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KURAMA YAMA GUARDIANS: GEOMAN/SANAT KUMARA
MT. KURAMA CHANT: KU-RA-MA . . . NA-MA . . . OHM SA-NAT-KU-MA-RA
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Sanat Kumara is
the embodiment of Earth. He is He makes the impossible happen . . . He is also known as the Sonten. |
According
to esoteric Japanese history, Sonten (or Sanat Kumara) was the first teacher
on Earth of Reiki. Legend states that he arrived on Mt. Kurama
approximately 6 million
years ago, and many believe his spirit still dwells within the mountain.
Today, high upon Mt.
Kurama, a shrine dedicated to Sonten is daily revered by Buddhist Priests.
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THE LEGEND
Mount Kurama is in northern Kyoto, Japan. According to
legend,
Mount Kurama was
a volcano that rose from the sea about 260 million years ago. Six million years ago,
Maou-son, the great
king of the conquerors of evil and the spirit, descended to
Mount Kurama from
the planet Venus with the mission of the salvation of mankind.
In
A.D. 770, Gantei, the most favored pupil of the high priest Ganjin (who had
founded the
Toushoudaiji Temple in Nara), was led by a white horse to climb up
Mount Kurama. He was
enlightened with the realization of Bishamon-ten, the
protector of the northern quarter of the
Buddhist heaven and the spirit of the
sun. Following this, he established a Buddhist temple on
Mount Kurama. The
temple there is now home to the Kurama Koukyou sect of Buddhism.
Maou-son, Bishamon-ten and Senju-kannon are
symbols of the Universal Soul,
forming a trinity known as Sonten . Sonten is the Living Soul, the Supreme Soul
of the Universe, the Glorious Light and the Activity of the Soul.
The monks and nuns who live
and work at Mount Kurama talk about
Sonten Reiki as the spirit of the
mountain, the force of nature that surrounds it.
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