81. Reiki At Rowanlea -- Mikao Usui His family belonged to the tendai sect of Esoteric buddhism. When he was four he was sent to a tendai monastery to receive his primary education. http://rowanlea.com/reiki/mikaousui.html

Mikao Usui, Founder of Reiki Reiki Principles Just for today, I will not worry Just for today, I will not anger Just for today, I will do my work honestly Just for today, I will give thanks for my many blessings Just for today, I will show love and respect for every living thing THE LIFE OF MIKAO USUI Mikaomi Usui was born in the village of Yago in Gifu prefecture in Japan on August 15, 1865, where his ancestors had lived for eleven generations. His family belonged to the Tendai sect of Esoteric Buddhism. When he was four he was sent to a Tendai monastery to receive his primary education. He was a very bright student. He grew up during a period of time when Japanese society was going through dramatic changes. Long before, in 1641, all Europeans and foreigners (except the Dutch) had been expelled, and those who were allowed to remain did so by being confined to special trading centers in Nagasaki. Christianity was made illegal and the Japanese were made to register at Shinto temples. Japan did not open its doors to the West until the 1850s, and the ban on Christianity was not lifted until 1873. During the last half of the nineteenth century Japan moved from a feudal society to an industrialized one but also sought a new spiritual direction for its people. The Meji Emperor overthrew the Shoguns and Japan's feudal states were brought under the direct control of the central government which was relocated to Tokyo. Under this new regime many "old ideas" were discarded in favor of modernization. But when it came to Japan's spiritual underpinnings, the population was encouraged to reinvigorate its traditional paths of Shinto and Buddhism by embracing new ideas that could be easily incorporated into them, yet at the same time hold firm to the core of those traditions.

82. Concepts And Organizations tendai and Shingon buddhism are both examples of esoteric Buddhist systems. Both are systems of esoteric buddhism. ToShin Do makes use of tendai http://www.questkagami.com/glossary.html

Concepts and Organizations The study of To-Shin Do introduces one to a lot of new concepts related to states of mind, body, and spirit. While the ultimate definition of any concept lies in experiencing it directly, a few words help us communicate our experiences to others. The concept definitions on this page are like a quick pencil sketch of an object not enough to capture all the details, but enough to recognize it and distinguish it from other things. To-Shin Do also exposes one to a variety of organizations. The very deep roots of the art touch a number of martial and spiritual systems. Key to understand is that while each system has formal boundaries of membership and practices, students and teachers have frequently migrated between systems for centuries, making it very difficult to say which system "owns" a given practice, in terms of creation or current usage. The organization definitions on this page can give you an idea of the purpose and history of an organization, but remember that individual people and their practices are often a mix of several organizations' influence. If you encounter something here which you know to be factually incorrect, please

83. Shingon Japanese history Shingon, a major Japanese school of esoteric buddhism. http://www.compsoc.net/~gemini/simons/historyweb/shingon.html

Shingon (Japanese, "True Word") Buddhism Major Japanese school of esoteric Buddhism, and the most important esoteric school outside India and Tibet. Shingon arose in Japan's Heian period (794-1185) when the great monk Kukai went to China from 804 to 806 to study esoteric Buddhism. He developed his own synthesis of esoteric practice and doctrine, centred on the cosmic Buddha Vairocana. Kukai expounded and systematized Shingon doctrine in some 50 treatises, most notably the Sokushin-jobutsugi (The Doctrine of Becoming a Buddha with One's Body During One's Earthly Existence). Subsequent Shingon thought seldom went beyond this initial canon. The sacred sutras of Shingon had supposedly been dictated directly by Vairocana and stored in an iron stupa until 800 years after the Buddha's death. The historical Buddha and his teachings were held to be merely one manifestation of Vairocana. Kukai combined, for the first time, the cosmic Buddha Vairocana with the abstract entity of Dharmakaya, or Ultimate Reality, thus producing a composite figure embodying all being. This version of Vairocana was held to be within all things, and the goal of Shingon was the realization that one's nature was identical with Vairocana, achieved through contemplation and ritual practices. This realization depended on receiving the secret doctrine of Shingon, transmitted orally to initiates by the sect's masters. Body, speech, and mind all participated in the process: the body through devotional gestures (mudras) and the use of ritual instruments, speech through sacred formulae (mantras), and mind through meditation. Two sacred mandalas presenting diagramatically the two aspects of Vairocana, the Diamond World (kongo-kai) and Womb World (taizo-kai), were placed on Shingon altars as foci for meditation.

