054. Genpo Roshi

Buddha at the Gas Pump

Rick Archer

Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Spirituality, Society & Culture

4.7 • 695 Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2011

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Genpo is a long-time Zen practitioner, now Master, who has developed the “Big Mind Process”, through which "Novice participants without any formal meditation training can have profound spiritual experiences with persistent enhancement of well-being..." Summary and transcript of this interview Interview recorded 1/10/2011. YouTube Video Chapters: 00:00:00 - Introduction to Zen Master Genpo Mersal 00:02:56 - The Role of Zen and Buddhism in My Life 00:05:18 - The Journey of Consciousness 00:07:01 - Throwing Our Backs Into Awakening the Planet 00:08:47 - Becoming a Zen Master 00:10:47 - The Growth and Maturity of Zen Masters and Roshis 00:12:53 - Total Freedom and Empowering Others 00:15:13 - Enlightenment and Liberation 00:17:34 - The Journey up the Mountain 00:20:03 - Falling from Enlightenment: Returning to the Marketplace 00:22:26 - Indulging in Shadows 00:24:39 - Reintegrating the Shadows around the Marketplace 00:27:07 - The Importance of Working with the Shadow 00:29:20 - Enlightenment and the Ignorance of Cause and Effect 00:31:21 - Stuck at Level 3 00:33:18 - A Profound Experience and Its Impact 00:35:05 - Meaninglessness and Awakening 00:36:51 - The Impact of a High School Teacher 00:38:31 - A Journey to the Mountaintop 00:40:04 - Grizzly Bears in Waterton 00:41:38 - A Spiritual Corollary to the Adventure 00:43:56 - Profound Experiences in Zen Practice 00:47:00 - The Practice of Using Jealousy to Annihilate the Ego 00:49:21 - Dzogchen Practice and Visualizing the Worst Possible Scenario 00:52:14 - The Form in Teaching 00:54:43 - A Kundalini Experience and the Answer to the First Question 00:56:31 - Transformation into a 17-year-old girl 00:58:28 - Struggling with Feminine Energy 01:00:17 - The Integration of the Feminine Side 01:02:06 - The Desire to Lose Ego 01:03:47 - Vulnerability and an Unexpected Experience

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The Welcome to Buddha of the gas pump. My name is Rick Archer and my guest this week is Zen master Genpo Mersel, also known as Genpo Roshi.
0:38.9	And I thought I might just start by reading a few quotes from well-known people about
0:45.7	Genpo's work that are on the homepage of his website, and then we'll let him speak for himself.
0:52.8	Here we go.
0:53.8	So Ken Wilbur says, and probably most of you
0:56.4	listening to this know who Ken Wilbur is, let me state this as strongly as I can. The
1:00.7	big mind process founded by Zen Master Genpo Merzel is arguably the most important and original
1:06.9	discovery in the last two centuries of Buddhism. It is an astonishing, original,
1:11.8	profound, and effective path for waking up or seeing one's true nature. Here's one by Zen
1:18.5	Master Bernie Glassman. By integrating Western psychological insights with Eastern transcendent
1:24.1	practice, Big Mind, Big Heart helps bring light to all our voices, those of depression, anger, and
1:30.3	confusion, as well as those of unity and transcendence.
1:34.3	The consciousness that emerges is integrated, free, and world embracing.
1:38.3	And one final quote from Jack Canfield, author of the Chicken Soup series,
1:43.3	I want to really encourage you to
1:45.4	get involved in the work of Zen Master Genpo Myrtle. Every time I've worked with him,
1:50.3	I've had major breakthroughs and major insights. His big mind process is tremendously valuable
1:55.6	because it's so universal. It works whether someone has been working for 40 years or they're just starting out.
2:03.6	So, I've listened to you, do your big mind thing, and we'll be talking about that during
2:09.6	this interview.
2:10.6	I've also listened to four or five hours of audio of you over the last week.
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