From what i have read Guggul and Myrrh are related and in the same genus, but i am not sure of the difference. Can the Myrrh resin that is found at many herbal shops be used in place of traditional Guggul and support the same function in a practice such as the Changchog rite? Tsegyalgar is out of guggul (I know potalagate has it too), but i have quite a bit of myrrh already at home and would like to use that if I can.
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Guggul and Myrrh
Re: Guggul and Myrrh
Essentially it is the same thing.
Like Frankincense and Purkar.
Like Frankincense and Purkar.
"My religion is not deceiving myself."
Jetsun Milarepa 1052-1135 CE
"Butchers, prostitutes, those guilty of the five most heinous crimes, outcasts, the underprivileged: all are utterly the substance of existence and nothing other than total bliss."
The Supreme Source - The Kunjed Gyalpo
The Fundamental Tantra of Dzogchen Semde
Jetsun Milarepa 1052-1135 CE
"Butchers, prostitutes, those guilty of the five most heinous crimes, outcasts, the underprivileged: all are utterly the substance of existence and nothing other than total bliss."
The Supreme Source - The Kunjed Gyalpo
The Fundamental Tantra of Dzogchen Semde
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Reibeam
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Re: Guggul and Myrrh
Sherab Dorje wrote:Essentially it is the same thing.
Like Frankincense and Purkar.
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Re: Guggul and Myrrh
Myrrh is Commiphora myrrha. Guggul is Commiphora guggul. As Sherab Dorje has said, close enough for jazz.
Pema Chophel པདྨ་ཆོས་འཕེལ