Hakushin

Hakushin was a high level Buddhist priest who agreed to sacrefice himself to save his people from a pestalance in the area. He did so, but as he was waiting to die he began to hate his followers who prayed for his death in order that they may be saved. Naraku then manipulated the emotinally damaged hakushin to erect a barrier around Mount Hakurei. He then sat in his temple on the mountain and focused on his barrier. He helped bankotsu during his fight on Hijiri island and then helped him escape through his dokko. Later he fought Sango and Miroku but then fleed when miroku used his wind tunnel to destroy his barrier. He then met kikyo who convinced him to release his soul and pass to the after life.

Powers and Abilities : St.Hakushin was an immensely powerful priest and if not most powerful priest seen with his powers only challenged by others like kikyo, kagome and midoriko though all are unlikely considering hakushins might. Shintarou and his fellow villagers who lived beside Hijiri Island and close to mt.hakurai knew of hakushins great power power as he said that when hakushin was alive he had immensly strong spiritual power that he used to save many. Even naraku enlisted his help as he knew that hakushin's power can protect from any of his demon enemies.

Barrier and other spiritual abilities: Hakushin had created a around Mt.hakurai that might have been the most strongest barrier ever seen as it stop any demon no matter how powerful like Sesshomaru or even with small traces of demonic energy like a half demon like inuyasha from passing the barrier and those who got even in the area around the barrier were still severly weakened. He also showed that he can fly in his barrier which he showed when he escaped the mountain after his fight with sango and miroku. He even put a powerful barrier around Hijiri Island though it was weaker as he was only use put a small portion of his power on the island through his dokko though it still prevented inuyasha from using powers properly. Hakushin can also use telekinesis as he was able to levitate his dokko from afar.

Weopons : Hakushin also used some mystical weopons to help him.

Dokko: This was one of hakushins weopons which he can control remotly as he showed when he was on Mt.hakurai but was still able to control it despite the fact it was on Hijiri Island. With it he can teleport anything such as objects and people which he showed when he used it to teleport bankotsu fron hijiri island back to his temple on mount hakurai. it can also purify things if it can hit it similar to a sacred arrow as shown when it purified inuyasha's sword. The dokko can also create a barrier though not as strong as the one on Mt.hakurai.

Poem -

The poem sung as he was buried,

To live is to die and to die is to live, What is Pure is Impure and Impure is Pure, What is Good is Evil and Evil is Good, To live is to die and to die is to live, In the grave of Monk Hakushin, The saint returns to Mt. Hakurei.

To live is to die and to die is to live...

the poem has been sung a number of times through out the Band of Seven Arc and Mt Hakurei Arc and is also sung by Kikyō.