In the Community of Patan Dhoka, Lalitpur, an ancient story is still told of the old lady Guetaa Aji, who prepared to feed Lord Buddha and his large retinue of disciples by sweeping the fallen paddy from the streets of Gue Tole at harvest time ... Gue Tole is the site of our recent Reiki healing and teaching workshops. It is not widely known that Reiki's deepest roots lie the Nepalese village of Lumbini, where, 2,600 years ago, Prince Siddhartha was born and raised, before leaving his family for a life of spiritual searching and meditation that led to his enlightenment as the historic Gautam Buddha. Lord Buddha frequented Lalitpur and was the eminent teacher of such famous healing disciples as Ratna Garbha, dedicated to the social purpose of bringing welfare and healing those people most in need. This healing knowledge was passed down through a succession of later masters until eventually it fell into disuse. What survived was a long-standing association between Vaisajya Buddha (Medicine Buddha), universal energy healing and Sutras such as the Lotus Sutra. This Sutra contributed to religious investigator Dr Mikao Usui’s re-discovery of the healing principles he later articulated as Reiki, a practice which then spread from Japan to North America, Europe, and back again to Asia, specifically to the area of Kathmandu. This is how, at grass roots level of local community we are working to restore a special, sacred part of the spiritual birthright of the Nepali people, to be recognized and practiced in its place of origin once more.