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Some of the key takeaways are that the document discusses the requirements and process to become a certified Kuji-In teacher, how to properly charge mantras, and background information about MahaVajra.

To become a certified Kuji-In teacher, one must have read the Kuji-In trilogy books, completed the 9 day and 63 hour meditation processes, maintain a daily altar practice, and request certification from a teacher.

The steps involved in charging mantras are to recite the mantra on a mala bead by bead for 9 full malas over 12 days while maintaining a sacred mindset. Specific techniques like speed and volume of recitation are discussed.

九字印

Ku Ji In

Kuji-In Teacher’s Guide

By Acharya MahaVajra
Venerable Great Lightning

Copyright François Lépine © 2008


ISBN 978-0-9809415-4-8

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Table of Contents

Teacher Preparation ........................................................5

Initiation ..........................................................................7

Earnings......................................................................... 10

Environment .................................................................. 11

Dressing code ................................................................ 12

Altar................................................................................ 12

Air and Bones................................................................. 13

Preparation..................................................................... 14

Progression .................................................................... 14
Weekly class ................................................................................................... 16
Seminars......................................................................................................... 21

Titles ..............................................................................24

Tradition ........................................................................24

Teaching Material..........................................................25

Certifications..................................................................26

Disclaimer......................................................................27

Master preparation.........................................................29
Emotional Transmutation: .............................................................................. 29
Charging the mantras: ..................................................................................... 31

About François Lépine ..................................................35

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Teacher Preparation

Before you can become a certified teacher of Kuji-In in the


Transformational Approach, a few things must have been
covered.

1- You must have read all the 3 books of the Kuji-In trilogy
from François Lépine, and have practiced each technique at
least a few times, including all Qi-Gong techniques found
in the first book. You may use your own experience and
Qi-Gong teachings in your own class, but must be aware of
the standard teachings.

2- You must have done the 9 Day Kuji-In Meditation


process, and the 63 Hour Kuji-In Self-Initiation process,
found at the end of the second book.

3- Altar, prayer and mala charge, at least once a week,


preferably everyday. You must have started this process
when you request your teacher certification, and you will
have to do it before each time you teach Kuji-In, in addition
to your daily or weekly practice.

Without requiring that you become a Buddhist in a


religious way, you must build yourself a simple spiritual
altar in the tradition of your choice (Buddhist, Christian,
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Hindu…). Sitting in front of your altar, make a prayer of
gratitude towards the God of your belief. Then, use a mala
to recite 108 times a single Kuji-In mantra of your choice,
using the Sanskrit version of the mantras.

A mala is a Buddhist or Hindu prayer necklace, made of


108 beads. You count each bead for each time you recite a
mantra. While holding a mala, you will not be making the
mudra with your hands. Chanting a mantra 108 times, using
the mala to count, will empower the mala with the
consciousness of the mantra, and will support your energy
and your spiritual elevation when you teach. You should
not use your index finger to count the mala beads, but use
your major finger or your thumb. The more you chant Kuji-
In mantras using your mala, the stronger the effect will be.

No one but yourself should touch your personal mala.


Although it is not dramatic, you will have to re-do a mala
to reinstate the full power of your mala.

More information about the use of a mala is available at the


end of this booklet, in the “Master Preparation” chapter.

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Initiation

When any spiritual teaching is passed from master to


disciple or from teacher to student, there is also a passing of
consciousness, where the student’s spirit is receptive to the
spirit of the teacher, and an “initiation” occurs. What
happens is that part of the knowledge and experience of the
teacher is passed to the student, so that the student does not
have to spend hundreds of hours before he can gain
consciousness of the spiritual teaching. This initiation
permits the student to become aware almost immediately of
the sacred teaching, almost up to the level of consciousness
that the teacher has of such teaching. Then, the student
must still build up his own experience of the teaching, by
practice, so that he can fully illume himself from this
spiritual consciousness.

YET, before any spiritual teaching existed, before the


concept of empowerment was used, there were humans on
a spiritual quest that spent many hundreds of hours in
meditation and spiritual practice, hoping to discover
themselves, and discover the spiritual world. Thus, it is
possible for anyone to discover any spiritual teaching by
studying and practicing by them self even if it takes MUCH

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more time, a self-empowerment will occur, with time,
practice and perseverance.

