Learn to Say the Five Usui Principles
in Japanese

Recorded by Chetna Kobayashi

During the time that we had Arjava and Chetna as our guests at the 1999 Japanese Reiki Techniques Workshop, we asked Chetna to privately record the five Usui Principles in Japanese. She kindly accepted our request and we've included her voice recording on this page. You will need to have the QuickTime4 plugin installed in your web browser. If you already have this plugin installed, you will see a controller bar sitting on top of the arrow following this paragraph. If you don't have it installed, click here to obtain your free Quicktime plugin.

Chetna Kobayashi

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Transcript

We've included a written transcript of Chetna's recording below so you can follow along as she narrates the five principles.

"Hello, this is Chetna Kobayashi.

I would like to help you learn to pronounce the five Reiki principles in Japanese.

First I will recite the whole text which came from the original document written by Dr. Usui:

Shoufuku no hihoo
Manbyo no ley-yaku
Kyo dake wa
Okolu-na
Shinpai suna
Kansha shite
Goo hage me
Hito ni shinsetsu ni
Asa yuu gassho shite kokoro ni neji kuchi ni tonaeyo
Shin shin kaizen, Usui Reiki Ryoho
Chosso Usui Mikao

Now I will focus on the five principles which you can learn by repeating after me:

The first part which says "Just for Today" is pronounced:
Kyo dake wa. Repeat after me . . . Kyo dake wa.
The next part says "Don't get angry" and is pronounced:
Okolu-na. Repeat after me . . . Okoru-na.
The next part says "Don't worry" and is pronounced:
Shinpai suna. Repeat after me . . . Sinpai suna.
The next part is "Be Grateful" and is pronounced:
Kansha shite. Repeat after me . . . Kansha shite.
The next part is "Work hard" and is pronounced:
Goo hage me. Repeat after me . . . Goo hage me.
The next part is "Be kind to others" and is pronounced:
Hito ni shinsetsu ni. Repeat after me . . . Hito ni shinsetsu ni.

Now lets say all five at once:

Kyo dake wa
Okolu-na
Shinpai suna
Kansha shite
Goo hage me
Hito ni shinsetsu ni

Lets do it again:

Kyo dake wa
Okolu-na
Shinpai suna
Kansha shite
Goo hage me
Hito ni shinsetsu ni"

THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO LISTEN TO CHETNA KOBAYASHI'S VOICE RECORDING OF DR. USUI'S FIVE PRINCIPLES IN JAPANESE!

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