84. Tendai Lotus Teachings - Welcome We welcome you to peer within the Japanese tendai Buddhist School, as transmitted from its Chief Temple atop Mount Hie, Japan. Through a proven method of http://www.tendai-lotus.org/

Tendai Lotus Teachings in cooperation with Mount Hiei, Japan W e welcome you to peer within the Japanese Tendai Buddhist School, as transmitted from its Chief Temple atop Mount Hie, Japan. Through a proven method of human actualization, the Tendai Lotus Teachings have for years brought Awakening to humankind. These teachings are presented here in new fashion to Western seekers in hopes of expanding the evolutionary development of the Tendai Sect. Through embarking upon the Lotus Path, Tendai practitioners are investigating the constituents of their own Minds, discovering that our highest potential rests inherent within us as a Jewel Seed, a realizable asset with which to bring about our own Awakening and Realization. The Founder of the Japanese Tendai Denomination remarked that " The aspiration for enlightenment is a treasure, and those who aspire for enlightenment are the treasure of the nation.

85. Reiki History Time-Line 1915, A tendai Buddhist nun referred to as Suzuki San , so it is claimed, becomes one of Usui Sensei s student, remaining with him until 1920 http://www.geocities.com/fascin8or/reiki_history_tl.html

James Deacon's Reiki and All Energy-Therapies Web site www.aetw.org THE REIKI PAGES REIKI TE-ATE REIKI STYLES ENERGY THERAPIES ... Email REIKI HISTORY TIME-LINE What follows is a basic 'Timeline' - setting currently accepted (2003/4) Reiki-related-events (from the birth of Mikao Usui, to the death of Chujiro Hayashi) in the broader context of Japanese society at the time. [NOTE:This document is continually being amended as clearer information becomes available. This current version therefore supercedes all other versions which have been posted on other websites, various newsgroups, or made otherwise available as .pdf files.] Tuesday, Aug 15 Mikao Usui born in the village of Taniai, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. Apr 25, 1867 Tokyo opened for foreign trade Ryoma Sakamoto, a Samurai, helped topple the feudal government system. The Tokugawa Shogunate gave up power.

86. ReikiJoy.net - Dr. Usui - The History Of Reiki At some point Usui became for a while a tendai Buddhist Monk, or Priest, Mikao Usui entered a tendai Buddhist monastery near Mt. Kurama ( Horse Saddle http://www.reikijoy.net/usui.htm

87. Faith Was The Elixir For Priest In Training - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's GyoIn is a residential seminary program for all tendai Buddhist priests. It instructs priests in the rudimentary components of temple life and the facets http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2005/Jul/23/il/507230315.html

Wednesday, September 7, 2005 News Classifieds Archives ISLAND LIFE About Men/Women Taste/Recipes Faith Calendar Travel ... E-Postcards ARCHIVE Back issues FEATURED NEWS Nation/World news Movie showtimes TGIF Weekend Calendar Special projects ... Photo gallery CUSTOMER SERVICE Help page Contact us Subscriber services Reader services ... Today's front page RESOURCES Traffic hotspots Phone directory Hawaiian dictionary E-mail news alerts ... Printable version E-mail this story Posted on: Saturday, July 23, 2005 Faith was the elixir for priest in training By The Rev. Jion Prosser The Rev. Jion Prosser, a minister at the Tendai Mission of Hawaii, took part in Gyo-In, an arduous, three-month seminary program in Japan for Tendai Buddhist priests. This fire ritual is one of the ceremonies that are interwoven into temple life. The Rev. Jion Prosser Spring on Mount Hiei, just north of Kyoto, Japan, is still quite cold, especially when three buckets of ice-cold water are being poured over a bald head. I found myself here amid the bitter temperatures for three months, enduring what the Japanese fondly refer to as "the most arduous ascetic training in all of Japan," Gyo-In. Gyo-In is a residential seminary program for all Tendai Buddhist priests. It instructs priests in the rudimentary components of temple life and the facets of religious life that are necessary for leading a congregation and being a productive spiritual guide in society. I was sent to Gyo-In by my spiritual master, Archbishop Ryokan Ara of the Tendai Mission of Hawaii. Bishop Ara and I shared a reverse karma of sorts; he, having spent the last 30-some years here in Hawai'i developing the Tendai faith and I, having resided in Japan for over a decade.

