Holistic Healing

Reiki in the Atharva Veda

Atharva Veda Kanda 4 Sukta 13 "Uta deva…" sukta with 7 mantras. Body of the

patient should be touched like a 'pass' in reiki from head to toes chanting the sukta which is below.

HYMN XIII (13)An incantation to restore a sick man to health
Wind! For thou who hast all medicine comest as envoy of the Gods.
him. All things that be deliver him that he be freed from his offence.
thee safe. I bring thee mighty strength, I drive thy wasting malady away.
6 Felicitous is this my hand, yet more felicitous is this.
This hand contains all healing balms, and this makes whole with gentle touch.
Reiki in fact is some kind of a universal creed, which culls positive points from all major religions of the world. The earliest reference to what is Reiki can be found in the Atharva Veda. This ancient Hindu process of tapping cosmic life force (prana) was revived in Japan about 150 years ago and given the name REIKI.

1 Gods, raise again the man whom ye, O Gods, have humbled and brought low.   Ye Gods, restore to life again, him, Gods! Who hath committed sin.

2 Here these two winds are blowing far as Sindhu from a distant land. May one breathe energy to thee, the other blow thy fault away.

3 Hither, O Wind, blow healing balm, blow every fault away, thou

4 May the Gods keep and save this man, the Maruts' host deliver

5 I am come nigh to thee with balms to give thee rest and keep

 

7 The tongue that leads the voice precedes. Then with our tenfold-branching hands. With these two healers of disease, we stroke thee with a soft caress.

Origin of Reiki, the diverse cultural influences: Chinese, Japanese etc.

Basic principles

Reiki is based on the principles encapsulated in two verses of the Lotus Sutras from the teachings of Gautama Buddha and the mantra: Nam myoho renge kyo, which roughly translates as : I devote my life to the mystic law of cause and effect (karma) that is woven into the warp and woof of the universe's existence. - Visit www.kismatkarma.com for our personalized approach to Holistic Healing