Sang Offering Series

A brief explanation of the popular ritual of incense smoke offering—or sang—detailing the visualization and describing the benefits of the practice.

8 Aug 2006

The Gentle Rain of Benefit and Joy: An Explanation of the Practice of Sang Offering

by Gyalse Shenpen Thaye

In this rare commentary on the Mountain Incense-Smoke Offering (ri bo bsangs mchod), Gyalse Shenpen Thaye explains the historical origins of the practice and then offers a word-by-word interpretation of Lhatsün Namkha Jigme's revelation.

19 Dec 2005

Yarlha Shampo Sang Offering

by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö

A brief incense smoke (bsang) and serkyem offering rite to the protective mountain deity Yarlha Shampo, composed in 1956.

Dharma Protectors Tibet Restricted 10 Sep 2020

The Smoke Offering for Sengchen Norbu Dradül

by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa

A simple text to accompany the offering of fragrant incense smoke (bsang) to Gesar Sengchen Norbu Dradül, Great Lion Jewel, Tamer of Foes.

Gesar 20 Mar 2023

Brief Smoke Offering to the Great Lion of the World

by Karma Chakme

A simple, eight-line text to accompany the offering of sang, or fragrant incense smoke, to Gesar, the great leonine warrior-king.

Gesar 9 Jan 2019

The Source of Happiness and Fortune: A Concise Smoke Offering to Gesar

by Sera Khandro

A four-line liturgy for offering purificatory incense smoke (sang) to Gesar, which Sera Khandro says she composed out of laziness when accumulating multiple such offerings.

Gesar Ḍākinī Treasury 5 May 2025

Short Sang Offering to Kurukullā

by Mipham Rinpoche

A four-line verse to accompany the offering of sang (bsang), or fragrant incense smoke, to Kurukullā and her retinue.

Kurukullā Rinchen Terdzö Restricted 12 Feb 2021

The Lotus Net: A Sang Offering to the Mighty Lotus Ḍākinī, Kurukullā

by Mipham Rinpoche

Mipham Rinpoche composed this more extensive practice for offering sang, or purificatory incense smoke, to the magnetizing ḍākinī Kurukullā at the request of a doctor named Atsang.

Kurukullā Rinchen Terdzö Khyentse Kabab Restricted 29 Mar 2021

The Concise Cleansing Offering from The Guru’s Heart Practice: Dispelling All Obstacles on the Path

by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa

Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa revealed this concise smoke offering practice (bsang mchod) as part of the famous cycle known as The Guru's Heart Practice: Dispelling All Obstacles on the Path (bla ma'i thugs sgrub bar chad kun sel).

Termas Tukdrup Barché Kunsel Chokling Tersar 4 Mar 2020

Sang Offering to Yellow Jambhala

by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö

This brief sang (bsang) offering to Jambhala, the deity of wealth, was written for a Vajrayāna master at Dzongsar named Lama Jampal Chöwang.

Jambhala Wealth & Prosperity 5 Mar 2020

Lasel Chenmo: A Sang Offering to the Nāgas

by Karma Chakme

Lasel Chenmo, 'The Great Spirit Clearing', is a practice for offering sang (incense smoke) to the nāgas (serpent spirits). It is a terma composed by Padmasambhava and revealed by Karma Chakme. This edition also includes further practices written by Paṇchen Lobzang Chökyi Gyaltsen (1570–1662), Tsasum Terdak Lingpa (1694–1738) and others.

2 Jun 2017

Brief Sang Offering

by Mipham Rinpoche

A simple practice of smoke offering, which Mipham composed at Thrangu hermitage in 1905.

10 Jan 2019

Brief Sang Offering to Purify Contamination

by Mipham Rinpoche

A very short, four-line liturgy for a purificatory smoke offering (mnol bsang) based on the view of the Great Perfection.

10 Jan 2019

Divine Blue Water: A Contamination Purifying Smoke Offering by the Great Master Padmasambhava

by Padmasambhava

Divine Blue Water (lha chab sngon mo) is a smoke offering (bsang) ritual that functions as a remedy against ritual pollution (grib), specifically the form known as ‘contamination’ (mnol). The text is attributed to Padmasambhava, but was not hidden as a treasure (gter ma); it was painted on the wall at Samye Monastery and it is from there that the textual lineage derives. Kyabje Dudjom Rinpoche (1904–1987) edited the version published here, which appears in modern editions of the Nyingma Kama.

Nyingma Kama 18 Feb 2018

Brief Sang Offering

by Shabkar Tsokdruk Rangdrol

This short ritual for offering fragrant incense smoke was written at Lapchi, in the mountains near the border between southern Tibet and Nepal.

25 May 2023

Mountain Smoke Offering from The Life-Force Practice of the Vidyādharas

revealed by Lhatsün Namkha Jigme

The Mountain Smoke Offering (ri bo bsangs mchod) from Lhatsün Namkha Jigme's Life-Force Practice of the Vidyādharas (rig 'dzin srog sgrub) revelation is one of the most famous and widely practised smoke-incense (bsangs) offering rituals in Tibetan Buddhism, and appears in a number of editions. This is the original version, without any introductory practices or other additions.

Termas 12 Feb 2008

The Mountain Smoke Offering (Riwo Sangchö)

revealed by Lhatsün Namkha Jigme

Lhatsün Namkha Jikmé revealed this famous smoke offering rite from the Accomplishing the Life-Force of the Vidyādharas (rig 'dzin srog sgrub) while he was opening up the hidden land of Sikkim. This is the version of the practice that appears in the Rinchen Terdzö collection.

Rinchen Terdzö 3 Jan 2022

The Mountain Smoke Offering (Riwo Sangchö) Arranged for Recitation

by Lhatsün Namkha Jigme, arranged by Dudjom Rinpoche

As the title implies, Dudjom Rinpoche Jikdral Yeshe Dorje arranged the text of Lhatsün Namkha Jikme's Mountain Smoke Offering (ri bo bsang mchod) for regular recitation by adding verses for taking refuge, generating bodhicitta, the seven-branch practice and self-visualization at the beginning, and verses of dedication at the end.

14 Dec 2011

A Concise Sang Offering to Tārā

by Karma Chakme

A brief liturgy to accompany the offering of sang (bsang), or fragrant incense smoke, to the goddess Tārā and her retinue.

Tārā 8 Jul 2021

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