The goal of other-empowerment, or to receive initiation


from a master, is to produce such an extreme shift in
consciousness that the perception of the student is
awakened in order to feel and live the experience
immediately. Without this immediate experience of the
spiritual truth, the student might start to think it is useless…
and eventually drop his spiritual practice.

Once someone went thru a few process of empowerment


with a master, over a long enough period of time, the
consciousness of the student, now awakened, can get
immediate self-empowerment because of the availability of
the human self to participate in the spiritual practice with
the spirit-true-self. New monks and students are thought by
masters, but advanced students and masters study alone.
They read the scriptures alone, pray alone, and join the
spirit world alone, where they self-empower themselves.
For example, when the highest master of a lineage studies
and practices, he still gains power, he does not need anyone
else to teach him, because he let himself touch by the
Buddhas and the Bodhisatvas directly; or he joins himself
as human and spirit, as one, where all is the same, and all
the consciousness of all things is the consciousness of all
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other thing. Christian practitioners of Kuji-In get in contact
with the Father, the Christ, and the Holy Spirit.

To resume: initiation is the process where a master or


teacher empowers someone else, to assist the seeker on his
path, to show the spiritual way, and to accelerate the
process of awakening. Such a process is greatly
encouraged, but is not necessary to illume oneself or to find
the inner-truth. Throughout history, a great deal of saints
and masters awakened themselves simply because they
spent a lot of time focusing on the God of their religion, or
on the sprit-self, with devotion and faith.

In Kuji-In, we learn that there are no space and time, no


dimension outside of illusion. Thus, having distant
initiation, via email or phone, is almost as efficient as an
initiation with direct contact. Reading the books will lead
you so far, but you will need either a lot of practice, or
previous spiritual experience. If you already “transcended”
while in meditation, every spiritual concept passed, even
thru the reading of spiritual books, will touch you and will
inspire you.

Learning from books takes more time, yet it is a reasonable


alternative when a master is not accessible. I teach this
even in the books that I wrote myself. Some of my on-line
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students advance faster in their spiritual development than
some of my 4-wall class students, because it does not
depend as much on the proximity of the contact, than on the
availability of the students to be touched by spirit. The
“transcendental” experience of Retsu will help a teacher
understand this non-dimension aspect of the universe.

So that an initiative process can occur, it is very important


to meditate regularly, and to practice the techniques that
will be passed on, if only for a moment, before teaching
them, so to awaken the energy within the body and the
experience of it in the teacher’s consciousness.

Earnings

It is reasonable to earn payments in exchange for the


teachings given. For ages, when students and disciples went
to the temple to learn, they brought some food, and spent
some time working around the temple, in exchange for the
wisdom they would receive. Today, this exchange is
balanced by money, most of the time, but the exchange is
not required to be monetary. However, there must be some
form of respectful exchange.

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The exchange must be balanced, and must not be burdening
for the student or the teacher. If there is ego, arrogance or
abuse in the exchange, it should not take place. Be wise and
follow your heart, as well as your discernment. Teachers
are allowed to earn a living.

Teachers and Masters may purchase material (books,


prayer malas…) from F.Lepine Publishing at discount
prices, to sell to their students at regular price.

Environment

The environment must be suitable to exchange spiritual


wisdom. The place should be clean enough, comfortable,
with reasonable air quality. There should be enough room
for each student to practice standing Qi-Gong, such as the
Dance of the Dragon, or other Qi-Gong practice that the
teacher knows. The room temperature must be comfortable,
not too cold, not too hot. However, in any case, do you best
with the available means.

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Dressing code

Students should be dressed comfortably, so that their


breathing is fluid and unhindered while standing and
sitting. Some martial art and Qi-Gong schools may provide
a kimono or standard vestment. Clothing should be not too
cold, not to hot. A teacher or master should wear something
significant to their title during class. It can be simple
clothing that reflects Zen neutrality, or Tai-Chi style.

Altar

There should be an altar in the teaching class, or at least, a


spiritual statue displayed in a respectful way. Depending
on your spiritual path, it can be a Buddha, a Christ or a
Shiva. People should not be allowed to run past the altar
without respect, when learning Kuji-In.

The altar should be composed according to the teacher’s


beliefs and ways, but always in a respectful manner. Do not
place weapons on the altar unless they are held by a
Buddha or an angel. If you place offerings of food and
water, do not let them too long until they lose their
freshness. Better to have no offerings than rotting ones.