88. REIKI During centuries Mt. Kurama temple belonged to tendai Buddhist sect, today it belongs to independent Buddhist sect, dedicated to cult of Shinto deity http://www.liberatapublishers.com/reikie.htm

REIKI Usui Shiki Ryoho Reiki is a natural healing technique, that feels like flow of high frequency energy. It was discovered by Japanese Mikao Usui, app. 1922, while he was meditating on mountain Kurama near Kyoto. (Mt. Kurama is around 500 meters high, covered by cedar and pine forest. During centuries Mt. Kurama temple belonged to Tendai Buddhist sect, today it belongs to independent Buddhist sect, dedicated to cult of Shinto deity Son-ten). He described his experience like this: I saw a flesh of light and felt strong energy on the top of my head; I was unconscious for several hours, and after that refreshed. Few days later I understood that I possessed a healing power. Mikao Usui (Usui is buried on small Buddhist graveyard, just behind monastery he governed in one part of his turbulent life. Stone monolith with his biography dominates over graveyard, and it is easy to recognize it. It was erected by members of Usui Reiki Ryoho Gakkai organization, established by Usui, which exists even today). Usui was born in August 1865, in the village Tanai (now called Miyama), in the Gifu Prefecture. At early age he gained education in Tendai temple, on Mt. Kurama. Later, he was a member of Rei Jutsu Ka spiritual movement, studied kiko (Japanese style of Qi Gong), martial arts and many different traditional healing techniques.

89. Reiki Overview It is thought that he entered a tendai Buddhist school on or near Mt. Kurama ( horse saddle mountain ) at age four. He also studied kiko, the Japanese http://www.turtlezen.com/reikioverview.html

Change your Thoughts - Change your Outlook; Change your Outlook - Change your World. Reiki Overview What is Reiki? (Pronounced Ray-key) The knowledge that an unseen energy flows through all living things and is connected directly to the quality of health has been part of the wisdom of many cultures since ancient times. The existence of this "life force energy" has been verified by recent scientific experiments as is evidenced in Kirilian photography. Many medical professionals are considering the role it plays in the functioning of the immune system and the healing process. The ability to use Reiki is not taught in the usual sense, but is transferred to the student by the Reiki Master. Its use is not dependent on ones intellectual capacity or spiritual development and, therefore, is available to everyone. It has been successfully taught to thousands of people of all ages and backgrounds. Rei = Spiritual Wisdom The word "Rei" means universal and this is the definition most widely known and accepted. Japanese writing, known as kanji ideograms, have many levels of meaning. They vary from the mundane to the highly esoteric. So while on the surface Rei can be interpreted as universal, meaning that it is present everywhere, the esoteric meaning of the Japanese kanji character for Rei has given a much deeper understanding of this ideogram. The word Rei as it is used in Reiki is more accurately interpreted to mean supernatural knowledge or spiritual consciousness.

