Kuji in 9 syllable seal

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In Japanese, the nine syllables are: Rin (臨), Byō (兵),
Tō (闘),
Sha (者),
Kai (皆),
Jin (陣),
Retsu (列),
Zai (在),
Zen (前).
If the nine cuts are then made, as is sometimes done, the syllable Kō (行) is
sometimes spoken.

Note that the syllables are shortened forms, and there are also
longer, Sanskrit mantra that go with the same mudra.

The hand postures are as follows:

Image:Kuji_Rin.gif Jumon is On baishiraman taya sowaka. Mudra is dokko.

臨 (Rin): Hands together, fingers interlocked. The middle fingers are
raised and pressed together.

Image:Kuji_Hei.gif Jumon is On isha naya in tara ya sowaka. Mudra is
daikongo.

兵 (Byō): Hands together, fingers interlocked. Index finger and thumb
raised and pressed together, middle fingers cross over index fingers
and their tips are pressed together.

Image:Kuji_To.gif Jumon is On jite rashi itara jiba ratanō sowaka.

闘 (Tō): Hands together, fingers interlocked. Ring and pinky fingers
are raised. Ring finger pressed against other ring finger, pinky
against other pinky, but both sets of ring and pinky fingers are
separated to form a V shape or bird beak.

Image:Kuji_Sha.gif Jumon is On haya baishiraman taya sowaka.

者 (Sha): Hands together, fingers interlocked. Index finger and thumb
raised, like making a "gun" out of the fingers.

Image:Kuji_Kai.gif Jumon is On nōmaku sanmanda basaradan kan.

皆 (Kai): Hands together, fingers interlocked.

Image:Kuji_Jin.gif Jumon is On aga naya in maya sowaka.

陣 (Jin): Hands together, fingers interlocked, with the fingertips inside.

Image:Kuji_Retsu.gif Jumon is On hirota ki shanoga jiba tai sowaka.

列 (Retsu): The vajra mudra. Right hand in an upward-pointing fist,
index finger raised. Left hand grips index finger, and thumb is
pressed onto right index's nail.

Image:Kuji_Jai.gif Jumon is On chirichi iba rotaya sowaka.

在 (Zai): Hands spread out in front, with thumb and index finger touching.

Image:Kuji_Zen.gif Jumon is On a ra ba sha nō sowaka.

前 (Zen): In Japan: Hands form a circle, thumbs on top and fingers on
the bottom, right hand overlapping left up to the knuckles. on the
bottom of the fist.

[edit] The meanings in Shinto

Each word is translated to the following meaning for Shinto.

* Rin: To face.
* Byō /Hyō/Hei: The soldier.
* Tō: To fight.
* Sha: The man (or the people); a foe
* Kai: The all, or the whole effect, or whole effort.
* Jin: In Formation, or position in camp or to prepare.
* Retsu: To move in column or a row, in a line; or marching, or to
focus.
* Zai: To appear, or to exist to make yourself known, or create
existence.
* Zen: To be in front. or show up in front.

Kuji-in is used as part of a ritual in Shinto [1] is used to purify a
person with a waterfall.

[edit] The meanings in Buddhism

* Rin, to confront
* Byō /Hyō/Hei to soldier on
* Tō, to Battle with
* Sha, Against One/Person
* Kai, With everyone/entire/group
* Jin, The formation
* Retsu, In a row
* Zai, To Presence
* Zen, To move Forward

There as many as 81 variations to the Kuji-in in certain sects of
Buddhism in Japan, to say nothing of other mudra that are also used.

[edit] Ninjutsu meanings

While the kuji-in have no unique relation to ninjutsu, the ninja
traditions are steeped in esoteric Buddhist beliefs, especially
Mikkyo. The kuji-in are used in a number of their meditations, both
those related simply to their religious practice and those dealing
with their martial arts; in some ways, they are used similarly to the
Taoist ideas in Chinese internal martial arts (some of the ideas of
Chinese internal arts are, however, incorporated in many Japanese
arts, including ninjutsu and jujutsu). Some web pages[Who?] claim the
following interpretations:

* Rin - Strength
* Byō / Hyō - Channel
* Tō - Harmony
* Sha - Healing
* Kai - Sense of Danger
* Jin -Reading of thoughts.
* Retsu - Control space and time.
* Zai - sky or elements control.
* Zen - enlightenment.

The kuji-in are a tool to be used in meditation, and are frequently
over-simplified in popular culture as being a form of magic. This
misrepresentation, along with the misuse of the mudra and mantra, has
been further popularized by Dead or Alive, Tekken, and certain neo-ninja.

[edit] The use in Onmyodo

In the Japanese Taoist magical art called Onmyoudo, the kuji-in are
known as the Doman, or Seal of Doson, after Ashiya Doson, the great
rival of the legendary Onmyouji Abe no Seimei. Together with the
Seman, or seal of Seimei (the pentagram, in Asia a diagram of the
relations of the five elements), the Doman makes up the Doman-Seman,
considered the fundamentals of Onmyoudo.

The nine syllables are used to make a yang spell, especially to ward
off demons, while the tenth is spoken, without the slashes or any
other mudra, to turn it into a yin spell (even numbers are yin in
Onmyou numerology, while odd are yang). Supposedly, Doson could use
the 9 syllables to control his shikigami at a distance, even using
them as assassins.

http://www.kujiin.com/

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