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Air and Bones

Each Kuji-In practice or class must include breathing


exercises, of any type, for at least a few breathes. While in
class, students tend to dislike doing long periods of
breathing, so you can insist in having a few conscious
breathes, and encourage them to practice for a few minutes
at home.

Each Kuji-In practice or class must include, from time to


time, Qi-Gong exercises to help the energy flow thru the
body, and some exercises to add flexibility to the spine.
The Dance of the Dragon is totally appropriate for such a
purpose. Start by teaching the movements of the hands in
the “3-loop 8-shape”, then add the swaying of the hips, then
the orientation of the head and hands. Students should be
allowed to advance to their own rhythm and abilities, as
they grasp each new step of the technique.

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Preparation

Before each class or seminar, the teacher should take a


small amount of time to engage the energies of Kuji-In in
his/her body. Before a class of 1 hour, a few minutes will
suffice. Before a 2 day seminar, at least 1 hour of prayer
and practice must be done. Or else, the teacher might
unknowingly deplete his energy. Advanced students should
sweep the floor or attend the new students if need be. This
preparation should not be taken on the class time, and
should not be done in ways to attract the attention of new
students. Humility is recommended. (I personally breathe
and pray alone, before each class, while advanced students
sweep the floor for a few minutes.).

Progression

Teachers must start by teaching adequate breathing


techniques, and quickly go to the feeling of the Qi. Respect
the pace of your students. It is not essential for them to
actually feel the Qi to continue, but they should at least
learn the basic techniques.

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A Kuji-In set should be thought first using the basic tools,
such as the Japanese syllable (RIN, KYO, TOH…), and
add the Sanskrit prayer only when the student leaned all
other aspects of the Set. Each class should cover the
philosophy of a Kuji-In technique, as well as the ritual
aspect. When students learned the first level of philosophy
and ritual practice, for each of the nine Kuji-In sets, then
they should be thought the advanced techniques, then the
Mastery techniques.

The techniques from the first book are introductive. In the


second book, you go more profound. The mudra is the
same. It is the technique that evolves at a higher level. In
the third book, you’ll see another level of techniques,
slightly different from the 1st and second book. If you wish
to become a competent teacher, you have to learn them all,
so you can lead others thru the process progressively. The
first time we practice the Kuji-In, it has to be easy and soft.
Then, in the advanced training, we go stronger, with more
details, and we insist in learning the Sanskrit mantras by
heart. At the mastery level, you’ll see a deeper sense of the
Kuji-In, that you should not transmit to beginners.

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Weekly class

While you should find a method that fits your style, I will
give an example of how I teach in the format of a weekly
class. Once you understand the main structure, you can
adapt it to your preferences.

When I give weekly class, I accept new students at


anytime, and give a continuous course, adapting to the level
of each new student, and advanced student present. Thus, a
new student could start learning in the Retsu class, and it
would be fine, since the first time a student assists in class,
he learns an aspect of the philosophy and the basic ritual
application in half-meditative state. Once a student has seen
all of the nine Kuji-In sets, both in philosophy and ritual
application, he can continue learning all the various
philosophical aspects and higher level of application of the
techniques. I always give the choice to advanced students
(9 weeks or more) to assist the philosophical exposé again,
at another level, or to go in the back to practice the Kuji-In
set’s ritual using the Sanskrit prayer for 20 minutes, to feel
the empowerment. When a student assists a Kuji-In set
class for a second time, or after multiple encounters, I give
him a sheet of the resumed Kuji-In set, printed from Book
1. In an intensive seminar, I give all participants a set of 9

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sheets printed from book 1. While I encourage each Kuji-In
student to purchase their own set of books, all should have
access to the reminder when they learn the technique with a
teacher or master. Teacher and masters have permission to
print copies of the 9 Kuji-In pages from book 1 (the 9 pages
with the photos of the mudras and the mantras), to
distribute to their students.

