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Big Mind
Used particularly within the Zen tradition, the term Big
Mind can have different meanings in different contexts,
Notes
even within Buddhism. Japanese Soto Zen founder Dōgen [1] Dōgen Zenji; Kōshō Uchiyama (1983). Refining your
Zenji uses the phrase in his Tenzo Kyōkun (Instructions Life: from the Zen Kitchen to Enlightenment. Translated
to the Chief Cook);[1] as does 20th c. Zen master Shunryu by Thomas Wright & Kōshō Uchiyama. Weatherhill.
Suzuki in talks collected in the book Zen Mind, Beginner’s pp. 18 & 38. ISBN 9780834801790.
Mind. "Big Mind" indicates an awareness of reality that
transcends the merely personal, or wholly subjective.
The "Big Mind Process" is a specific technique devel-
References
oped by Zen teacher Dennis Merzel that merges Western • Merzel, Dennis Genpo (2007). Big Mind Big Heart:
psychological techniques (specifically Voice Dialogue Finding Your Way. Salt Lake City: Big Mind Publishing.
therapy) with Buddhist conceptions of self and mind. ISBN 0977142337.
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