90. A Taste Of Tendai, By The Reverend Jion Prosser I had moved to Japan to study tendai Buddhist after a very brief, few years of contemporary Dharma study. A professor in college, himself a staunch Zen http://www.hsuyun.org/Dharma/zbohy/Literature/essays/guests/Jion/tendai_taste.ht

Hsu Yun Literature Poetry Stories ... Literature Guest Essayists More Features (click here) About Us Photos Sutras Prayers Chants The Diamond Sutra Poetry by Master Hsu Yun Maxims of Master Han Shan Reading List Clergy Bulletin Board Back Search Site Index Forward by Rev. Chuan Zhi Shakya, OHY We are pleased to present the following article by the Reverend Jion Prosser of Tendai Lotus Teachings, a Minneapolis based sangha of the Tendai school. It may be of interest to our sangha members that our Grandmaster Hsu Yun studied for several years under Tendai Master Yang Ching - in fact, it was Yang Ching who taught him the koan "Who is it who is dragging this corpse before me?" We thank the Reverend Jion Prosser for the insight into this revered Buddhist path. For more information about his Minneapolis sangha, please send email to Rev. Chuan Zhi, OHY A Taste of Tendai by The Reverend Jion Prosser Tendai Lotus Teachings: www.tendai-lotus.org I t's quite a long walk down to the Byakuryu (White Dragon) waterfall on the reverse slope of Mount Hiei. The long, winding path isn't frequented by many folks, the majority of people content with touring the large expanse of temples along the southern ridge of Mount Hiei, which looms off the northern edge of Kyoto, Japan. Along that weathered path are a number of smaller religious sites and holy relics, yet the Byakuryu waterfall lies hidden behind an old shrine, no neon sign proclaiming its location. I was walking the path with my Master, toward the very waterfall which I had heard legends about and under which numerous Gyoja, or ascetic monks had stood to brave the chilling waters during their religious trainings. I was new to Japan and was well underway in the spiritual pursuit of the Tendai Dharma, yet really had no concept at all of what I was undertaking. The waterfall meditation, or takigyo of which I was to undertake was really a symbolic gesture of inner faith

91. Reiki-4-all Reiki Forum > A Chronicle Of Reiki He grew up in a tendai Buddhist family and had a sister and two brothers one of 1869, Usui enters tendai Buddhist monastery near Mt Kurama (Horse Saddle http://www.reiki-4-all.com/lofiversion/index.php/t1407.html

Help Search Member List Calendar Full Version: A Chronicle Of Reiki Reiki-4-all Reiki forum Reiki What is Reiki? Craig J Farquharson Dec 14 2004, 13:13 I hope this is something that is useful for people looking for a historical view of Reiki abridged from this site and these sources. http://www.geocities.com/fascin8or/reiki_history_tl.html Sources Spirit of Reiki by Frank Arjava Petter, Reiki Plain and Simple Vincent Amador, The Reiki Threshold, Hiroshi Doi 5 August 1865 , Mikao Usui Born in Tania-Mura (now Miyama-cho) Japan. He grew up in a Tendai Buddhist family and had a sister and two brothers one of whom studied medicine. , Usui enters Tendai Buddhist monastery near Mt Kurama (Horse Saddle Mountain). Part of his learning involved kiko (Japanese Qigong). , America celebrates 100 years admiral Perry enforces a blockade on Tokyo harbour (1853), Japan forced to open its borders to the rest of the world this opens up Japan to Western influences. (The Meiji era (1868-1912) under emperor Mutsuhito) At this time Usui had many professions public servant, office worker, industrialist, reporter, supervisor of convicts in his young life he suffered much adversity no security or regular employment he held a position of private secretary (bodyguard) to Shimpei Goto who was Secretary of the Railroad, Postmaster General and Secretary of the Interior and State. Usui travelled to China, America and Europe in his twenties and thirties to study Western ways namely Chinese/Western medicine, psychology and the Kyoten (Buddhist teachings), unfortunately popular myth(one of many such myths about Usui) says that he was head of the Doshida university and attended Chicago university this is untrue and has been verified by both( see appendix in Spirt of Reiki for photocopies of their letters) and never at anytime was he a Christian theologist, he was a Tendai Buddhist or Zaike( priest possesing a home) all his life.

