Japanese Precepts
When I found out about the letters exchanged between Saicho and Kukai, I was just blown away. Imagine two young monks, carefully chosen, to travel to China to study Buddhist teachings and to bring back the select texts to Japan. The year was 804! This is the beginning of a journey of friendship, hope, anticipation, collaboration and rivalry. One of the monks was Saicho, later to be the founder of Tendai School of Buddhism, the other was Kukai, the founder of Shingon school of Buddhism. Even though the storm separated their ships and they each went their own separate ways in China, the passion and dedication of these two men, unknowingly, impacted the history of religion in Japan and in some subtle ways our practice as Reiki practitioners.
Today we have a question for your about hands-on healing. Can you practice hands-on healing while watching the TV, talking or being other wise engaged?
Reiki Relaxation: Guided Healing Meditations. Keep an eye on this spot as we publish your animal photos with captions here. You will soon be able to vote on your favourite photo.
Midnight the Kitten has really taken her Reiki practice to heart, helping out the other animals at the Tomah Reiki Retreat. We were thrilled to be able to capture her in action in a photograph or two. Here is what we caught her doing…
We are blessed to have yet another animal join us at the Tomah Reiki Retreat. Midnight is a little black kitten whose mum arrived pregnant on a friend’s doorstep. We’re thrilled to be able to offer her a happy home.
In Okuden level II and Shinpiden level III of the system of Reiki specific symbols are taught. Symbols play a large part in many spiritual traditions. Today we will be looking at some Chinese Taoist symbols on an old woodblock print. These look very similar to the first symbol taught in Okuden. What is interesting to note is that Taoist teachings were imported into Japan from as early as the 6th century. Some of the Chinese Taoist teachings were integrated into Japanese Shintoism and Buddhism, but also developed into a Japanese practice called Onmyodo, the Way of Yin and Yang.
