Chujiro Hayashi
Chūjirō Hayashi | |
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Born | |
Died | 11 May 1940 Atami, Japan | (aged 59)
Cause of death | [Died by own sword]]]] |
Nationality | Japanese |
Occupation | Captiain Imperial Japanese Navyl |
Known for | Reiki |
{{nihongo|Chujiro Hayashi|林 忠次郎|Hayashi Chūjirō| [[ He died on 11 May 1940}}, a disciple of Mikao Usui, played a major role in the transmission of Reik out of Japan. ]] Hayashi was a naval Captianin the Imperial Japanese Navy. No actual records exist to confirm Chujiro Hayashi was a medical doctor of Surgeon, in the IJN or otherwise. Hayashi was refered patients from local doctors and friends, where he used Reiki to treat his them. ]] Mr ChujiroHayashi began studying with Usui in around 1920. He made his branch, Hayashi Reiki Kenkyu-kai in Tokyo, Shinano-machi while his master Usui was still alive, and has kept the way of Usui's teaching.
[Hayashi initiated and trained Mrs Hawayo Takata and helped her bring Reiki to Hawaii.[[ [1]]] Hayashi is often considered to be Usui's chief disciple and the second Grand Master of Reiki history.[citation needed]
In 1940, Hayashi performed Seppuku [2] ( in the Takata traditional story was a suicide in meditation,) rather than join the war.
See also
- Alternative Medicine
- Laying on of hands
- Glossary of alternative medicine
- US National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
- Timeline of Reiki history
Notes
Bibliography
- Hayashi, Chujiro (2004). The Hayashi Reiki Manual: Japanese Healing Techniques from the Founder of the Western Reiki System. Dorset, England: Lotus Press. ISBN 0-914955-75-6.
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