While one or three burning sticks are stood in koro (incense burner) in other sects, in Jodo Shinshu Sect, incense sticks are laid down in koro after being broken into a few pieces for which the length is suitable for the size of koro.
他宗においては、線香は香炉の中に一本ないし三本立てるものであるが、浄土真宗においては香炉に収まるように適当な長さに折り、香炉の中に寝かせて置く。