You Are Heroic with Brian Johnson PNTV - Big Mind Big Heart by Genpo Roshi
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Aug 14, 2015 A tour of Genpo Roshi's Big Mind process and why expanding perspective eases suffering. A blind-men-and-elephant metaphor shows how narrow views cause conflict. A Maserati-in-first-gear image illustrates being stuck. An interview method for integrating inner voices is explained. Balancing compassionate nurture with firm clarity to avoid empty kindness is explored.
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Spacious Perspective Beats Being Stuck
- Big Mind equals spacious perspective rather than believing your view is the only one.
- Brian Johnson uses the blind-men-and-elephant and Maserati-in-one-gear metaphors to show how being stuck in a single perspective causes suffering.
Blind Men And The Elephant Example
- Brian Johnson recounts the blind men and the elephant to show how partial views lead to conflict.
- Each man feels a different part and insists his partial description is the whole elephant, illustrating narrow certainty.
Suffering Is Literally A Stuck Wheel
- Buddhist dukkha literally means being stuck, like a wheel whose hub won't turn, and is the root of suffering.
- Sukha is the opposite where the wheel spins freely; Genpo's aim is fluid, graceful movement through life.
