All attachment and aversion come from what we have mentally created. We have made an image and that is our mind as we normally experience it. In order to solve this problem in a more profound and permanent way, we have to look at our mind and see its true nature. In our innate, unfabricated nature, which is the basic state of our mind, there is no problem. We make all our problems by creating concepts and all kinds of mental conditioning.
The traditional Japanese system of Reiki uses several symbols and mantras in its teachings and ongoing practices. These symbols and mantras are tools that help you deepen your understanding of and directly experience your true nature.
In many Asian teachings, including Buddhism, karma is an important concept. Since Usui Mikao, the founder of the system of Reiki, was a Japanese Buddhist practitioner, we wondered: Is the concept of karma contained within the teachings of the system of Reiki?
Thus Have I heard:
At one time the Blessed One was living at Rajagriha on Mount Sacred Eagle together with a great assembly of monks and laypersons. At that time the Blessed One was absorbed in a concentration concerning all phenomena that has come to be called “Profound Illumination.”
The mind of the great sage of India is intimately transmitted from west to east. While human faculties are sharp or dull, the way has no Northern or Southern Ancestors.
The spiritual source shines clear in the light.
The branching streams flow on in the dark. Grasping at things is surely delusion; according with sameness is still not enlightenment.
This lecture has been reprinted with permission from the Berkeley Zen Center. It is a lecture by a Japanese Zen Master about zazen (meditation practise). Many Reiki practitioners today are looking for avenues to build their skills without branching too far away from what we are growing to understand are the original teachings of Mikao Usui.
As students of Japanese Reiki, healers and practitioners, compassion is an essential part of what we do. But what is compassion and why is it so important to us and our practice of Reiki? In Japanese Reiki we often find the words “compassion” and “oneness” occurring very closely together. We may notice this happening in class, in discussions and also in articles about the system. Why is this? What is the connection between compassion and oneness in our practice of the system of Japanese Reiki?
It is said that Mikao Usui was a Tendai lay priest. If so, then he would certainly have been familiar with these sutras - if only from his own practice. It is possible to see where elements of the these sutra practices have helped lay the foundation for the teachings of the system of Reiki.
