Reiki Shiksha Kendra, Ahmedabad

15/08/2020

05/07/2020

The Beautiful Beginning - Part 1

As awareness about Reiki grew lot of stories came up about theorigin ofReiki.Scholars and Researchers have been looking deeper and deeper to find authentic information on the origin of Reiki and if one is interested there are many books available on origin of Reiki. Most common and agreed notion is that Reiki was originated in Tibet and is a Buddhist way of healing. Recent discoveries have shown that it was widely performed in ancient Tibet. Tibet had seers who used visualization, sounds, and symbols to summon the universal healing energy and provide treatment for certain diseases. However, there are no physical proofs that can be recovered from this concept which can be compared to modern Reiki.

Thus Reiki was in existence thousand of years ago, but this healing technique was completely lost over a period of time and there is no mention of Reiki in the medieval history. In the 19th century Reiki was rediscovered by Dr. Mikao Usui and the method that he developed is now followed all over the world.

How Reiki came into existence in modern time is as follows…

The founder of Reiki as natural healing is Dr. Mikao Usui. At the turn of the century in late 1800s Dr. Usui was the president of a small Christian university In Kyoto Japan, the university’s name was Doshishua. He was also a Christian minister.

A conversation with a student at the beginning of a Sunday service changed the focus of Dr. Usui’s life. As Dr. Usui began the last Sunday service of the school year, a senior student about to graduate raised his hand and asked
Dr. Usui:“Do you accept the contents of the bible literally?”
Dr. Usui answered that indeed he did. The student went on:
“In the bible it says that Jesus cured the sick, that he healed and that he walked on water. You accept this as written, have you ever seen this happen?
As Dr. Usui stood listening, the student went on to say:
“For you Dr. Usui, that kind of blind faith is enough, for you have lived your life and are secure. For us who are just beginning our adult lives and who have many question and concerns, it is not enough. We need to see with our own eyes.”
That day a seed had been sown. The next day Dr. Usui resigned from his position as president of Doshishua university and came to the university of Chicago where he studied many scriptures and received a doctorate degree in scripture trying to uncover the secret of how Jesus and his disciples healed the sick.
He had not found what he sought. Later realizing that in the Buddhist tradition it is held that Buddha had the power to heal, he decided to return to Japan and see what he could learn from Buddhism.

Upon his return to Japan, Dr. Usui began to visit the Buddhist monasteries searching for someone who had an interest in and some knowledge of the physical healing. He always received the same answer to his queries:
“we are too busy with healing the spirit to worry about healing the body”
At long last he found someone who was interested in physical healing, an elderly abbot of a Zen monastery. Dr. Usui requested that he be admitted to the monastery so that he could study the Buddhist scriptures, the sutras in search of the key of healing. He was admitted and he so he began his study.

He studied the Japanese translation of the Buddhist scriptures but did not find the explanation he sought. He learned Chinese so that a wider range of Buddhist writings was available to him, still he remained without success. He then decided t learn Sanskrit the ancient language, so that he could read the original Buddhist writings and have access to those writings that have never been translated to other languages.

Finally he found what he had been looking for, in teachings of the Buddha that had been written down by some unknown disciple as Buddha spoke Dr. Usui found the formula the symbols the description of how Buddha healed.
And so at the end of a seven year search Dr. Usui had found what he sought but not quite. Although he had uncovered the knowledge, he did not have the power to heal. Discussing this with his old friend the abbot he decided to go to a mountain and meditate to seek the power to heal.

30/06/2020

Manifestation of Reiki - Article Part 2

Purpose to visit China.

Kukai wanted the highest in Buddhism. Kukai prayed ardently before the image of Buddha. “Since being initiated into Buddhism, I have been eager to realize the essence of Buddhism”. Then, in a dream, a man appeared and said:” The Mahavairocana Sutra is the doctrine you have been searching for”. He obtained the sutra and read it through, only to find difficult passages which no teacher could interpret for him at that time. Therefore, he wished to visit China.