92. No Alla Pena Di Morte - NO To The Death Penalty  - Comunità Di Sant'Egidio Department of Religious Affairs of tendai Buddhist Denomination. The tendai Buddhist Denomination set up Special Committee on Death Penalty in 1997. http://www.santegidio.org/pdm/news2004/japan_tg.htm

Home Page Moratoria Signature On-Line Urgent Appeals ... The commitment of the Community of Sant'Egidio Abolitions, commutations, moratoria, ... Archives News IT EN Comunità di Sant'Egidio News ... Informations @ NO alla Pena di Morte Campagna Internazionale Home Dossier Together For Life - 23 Maggio 2003 - Tokyo Riportiamo un articolo uscito su un giornale cattolico molto diffuso ed anche i testi di alcuni tra i più significativi interventi. The Catholic Weekly June 1, 2003 Misalti YAGISHITA - Campaigner for Abolition of Death Penalty Amnesty International Japan - Together for Life' Ryoji Furukawa - Seimeizan Schweitzer Temple Tendai's Message on Death Penalty ... Nobuto Hosaka,Member of National Diet of Japan The Catholic Weekly June 1, 2003 (traduzione dal giapponese)Visit of the Secretary-General of St. Egidio Community to appeal the abolition of the death penalty In Italy, the death penalty was abolished in 1946. Yet, it is a wish of St. Egidio Community that it will be abolished in the whole world, said Prof. Quattrucci. And he added, 'In Japan, the execution of the death penalty is carried out in secret. Under such circumstance, the Japanese should know how to speak on this subject without fear.' Prof. Juan Masia, SJ, of Sophia University, introduced his experience in his lecture course on the death penalty and stressed on the importance of education and the role of mass media in order to deepen the understanding of this issue. He introduced the standpoint of the the Bishops' Conference of Japan against the death penalty, and refuted to take up 'the emotion of the victim's family' and 'prevention of crimes' as the reasons for the execution of the death penalty. He went further that it is a violation the authority of God that human beings take one's life in the name of a national community.

93. Translation Of Usui Memorial Sensei also taught his wife s niece who was a tendai Buddhist Nun. As of this writing (2003) she is still alive approximately 108). Sensei was very mild, http://www.threshold.ca/reiki/usui_memorial_translation.html

Home New to Reiki Experienced Miscellaneous ... Contact Translation of Usui Memorial Last Updated: November 3, 2003 H Click here for a PDF copy of this translation Click here for the close-ups of the memorial inscription Translation of the Usui Memorial at Saihoji Temple, Tokyo Japan Please feel free to share this document with others others – as is , with no changes Since a friend in Japan sent us pictures of the Usui memorial in the spring of 1996, we had been wanting to put this web page up. Many other projects got in the way, and we didn't get a good close-up of the monument until our friend Shiya Fleming brought back some good photos in July 1997. Emiko and I spent several days going through the old dictionaries she had, and I was very happy at the end to compensate her with Reiki Mastership training for her part in the process. Finally, I felt we had completed enough to present this to others. This is a fairly literal translation of the Usui memorial, as we wanted you, the reader, to get as close a rendition to plain English as possible, without any paraphrasing. This allows you to decide how you would rephrase sentences and paragraphs. All comments in (brackets) are either our translations of previous kanji (in quotations), or our explanation of previous words. Please note: there are no periods or paragraphs on the original, so we have added these in to make it easier to read. Also, as in all translations, we had several choices of words for each kanji, and tried to pick what we felt best, depending on the content. Our thanks to Melissa Riggall and Miyuki Arasawa for their corrections offered, and to later transaltions shared with me.

94. Ryusho Kobayashi I was reminded of the words of the Supreme Priest of the tendai Buddhist Denomination, Etai Yamada of Mt. Hiei s Enryakuji Temple, which he spoke at the age http://www.gnrc.ne.jp/NY2002MAY/RKobayashi.html

