Sang is a fume, coming though the burning of cypress, and also it is a name of a ritual, intended to purify the energy of human being and environmental space.

Except cypress, which is used most often, there are many other plants with pleasant fragrance, which can be used in the Sang ritual, juniper for example. The word Sang means at once the “offering of incense” and “purifying” – mainly by the means of fire and smoke.

Amongst the various methods for harmonizing the relative conditions different elements can be used: Lungta flags contact with air, Namkha works with space, and Sang is mainly connected with the fire element.

The burning of Sang becomes more efficient when it is empowered by doing the practice. But even if you know nothing about the practice, and don’t use mantra, even if you just burn the cypress and its fume comes through your clothes, you will see soon that it helps.

Sometimes happens, for example, that little kids cry all the time because they got some harmful provocation. In such cases many peasants in Tibet, who don’t know how to do practice fume the smoke and carry the child over it.

The most efficient time for the Sang Offering ritual is morning, better on the sunrise. At the places where this practice is performed often, special fireplaces (stupas) are used to be build, they are called – Sang-Khang – a place for the Sang. 

On this photo you can see one of the three Sang-Khangs in Merigar.

 

The building of special Stupa for Sang by the blueprint sent from the Merigar was finished on this September in Kunphenling. At present time we do the practice of “Sang Offering” three times a week.

It is very important for making a good connection with the guardians of place, for purifying and strengthen the energy, and also for removing the obstacles.

That is why it is so important for us and also for those who doesn’t have possibility to do this practice in urban terrain, to have a place where we could do the Sang offering ritual in perfect way.

On the left: a stupa for Sang – drawing of Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche from the book “Drung, Daewoo and Bon” 

On the right: the new stupa for Sang in Kunphenling.