Vajrasattva personally received the teaching from Mahavairocana. Several centuries later transmitted to Nagarjuna who transmitted to Vajrabodhi. Mahavairocana Sutra required knowledge of Sanskrit, instruction on meditation, and other esoteric knowledge. This was the basic text of Esoteric Buddhism of seventh-century Indian Buddhism. This had been translated from Sanskrit into Chinese by an Indian master of Esoteric Budhism, Subhakarasimha in 726. Ten years later in 736, copy was made in Japan. Kukai requested permission from government to travel to China, and intended to stay for 20 years. Kukai was selected in 804 at 31 and sailed to China.

27/06/2020

Manifestation of Reiki
Article Part 1

We now know how Dr. Usui at the age of 34 during 1896 got “Tantra of the Lightning Flash” and initiated the system of Reiki. We also know how Lama Yeshe got “Tantra of the lightning Flash” in 1994 and initiated Medicine Dharma Reiki. This scripture was brought to Japan by Kukai from China. Kukai was born on 15 June 774 in an aristocratic family, Japan. Details about Kukai’s life were very exciting, interesting and delightful which were provided by Hakeda (1972). Although Kukai is known in Japan, few persons know Kukia outside Japan. Therefore, we wish to give brief information on this dynamic personality, and trace the relevant information on Reiki. Word Reiki will not be available in ancient literature as this was coined by Usui recently in the 20th century. His name has two entities Ku(sky) and Kai (sea) which are very vast, separate and yet conjoined. Kukai Knew Chinese and Sanskrit. Kukai at 15 was genius and studied Chinese poetry at great deal with his maternal uncle.

At 18, Kukai entered the college in the capital which was the highest educational institution. Enrolment was limited to sons of the ruling aristocratic families and curriculum was to recruit and train officials. He was interested in Buddhist Scriptures and to learn the ultimate Truth. For meditation he went alone to famous mountains, forests and lonely valleys. Kukai faced hardships in winter and clad himself in a cloth made of arrowroot fiber. At 20, he shaved his head and became a Buddhist. He was not happy with his college studies; therefore, he turned to Buddhism in search for higher spiritual values. During this time in Japan the gap between rich and poor was wide.

The public was exhausted by taxes, forced labor, and military conscription. Homeless people were everywhere; many unordained monks filled the country in order to escape taxation and forced labor. Buddhism was introduced into Japan during 552 from Koreg. The Buddhist temples were powerful and owned much land. Kukai did not like articles of luxury and was not happy to see cripple and beggars, and wanted to know what was the cause, so he renounced the world. The state (Japan) adopted Buddhism to prevent calamities, epidemics, control rains, and pray for the well-being of the souls of the dead.

Kukai left the college, gave up future bureaucrat job due to his inner voice and returned to nature. He was extensively travelling and even begging for food for survival. He expressed in his poems joy, vitality and Mystery of nature; he felt a close affinity between nature and man. Occasionally he returned to the world and studied intensively and had continued wide reading. During his early twenties he had been exposed to more than ninety books on Buddhism, Taoist Texts, Confucian Texts, Literary works and poetry.

At 24, he wrote Indications to show the superiority of Buddhism over confucianism and Taoism. Also informed that by becoming a Buddhist monk one can practice virtues, honesty and satisfy spiritual aspirations; man is capable of improving himself and can develop himself spiritually through awarness, self examination and stimulation from others.