I start a class with a simple breathing period, of about 1


minute, where I teach normal and reversed breathing to
new students, while other students simply practice. This
goes on for only a minute or two, and then I continue with
Qi-Gong training for a few more minutes (10-15 minutes).
Then, I start giving philosophy that will concern the Kuji-In
set of the day. The first day of class will cover RIN, with a
philosophy either of self-trust, courage, faith, right to
live… Then, the following week with KYO, I will speak
either of responsibility, of affirming what you want to
create, of the karmic implications of our actions, of the
power of benediction and malediction,… on the third week,
TOH, I might speak of giving myself attention, of
understanding myself, of auto-therapy, of introspection…

Once the philosophy was explained (15-20 minutes), I start


teaching the ritual aspect of the weekly Kuji-In set. For
RIN, I show the correct application of the mudra, and give
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only the Japanese syllable mantra. I invite the students to
practice this way for 2 minutes. Then, I will ask them to
add the focus on the base chakra. While they continue their
practice, I will speak softly “Rin…. Rin… Rin… Base
chakra”. Then I will invite them to imagine that their base
chakra is setting aflame, and that the flame rises in their
body and around it. I reapeat something like “Rin… Rin…
Rin… Base chakra, feel it… it is aflme, your entire body is
aflame and purified… Rin… Rin… Rin…” and keep silent
for 1 more minutes. Then I will ask them to add to their
focus, a feeling of self-trust, or right to live. And I will
repeat softly the tools to focus on. It is easy to keep the
mudra, so we must simply utter the other elements of the
practice: “Rin… Rin… Rin… base chakra is the focus and
source of the fire… your entire body aflame,… Self-trust…
birthright to live…”.

After 10 minutes focusing on the RIN basic application of


the ritual, I ask them to open their eyes and be at peace. I
quickly resume without insisting the 5 tools that composes
the RIN Kuji-In set:
- Show the mudra again
- RIN to be repeated mentally
- Base chakra to focus
- Visualize to body on fire, set by the base chakra
- Nourish a feeling of self-trust
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Then, I ask them if any of them have any question. They
usually don’t have any, their mind numbed by the Kuji-In
practice that generated serotonin and endorphin in their
brain. So I will pick a random subject, about breathing or
Qi-Gong, so that they come back to a natural state of mind.
This helps them integrate the teaching more easily.

This procedure allows for a continuous teaching, to always


add new students to the class, and cover many
philosophical aspects of each Kuji-In set over a year of
teaching, never seeming to give the same class. The Qi-
Gong techniques being slightly different from class to
class, with only the Dance of the Dragon persisting, and the
8-9 weeks laps before a Kuji-In set is thought again. I wrote
8-9 weeks because sometimes, when students prefer
tangible subject, I will give ZAI and ZEN one after the
other, during the same class. When students prefer the
spiritual approach, ZAI and ZEN are cover separately,
while ZEN includes little explanation and longer
meditation periods.

Some of your students will not practice at home, using a


weekly class to take a break from the material based world.
Other students will practice at home, knowing that practice
is the key to success. It is not essential for your students to
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go thru the 63 hour self-initiation before they acquire
“Mastery” level information. It will simply make less sense
for them, and be less efficient. The self-initiation must be
explained, but not imposed. (It is necessary for you, as a
teacher, to have done it, if you want to teach high-level
Kuji-In, so that your energy will assist your student’s
awakening). Experienced students should learn and practice
the Sanskrit mantras of each Kuji-In level.

In any case, follow your intuition and follow the needs of


the group. Do not be so arrogant as to follow a preset plan
and ignore the feeling of the group. You should prepare
yourself before each class then follow the intuition
generated by the student’s spiritual needs. However, if a
student seeks attention too much, or victimizes to hinder
the progress of the entire group, deal with it responsibly
and offer to the majority what they need. You are not a
savior or a therapist.

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Seminars

Seminars are handled in the same order as a class, but over


a different period of time. If you read the above, then you
will understand the following bullet points:

- Welcome the students to the seminar. Presentations.


- Breathing, various ways
- Qi-Gong, feeling chi, Dance of the Dragon (or Qi-
Gong of your choice)
- Pause
- Brief history of Kuji-In
- Explain : mudra, mantra, mandala (visualization),
chakra, dharma (philosophy)
- Philosophy for RIN
- Ritual basics for RIN
- Philosophy for KYO
- Ritual basics for KYO
- Break
- Philosophy and ritual basics for TOH, then SHA
- Break
- KAI, JIN
- Break
- RETSU, ZAI and ZEN
- Break

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- Meditation
- Overview of the seminar
- Last question period

Pauses can be short or long. They can be 10-20 minutes


breaks, or meal times, or entire nights for seminars going
over more than 1 day. In any case, adapt the pauses to fit
the feeling of the group, and to follow their evolution thru
the process, and give them time to assimilate the
information as well as the energy.

