Cause of death ritual suicide Name Chujiro Hayashi Known for Reiki | Occupation naval surgeon Nationality Japanese Role Physician | |
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Born 15 September 1880 ( 1880-09-15 ) Tokyo, Japan Died May 11, 1940, Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan Books The Hayashi Reiki Manual: Traditional Japanese Healing Techniques from the Founder of the Western Reiki System Similar People Frank Arjava Petter, U Nu, Eiji Sawamura, Yuko Tojo, Tateo Kato | ||
Chujiro Hayashi (林 忠次郎, Hayashi Chūjirō, 15 September 1880 – 11 May 1940), a disciple of Mikao Usui, played a major role in the transmission of Reiki out of Japan and for turning it into a less mystical practice.
Hayashi was a naval physician and employed Reiki to treat his patients. He began studying with Usui in 1925. 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 Hawayo Takata and helped her bring Reiki to Hawaii. As some of the popular history of Reiki consists of Takata's alleged fabrications, Hayashi is often considered to be Usui's chief disciple and the second Grand Master of Reiki history.
In 1940, Hayashi performed Seppuku ( in the Takata traditional story was a suicide in meditation,) rather than join the war.