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“Just as there is an art to serving tea, flower arranging, and calligraphy, there is an art to burning incense. A sixteenth-century Zen priest is credited with describing the ten virtues of incense burning:
- Incense burning opens the mind to divinity.
- Incense burning purifies the mind and body.
- Incense burning divests the mind of worldly impurities.
- Incense burning wakes up the mind and keeps one alert.
- Incense burning encourages the mind in solitude.
- Incense burning brings peace to a busy mind.
- One cannot burn too much incense.
- Even a little incense is enough.
- The age of the incense does not affect its efficacy.
- Habitual use of incense causes no harm.”
~ 3 Bowls: Vegetarian Recipes from an American Zen Buddhist Monastery
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