirits, hungry ghosts and “landlords” that could disturb the peace in home, and helps clear away any stagnant energy which may have accumulated over time. Place a spoonful of this incense powder in the cup of the Kemenyen sandalwood incense cup and walk clockwise around each room in your home, and in the outside garden and compound of your home.

Chant the following mantra while you are walking:

NAMAH SARVA TATHAGATHA AVALOKITE OM SAMBHARA SAMBHARA HUNG

After completing your walk-about, dedicate all the incense smells to the spiritual protectors, landlords, wandering spirits and ancestral ghosts around you and request that they look after you instead of harming you.