My first guest is Genpo Roshi. The reason I wanted to have Roshi as a guest today is twofold - he was my first guest of my old podcast Waking from the American Dream - I love full circle things like that, but also I wanted my first three guests to be folks that have helped me build the foundation of my world view and my daily practice for the last twenty years.
Genpo Roshi was born in California as Dennis Paul Merzel, began studying Zen Buddhism in 1973 with renowned Japanese Zen Master Taizan Maezumi Roshi at the LA Zen Center.
He is known for his development of the Big Mind process, a method that combines Zen practice with a Western psychological process called Voice Dialogue, a form of shadow work that facilitates profound personal transformation and insight.
You can find him and his work at:
https://bigmind.org/
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Interested in my guest this month, Genpo Roshi’s world? Go to https://bigmind.org/. His work will literally blow your mind.
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