Khampagar · Kangra valley · Himachal Pradesh
Organic Tibetan incense
Handmade from ground-up herbs. Blessed by monks. Sun-dried above the monastery — with no wood stick, no fillers, no perfume.
31 herbs
Wild-harvested medicinal plants, stoneground one by one.
No fillers
No sawdust, perfume, additives, or bonding agents.
Blessed a year
A Togden master blesses one ingredient daily for twelve months.
Direct trade
Proceeds support Tashi Jong and Gaddi village restoration.
Four monastic formulas
Incense for the day
Essence of Flower
$5.50 – $20.00
New beginnings
Used in blessed ceremony and inauguration — especially puja or yoga — to bring peace and harmony into one’s life.
Meditation
$5.50 – $20.00
Chakra channels
Cleanses the inner channels, soothes mind and body, and stimulates meditative consciousness and spiritual connection.
Purification
$5.50 – $20.00
Clean environment
Removes inauspicious impurities from inner channels and from any sanctuary or ceremony, refreshing mind, body, and spirit.
Relaxation
$5.50 – $20.00
Peaceful tranquility
Relieves tension by calming mind and body while refreshing the room with a quiet, spicy stillness.
How it is made
Traditionally, without a wood stick
Centuries-old Tibetan monastic recipes, held in scrolls at the monastery, merged with the Vedic herbal knowledge of the Gaddi nomadic community. The paste is only herbs and water.
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Wild harvest
Thirty-one sacred medicinal herbs are gathered seasonally in the Himalayan foothills, using methods that cause no ecological damage.
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Stoneground
Each herb is dried, then ground individually with mortar and pestle — never milled with fillers, sawdust, or perfume.
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Blended with water
The powders are mixed in the exact monastic proportions, bound only with a little water. No additives. No bonding agents.
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Sun-dried above the monastery
The paste is squeezed into 5- or 8-inch lengths and laid on the roof of Tashi Jong to dry in high-altitude sun.
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Blessed
One ingredient is the object of a ten-day ceremony attended by more than 300 monks, then blessed daily for a year by a Togden meditation master.
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Wrapped and sealed
Sticks are packed in local artisanal paper made from recycled materials and closed with the wax seal of Tashi Jong — the Happy Valley.
Dharma Protection Chamber
Blessed by a Togden for a year
All herbs are sacred. One particular ingredient is blessed in a ten-day ceremony attended by more than 300 monks at Tashi Jong. It is then placed in the Dharma Protection chamber and blessed daily by a Togden meditation master for a year before it enters the sticks.
Each bundle is packed in local artisanal paper made from recycled materials and sealed with the wax of Tashi Jong — the Happy Valley.
Our tradition
Two Himalayan lineages, one recipe
Over sixty years ago the 8th Khamtrul Rinpoche settled Tibetan refugees in the Gaddi village of Jhikli Bheth. The coalescence of monastic scrolls and the seasonal harvesting of the Gaddi became Lama Chodpa incense — with ethno-botanic research by Dr. Nag.
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Service
Become a Tree Parent
Ten dollars pays a villager to plant trees. We employ Gaddi tribal neighbors to fight invasive species and restore the natural Himalayan habitat with endemic trees of cultural significance for Tibetan refugees and nomadic communities.
Plant with usThe vessel
Soapstone incense burner
Tibetan sticks have no bamboo core. This carved soapstone burner is cut to hold them safely.
$35.00
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