It is said that Mikao Usui was a lay Tendai Buddhist monk and more and more research is supporting this …
Was Mikao Usui a Yamabushi?
First of all, what is a Yamabushi? A Yamabushi is an ascetic who roams the mountains in Japan seeking spiritual …
Vale Sakai Ajari
Buddhist monk Yusai Sakai, known for twice achieving “sennichi kaihogyo”, the 7 year practice of he Marathon monks, died of …
Frans Stiene’s Shugendo Training in French Alps
This last week senior Reiki Teacher at the International House of Reiki, Frans Stiene, travelled from Australia to the Shômudo …
Was Usui Mikao practicing Pure Land or Tendai?
Some people say that Usui Mikao, the founder of the system of Reiki was a Tendai lay monk while others …
Echoes in the Mountains: Locating Usui’s Experience in the History of Japanese Mountain Asceticism
USUI Mikao臼井甕男 (1865–1926) is celebrated as the founder of Reiki. While the story of his reception of reiki 霊気 (literally, “numinous energy”) is well-known, …
What I am discovering from my Japanese Shugendo Training about Reiki
How my recent shugendo training has informed my understanding of the system of Reiki As some of you might know …
Frans Stiene’s Japan Journal
As some of you know I just spent a week in Japan deepening my own personal spiritual practice with a …
Help get Frans to Japan to study Shugendo
Frans Stiene is a committed Reiki teacher who, in July 2012, has the unique opportunity to begin Shugendo training in …
Interview about Shugendo
Have a listen to this interview with the Producer of Shugendo NOW by Grok the Talk The meaning of Shugendo …
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