In Tantra Buddhism, when cultivating a dharma session, five types of offerings are presented before a deity or Buddha. These five offerings represents five senses of human body; the eye, ear, nose, tongue and body. Furthermore, in Buddha Dharma terms: the flower we see, is the thing we watch with our eyes and hence, represents colour and dust; the conch represents all types of sound that the ear can hear; incense is sensed by the nose; the taste of food is sampled by the tongue; and scent of the body is the sense of touch. These are also the senses of "colour, sound, fragrance, taste, touch", comprising of all our conscious perceptions in the world, and in all matters that we possess.