Here and there, questions periods should be allowed. Be


diligent with students who wish to attract attention and
disturb the on-going of the seminar (“We will speak of this
at a later time,… now let’s go on with the KAI
philosophy”).

You can arrange seminars to separate Basic, Advanced and


Mastery level teachings, to follow the books, or (my
preference) have ongoing seminars every few
weeks/months, where people always learn new stuff. In the
later situation, prepare some material for Advanced and
Mastery students, so that they can practice while you give
the class to new students.

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When returning from a pause of any length, let your
students do a few conscious breathes. When returning from
a night’s sleep, do breathing and Qi-Gong again, to restart
the energies.

It is encouraged to offer the first book of the Kuji-In


trilogy, as a reminder, at the end of the seminar. It may be
included in the seminar fees. However, the learning process
should be done without any help from books, or notepads,
to encourage the brain to put energy in the learning process.
Explain to your students that learning from a certified
teacher is more than 10 times efficient as learning on our
own, from books.

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Titles

In any case, you may use titles that you have earned if you
wish, without giving too much importance to your titles.
You are equal to each of your students. Do not allow
yourself to compare or compete. Arrogance is not a trait of
a Kuji-In teacher, even less a Kuji-In Master.

Use your titles only to reassure students who request proof


of your competence. Do not insist however, when these
titles are not even asked. Titles should be briefly mentioned
in first presentations, if it seems necessary, or in a seminar
introduction.

Tradition

While I do not insist on the traditional Buddhist religious


dogma behind Kuji-In, I do insist that the training process
respects the traditional ways. To follow these ways, the
teachings should be given approximately they way Kuji-In
is thought throughout the Kuji-In trilogy of books. I
encourage each teacher to put in their own experiences in
their teaching, but to be careful about it. Some teachers
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added so much of their experience that there was no more
Kuji-In, but puzzles of mudras and magic formulas, that did
not lead the students thru a proper evolution of the Kuji-In
process in their body and mind.

Until you become a Spiritual Master, you should not go too


far away from the Kuji-In that was thought to you thru the
Transformational Approach, consolidated by François
Lépine in various forms and media, but created by the
elders and pioneers of Hindu Esoteric Buddhism. Yourself
being a martial art master, or a good holistic healer, does
not make you a Spiritual Master.

Teaching Material

As a Kuji-In Teacher or Master of the Transformational


Approach, you have the right to purchase Kuji-In books
and videos at 50% of the regular price, and to sell these to
your students at the regular price, for them to use as
guidelines.

You do not have the right to copy, duplicate or produce any


material that is the property of F.Lepine Publishing,
without permission.

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However, all certified teachers and masters have
permission to photocopy pages from the first book of the
trilogy that cover the basics of Kuji-In (9 pages only, from
RIN to ZEN), for students that already went thru these
teachings for the second time, or in seminar, and only for
students that have paid (or given exchange) to receive these
reminders. These copies are to serve only as reminders to
another form of teaching, and it should be encouraged that
each student owns their own copy of the first book of the
trilogy, if not the entire trilogy.

Certifications

As a teacher, you have the right to offer certificates to your


students, to indicate they have successfully attended to a
seminar on Kuji-In, or followed thru a set of classes. The
certificate can be the one offered from François Lépine
along with the teacher certification or one of your own
creation. In this case, your certificate should indicate the
“Transformational Approach from Kuji-In Master François
Lépine” and a seal of your school.

Only a certified Kuji-In Master may offer Teacher and


Master certification. Until a Master can sense the level of
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energy and the evolution of a student with great precision,
he should not give teacher certifications to a student before
the student has 3 years of practice. A Master who does not
feel the evolution of a being simply cannot certify another
teacher to become a Master.

Disclaimer

François Lépine was ordained in the Pureland tradition of


Hangaku Jodo, a Pure Land Buddhist lineage from Japan.
Being a North-American, he speaks French and English,
and does not speak Japanese. The Buddha did not speak
Japanese either, but Sanskrit and local languages, and
according to his instructions, we are to adapt the Buddhist
teachings to each new circumstance and culture.

