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Incense Offering–Ofrenda de Incienso: REVISED

Altar at Buddha Hall, The Holy Vajrasana Temple
Altar at Buddha Hall, The Holy Vajrasana Temple with carved Tibetan incense holder in front.

This simple chant is offered at the beginning of most activities at our and most Buddhist temples and ceremonies to all Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and Mahasattvas.  Non-Buddhists sometimes mistake our devotion as worshipping of graven images, but it is not like that. These are symbolic offerings showing our respect for the Three Jewels or Triple Gems (the Buddhas, the Dharma, and the Sangha) who serve as our role models, our inspiration for what we aspire to be. It is a way of showing our gratitude for what they have given us. With our understanding of the laws of karma and belief in rebirth and reincarnation, we make offerings leading to the accumulation of merit, which leads to  a better rebirth in the cycle of birth and death and/or progress towards a release from the suffering of samsara or worldly existence. Mahasattvas are very highly evolved Bodhisattvas that are almost Buddhas.

Incense Offering

Incense Burning, All space is filled with the fragrance.

All Buddhas smell it from afar.

Auspicious clouds gather everywhere.

With utmost sincerity, All Buddhas appear.

We pay homage and offer clouds of incense to the Bodhisattvas and the Mahasattvas!

We pay homage and offer, clouds of incense to the Bodhisattvas and the Mahasattvas!

We pay homage and offer, clouds of incense to the Bodhisattvas ❀ and the Mahasattvas!

Ofrenda de incienso

El incienso está quemando, Todo el espacio está lleno de su fragancia.

Todos los budas lo huelen desde lejos.

Nubes auspiciosas se reúnen por todas   partes.

Con la mayor sinceridad, Aparecen todos los budas.

¡Rendimos homenaje y ofrendas, nubes de incienso a los Bodhisattvas y a los Mahasattvas!

¡Rendimos homenaje y ofrendas, nubes de incienso a los Bodhisattvas y a los Mahasattvas!

¡Rendimos homenaje y ofrendas, nubes de incienso a los Bodhisattvas y a los Mahasattvas!

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