plantSandalwoodNatureSandalwood as a plant people have named and used. Sacred timber, lasting perfume, carved quiet — one living kind, not a single symbol.Buddhist traditionsSandalwood appears in Buddhist traditions.Watson’s Lotus Sūtra names sandalwood among fragrant woods of offering and Buddha-land speech. A named sandalwood in that sūtra, not a perfume-market dump and not incense KF churn.from Burton Watson (translation) · The Lotus Sutra, 1993 (this translation); Sanskrit/Chinese recensions much olderappears in · sourced · documentedsourcesThe Lotus Sutra · Burton Watson (translation)Burton Watson, The Lotus Sutra.