François Lépine tracked down the origins of the Japanese


Kuji-In to the Chinese Nine Seals, and then back to India,
the homeland of the Buddha, leading to the wisdom of
Vajrayana, a Buddhist way of invoking the power within. It
was originally a Hindu ritual of sacrifice towards the Hindu
God Indra, but the reference to the gods being removed
from the Buddhist wisdom, we invoke the Force and
sublime Energy of the higher-self.

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No belonging to any specific organization is required to
learn and benefit from this wisdom. It is not required to
become a Japanese, Chinese or Tibetan to practice any
form of Buddhism. François Lépine’s publications were
called Kuji-In because it is thru this appellation that it was
made popular around the world.

In all your perceptions, you are encouraged to see the


higher wisdom that usually does not conform to any
tradition, trend, cultural environment, tradition or system of
belief. The soul and the spirit world are not bounded by
natural laws, nor by human definitions.

Teacher Certification

When you feel ready to request your official certification as


a Kuji-In teacher in the Transformational Approach, you
may do so on the website www.Kujiin.com.

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Master preparation

Receiving the title of “Kuji-In Master” means that you


master the ritual technique of Kuji-In, but also the
philosophical path of Kuji-In. This title does not make you
a Spiritual Master, but acknowledges your competence in
Kuji-In. Authentic Vajrayana Buddhist teachings can only
be thought by an ordained Buddhist priest. In this sense,
you must know the distinction between teaching the Kuji-In
technique, and teaching the Buddhist path. If you cannot
find a Vajrayana Buddhist close to you, you may contact
François Lépine for more information on his on-line
Buddhist teachings. However, Buddhism is not required to
practice a spiritual technique, and a few students of the
Transformational Approach already adapted Kuji-In to their
Christian path.

Emotional Transmutation:

The most powerful technique of Kuji-In is hidden in the


Emotional Transmutation, and recognition of the ego. A
Kuji-In teacher that aspires to become a Kuji-In Master,
must practice Emotional Transmutation (found in book 2)

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at least one hundred times. It can be practiced everyday or
once a week, or when the teacher feels like it. This
experience will elevate the energy and spirit of the teacher
if at the end of each practice, attention is put on joy and
peace. This technique might sink someone in depression if
the attention is left on the dark feelings and emotions.
Practice the technique like it was thought in the book. Go to
the depths of each situation, then, come back up.

Emotional transmutation is meant to clear the passage, but


then, you have to keep the passage clean. You must also
take time to recognize what actions you took, what words
you said, and what thoughts you kept in mind, so that the
emotional situation happened. It is by recognizing the
methods used by the ego to sabotage your heart that you
will become a master.

If you are afraid of a monster in the closet, go sit in the


closet, close the door, sit in the dark with your monster, and
feel the monster thru and thru. Then, come back to joy.
Then, look at your ego, and at the illusion it pushes on your
mind, to flee from the truth that you see in yourself. Be at
peace.

Even when you have experience with Emotional


Transmutation, you are not allowed to play the therapist
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with anyone you encounter. Even if you see their situation,
it does not mean you must tell them. Follow discernment
and be responsible of your own evolution.

Charging the mantras:

A Kuji-In master must be charged with the consciousness


contained in the Sanskrit mantras of Kuji-In. You must
acquire a prayer mala (Buddhist mala, made of wood, 108
beads, or Hindu mala, made of rudraksha beads, 109
beads).

The expression “to do a mala” means that you repeat a


mantra 108 times, using your mala to count. Using a mala,
to count mantras, we call this technique “japa”. On the
Hindu mala, we do not count the 109th bead, reserved to
Vishnu or Shiva. You must not jump over the 109th bead,
but reverse the direction of your Hindu mala and do your
next mala in the other direction. Buddhist malas with 108
beads are not concerned by this rule.

When you count your mantras using a mala (doing japa),


you are progressively charging the mala to make it into a
power item, a talisman that will keep your energy high

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anytime you wear it. You should count your beads using
your major or your thumb. You must not touch your mala
with your index while doing japa. It is not dramatic, but it
would un-charge the energy previously charged in the
mala. Counting using your index would charge your body
with the mantra, but not the mala itself. Touching your
mala with your index while not reciting mantras has very
little discharging effect, so don’t worry when you
manipulate your mala to put it on or take it off. Store your
mala in a sacred place, on an altar or in a blessed pouch.
When you wear it, keep it inside your clothing.