BACK HOME The Role of Religious People in Building Peace Rev. Ryusho Kobayashi, Special Envoy of the Supreme Priest of the Tendai Buddhist Denomination May 9, 2002 Distinguished delegates from the Special Session on Children of the United Nations General Assembly, honored participants in today's Conference of the Global Network of Religions for Children, Ladies and Gentlemen, I would like to offer my heartfelt respect and gratitude to all of you who make efforts day and night, despite the difficult realities of today's world, for the sake of the happiness of children - the bearers of the future. In particular, let me express my deep gratitude to Rev. Takeyasu Miyamoto, Leader of Myochikai, who has founded the Arigatou Foundation, brought together the Global Network of Religions for Children, or GNRC, and devoted his every effort to providing relief to and fostering the development of children, as well as to the people from so many of the world's countries who are implementing this great work. I listened to Rev. Miyamoto's proposal to the UN Special Session on Children with great respect, and I felt called to brace myself for action. I was reminded of the words of the Supreme Priest of the Tendai Buddhist Denomination, Etai Yamada of Mt. Hiei's Enryakuji Temple, which he spoke at the age of nearly 100 years - and I quote - "My greatest concern now is for the future of children." Rev. Miyamoto, ignoring the challenges of his advanced age, has attended the Special Session, and his words there about the future of children, spoken to world leaders and religious people from a heart full of compassion and love, were truly the voice of God and Buddha, and I have renewed my own resolve.

95. Oxford Gossip - In What God(s) Do You Believe ? http://www.oxfordgossip.co.uk/new/showthread.php?t=1596

96. Œä‹F“˜ƒhƒbƒgƒRƒ€^o‰HŽOŽR‹äŠy•” Translate this page The summary for this Japanese page contains characters that cannot be correctly displayed in this language/character set. http://www.go-kito.com/dewa3_12.html

¡Buddhist Resume for Reverend Jion Prosseriƒvƒ‰ƒbƒT[Žœ‰· “V‘䕧‹³Œo—ðj Born: May 27, 1966 (Geneva, NY, USA) º˜a‚S‚P”N‚TŒŽ‚Q‚V“ú¶‚ê@37Î@iNYBƒWƒFƒjƒoŽsj ÈFƒvƒ‰ƒbƒT[‚ ‚ä‚݁@Žq‹ŸFƒtƒH[ƒŒƒXƒgi‚WÎjAˆ¤i‚TÎj Current Address: 1440 Heron Drive, Chanhassen, MN 55317 USA Œ»ZŠ:1440 Heron Drive, Chanhassen, MN 55317 USA Education:MBA, Almeda University / BA, Potsdam Univeristy Initiated into Tendai Sect, Homan School Mikkyo by the Reverend Dr. Jikai Clark Choffy in 1991 at the Mitsugon-An Buddhist Hermitage. Formal study of Tendai Shido Kegyo and Buddhist doctrine. ‚P‚X‚X‚P”NA–§ŒµˆÁ‚ÌŽœŠCƒNƒ‰[ƒNEƒ`ƒ‡ƒtƒB‘mŽti“V‘ä@–@™Ö—¬–§‹³j‚Ì’íŽq‚Æ‚È‚è‚Ü‚µ‚½B³Ž®“I‚ɂ́A“V‘ä@–@™Ö—¬‚ÌŽl“x‰Ás‚Æ•§‹³‚ðŒP—û‚µ‚Ü‚µ‚½B Moved to Nagoya, Japan in 1992 where I held various positions in Japanese corporations until my departure in December of 2000. Both of our children were born in Seirei Hospital, Nagoya, Japan. Undertook a one-year study under Master Kuwayama of the Unshin-Ji temple, Nagoya, Japan in Pure Land studies to include the visualization of Amida's Sukhavati. –¼Œ‰®Žs‚̉_SŽ›‚ÌŒKŽRZE‚̉º‚ňê”NŠÔ‚̏ò“ys‚ð‘ÌŒ±‚µ‚Ü‚µ‚½Bˆ¢–í‘É”@—ˆ‚Ì–§Œµò“yŠÏ–@‚àŠw‚Ñ‚Ü‚µ‚½B While residing in Japan, I studied Japanese language, culture and traditional arts to include Shodo Calligraphy and traditional Wado-Kai Karate (in which I earned an instructor's license under Master Yasuhito Asai of the Sui-Fu-Kai Dojo). I translated numerous Japanese texts, sutras and rituals (see attached list). I served as a translation advisor to Dr. Paul Swanson of the Nazan University Religious Studies Program. I have studied at Mount Hiei, Mount Osore, Mount Yoshino, etc. and made the primary focus of my endeavors the study of Ascetic Practices according to Japanese Buddhism, most specifically in regards to Waterfall Meditation.

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