24/06/2020

Agnihotra Homa Therapy- The ancient science of Healing
“Heal the atmosphere and the healed atmosphere will heal you". This is the basic principle in Homa therapy. It is the science of purification of the atmosphere given through vedas. The practice of Homa (Yagyna) removes toxins from the atmosphere and has a tremendous healing effect on humans, animals and the plant kingdom, in fact on the whole, biosphere.” Monika Koch says in her book ‘Homa Therapy’.
Monika is a pharmacist in Germany, practicing Homa fires since 1974 and has done a lot of research on the medical applications of Agnihotra. Parama Sadguru Shree Gajanan Maharaj resuscitated this ancient knowledge and blessed Shree Vasant paranjape with a command to spread this knowledge all over the world.
Breathing is most important. The quality of air we breathe is very crucial for our survival. We are hardly conscious of the quality of air that we breathe. The air contains poisonous gases being released from industries, vehicles, heating systems etc. In our search for comfort with our radios, televisions, mobile phones, radar / electromagnetic radiation, noise, ultrasonic waves, radioactivity and other things, we contaminate the air which is so vital for our survival. Even in the Himalayas, snow is contaminated with radioactivity. With these complex environmental pollution problems, One basic question arises:- How do I protect myself and how can I get healthy air to breathe ?
The answer is Homa Therapy. Homa is technical term from the Vedic science of bio-energy denoting the process of removing the toxic conditions of the atmosphere through the agency of fire.
Agnihotra replenishes the nutrients that pollution robs from our environment. By practice of agnihotra, you can notice that tension on the mind disappears. The mind is reshaped nicely, delicately and effortlessly by sitting in Agnihotra atmosphere. It renews brain cells, revitalizes skin and purifies blood. The Agnihotra smoke goes quickly in to your blood stream and lungs. This has excellent effect on the respiratory system, lungs, circulatory system, the brain and nervous system. Thousands of people on all continents who practice Agnihotra have remarked that simply by performing daily Agnihotra (i.e. at sunrise and sunset) they feel as if a protective film surrounds them.
To perform Agnihotra, the following materials are necessary:-
Copper pyramid of specific size
Organic brown rice
Ghee (clarified butter) from cow’s milk.
Dried cow dung.
It is said that one tola (10gm) of Ghee purifies one ton of air. Exactly at sunrise and sunset, when the fire is ready, a mantra is chanted with the offering of little brown rice. After each Agnihotra, try to spare as many minutes as you can for meditation. The mantra creates vibrations and the ash retains that energy. The ash is used as a medicine for many diseases like allergies, age problems, depression, diarrhea, cold, fever, skin problems, lung, liver, gall bladder, Kidney problems, back pain, hyper active children, tumors, insomnia etc. It can also be used for drug de-addiction.
Agnihotra can be performed in house, parks, hospitals, kindergarten and schools, farms, farm house etc. The earth has been robbed of its elements by pollution. Agnihotra can replace these things which are vital to all life. The earth is wasting away. Homa therapy is the last chance to save it.
I have found profound effect of Agnihotra in my home and Reiki center. Whenever I do Agnihotra in Reiki center before the seminar, the results are easily noticed by me and participants. I am very thankful to Guruji Sri Sri Ravishankarji. I got this knowledge from Rishimukh published by Art of Living. I am also thankful to smt. Bharatiben zinzuwadia to teach me the exact way of doing Agnihotra and through her inspiration; many Reiki channels have stated doing it.
If you want to know more about it, you can call me to demonstrate to your group of friends.
May your experience of Agnihotra be very satisfying and fruitful.
Pravin Patel

26/12/2019

Upcoming Reiki seminar scheduled on 28th & 29th December, 2019.
Time: 12.30 pm to 6.00 pm on 14th - Saturday
9.30 am to 4.30 pm on 15th - Sunday

Venue:
Reiki Center,
5B, Bank of India Society,
Prathamesh Soc.,
1st Floor,
Opp. Gujarati Vishvakosh Bhavan,
Usmanpura,
Ahmedabad

Contact No. 9265914540

09/12/2019

Upcoming Reiki seminar scheduled on 14th & 15th December, 2019.
Time: 12.30 pm to 6.00 pm on 14th - Saturday
9.30 am to 4.30 pm on 15th - Sunday

Venue:
Reiki Center,
5B, Bank of India Society,
Prathamesh Soc.,
1st Floor,
Opp. Gujarati Vishvakosh Bhavan,
Usmanpura,
Ahmedabad

Contact No. 9265914540

24/07/2019

27th JULY, TIME: 12.30 TO 6.00PM SATURDAY :28TH JULY, 2019 SUNDAY . TIME> 09.30 TO 4.30 PM.

REIKI FIRST & 2ND DEGREE
AT REIKI SHIKSHA KENDRA.USMANPURA.