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Reiki [a] is a pseudoscientific form of energy healing, a type of alternative medicine originating in Japan. [1] Reiki practitioners use a technique called palm healing or hands-on healing through which, according to practitioners, a " universal energy " is transferred through the palms of the practitioner to the client, to encourage emotional ...
Hawayo Takata, a Reiki Master under the tutelage of Chujiro Hayashi (林 忠次郎, 1880–1940), lied about Reiki's history of development to make Reiki more appealing to the West. [16] To this end she made a relation of Reiki with Jesus Christ and not with Buddhism. She also falsely presented Usui as the dean of a Christian school.
Reiki (霊亀) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō, "year name") after Wadō and before Yōrō. This period spanned the years from September 715 through November 717. [ 1 ] The reigning empress was Genshō -tennō ( 元正天皇 ) .
It is the birthplace of the Reiki practice, and is said to be the home of Sōjōbō, King of the Tengu. Kurama is also the location of the annual Kurama Fire Festival (鞍馬の火祭り, Kurama no Hi-matsuri), which takes place every October. Kurama-dera (鞍馬寺) is now designated as a national treasure of Japan.
Chujiro Hayashi (林 忠次郎, Hayashi Chūjirō, 15 September 1880 – 11 May 1940), a disciple of Mikao Usui, played a major role in the transmission of Reiki out of Japan. Hayashi was a naval physician and employed Reiki to treat his patients.
Hawayo Hiromi Takata (December 24, 1900 – December 11, 1980) was a Japanese-American woman born in Hanamaulu, Territory of Hawaii, who helped introduce the spiritual practice of Reiki to the Western World. [1] Takata was trained in Reiki by Chujiro Hayashi in Tokyo, Japan and became a Master
He later established the Great Japan Association for the Veneration of the Bodhisattva Kanon, with divine healing as its main purpose. [4] He started teaching the channeling of light and was keen to leave behind the physical therapy asserting that he had only invested in it because the government was suspicious of New Religions and it was the ...
The Zenrin-kushū provides a kōan that reads Reiki o o hiku (靈龜曵尾 "The spirit turtle sweeps its tail"). It is described as a variant of the phrase Ato o haratte ato shōzu (拂跡跡生 "Erasing traces creates traces"). [3] The spirit turtle is an endemic motif at Shintō shrines and Buddhist temples in Japan.