Then, the expression “to do 9 malas” means that you use


your mala to repeat 9 time 108 mantras. Before you can
become a Kuji-In Master, you must have charged yourself
of 108 malas of each of the 9 Kuji-In Sanskrit mantras. For
12 days in a row, chant 9 malas of the RIN level Sanskrit
mantra, while softly contemplating the meaning (trust /
faith), without effort. You must not miss out on a single
day, or else, you have to start to charge this mantra all over
again. Once you have chanted 9 malas per day for 12 days,
totaling 108 malas, you will have chanted 11664 times the
first mantra of Kuji-In. Give yourself a few days of break,
if you wish to, and do the same process with the KYO
Sanskrit mantra, while contemplating its meaning
(responsibility / universal circulation).
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Before each of your japa session, you must do a prayer to
elevate yourself spiritually. For each of the 9 Sanskrit
mantras of Kuji-In, you will have chanted 11664 times the
mantra, in the form of 9 malas per day for 12 days in a row,
resulting in a built up charge in your body and
consciousness. Once you have charged a mantra this way,
the concept will not leave you, ever, unless you make effort
to make it leave (but why would you?!). When reciting the
Kuji-In mantras in japa technique, you don’t do the mudra
with your hands, and the visualization is accessory. The
state of mind and the mantra are most important while
doing japa. When you notice you are thinking of other
things, simply continue doing your japa and come back to
contemplating the philosophy. It is normal that your mind
will want to weaver; you have to train at mastering
yourself, without judging yourself.

At times during your practice, you might transcend. You


will think you fell asleep, but you did not. Transcending is
when your consciousness leaves your body to go to a
higher state of existence, and comes back after. It is
recommended to transcend while meditating, but it is not
very useful while you are trying to charge a mantra. If you
tend to transcend during your japa recitation, do your malas
standing up, walking around gently, to prevent yourself
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from losing consciousness. If you drop your mala and lose
count, go back around 10 beads back, and restart from
there. You can use a paper pad to note each mala
completed. If you lose count of your malas, make one
more, just in case.

The mantra can be recited in your mind or whispering. The


speed of recitation of the mantra is the speed at which you
can say it with your voice, while each syllable is said
correctly. Some people like to “speed-dial” their mantras,
because it goes faster and it still has the charging effect.
The mantra must be audible and correctly spelled if you say
it aloud. With practice, you will be able to chant your
mantras fast enough. You will be able to do 9 malas in less
then 30 minutes.

With all the mantras charged, it is you that is charged, your


own consciousness, and your energy system that is
circulating with these energies. It you ever lose or break
your mala, it does not mean you have to start over the
entire charge. It only means that you have broken the
power item that you created when you charged the mantras.
You cannot lose what is inside you. But, it is a good thing
to keep a charged mala.

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If you have other questions about the japa technique, most
of the time, the answer is to practice in a sacred state of
mind, and practice again.

The 9 x 12 formula is applicable to mantras of a single line.


Mantras of a few lines are to be practiced 1 mala per day,
for 41 days. We do not have paragraph long mantras in
Kuji-In, but we do have some in Vajrayana, which is the
Buddhism that contains Kuji-In. Contact a Kuji-In Master
or a Buddhist priest to receive more information about this
Buddhist path.

About MahaVajra

MahaVajra (born François Lépine) is a Buddhist Bishop in


the Mahajrya tradition, entitled to open official Buddhist
temples and ordain priests. He is the founder of Quantum
Buddhism, a modern Buddhist way compatible with new
scientific discoveries in the field of Quantum Physics. He
was ordained as Bishop (Acharya, in Sanskrit) in the
official lineage of Pure Land Buddhism. He added his
experience of Vajrayana to the Quantum Buddhism
teachings, and founded the Mahajrya esoteric tradition.

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Acharya MahaVajra means Most-Reverend Great Diamond
/ Thunderbolt / Lightning / Adamentium. The meaning of
the Sanskrit word Vajra is numberless, and refers to power
and indestructibility.

He is also one of the founders of the Mystic Knighthood, a


community of spiritual warriors that promote virtuous
behavior, free-will, and self mastery. This community is
preferred by martial artists, but counts many healers and
scholars.

Quantum Buddhism: http://www.QuantumBuddhism.org

Mystic Knighthood: http://www.MysticKnight.org

On-line teaching website: http://www.MasterWithin.org

Main website: http://www.flepine.com

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