Mantra of light

Vairocana is the Buddha whose appearance is white. Vairocana Buddha sits at the center of the Mandala. He is considered the personification of the Dharmakaya [The basis of reality that all phenomena emanate] and is referred to as Mahavairocana – Dainichi Nyorai.

Mantra – Sanskrit:

OM AMOGHA VAIROCANA MAHAMUDRA MANI PADMA JVALA PRAVARTAYA HUM

Definition

“Praise be to the flawless all-pervasive illumination of the great bright light. Turn over to me the jewel lotus and radiant light”.

Dia Komyo and Great Bright Light Mantra

The essential characteristic of this practice is purification. We call upon the great purifying light of the universe through mantra, in order to remember our inner Great Bright Light [Reiki – Dai komyo 4th symbol Advanced practice].

Through recitation of the mantra we can experience and remember our unification with the universe. It’s this insight that brings about awareness of our mind and its grasping nature.

We can then begin to let go of attachment and clinging to our strong mental obscurations’ – such as worry, fear, jealousy and anger.
We begin to realise these as poison which taint the natural mind and which obscures our “absolute truth”.
We see that we operate in “relative truth” in a dream, a world of stories and drama, caught in anger and worry.

Working with Dia Komyo [4th Reiki Symbol] you begin to expose the Great Bright Light of the primordial enlightened state. This process transforms delusion into pervasive, omnipresent, blissful nature.

Provisional Practice

The foundational practices of Reiki are embodied through the precepts. By living the precepts, we gradually loosen the grip of attachment and the tendency to cling to difficult states of mind. As these habits soften, ignorance begins to diminish at its root. In its place arise greater honesty, humility, compassion, and authenticity.

The meditations, mantras, symbols, Reiju, and hands-on healing practices of Reiki serve as skillful means. They help the practitioner look beyond the surface appearance of ordinary experience and the habitual view of self and life. These practices open the door to a deeper recognition of one’s true nature, revealing dimensions of being that are often hidden from ordinary awareness. Through this unfolding, the practitioner gains glimpses of the enlightened state and the profound reality that has always been present.

Reiki and Buddhist practice are inseparable for me. They are simply different tools on the same path. Through Reiki, direct experience opens the door to a profound inner knowing. From that knowing arises the aspiration to look more deeply, uncover the truth, and realise what has always been present.

Reiki = True Self [Vital Life force energy]

Dai komyo = True self as bright light

Makoto = Truth