Diane Musho Hamilton, Sensei

 “Zen practice is your life.  Some things just have to be lived out."                                                                                                                                         --Musho Sensei 

     Diane Musho Hamilton Sensei is a gifted mediator, facilitator, and teacher of Zen and Integral Spirituality. She has been a practitioner of meditation for more than 25 years. Diane began her studies at Naropa University in 1983 with Choygam Trungpa Rinpoche, and became a Zen student of Genpo Merzel Roshi’s in 1997. In 2003, she received ordination as a Zen monk with her husband Michael Zimmerman, and received dharma transmission from Roshi in 2006. Diane facilitates Big Mind Big Heart, a process developed by Genpo Merzel Roshi to help elicit the insights of Zen in Western audiences. She has worked with the Integral Institute since 2004.

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Michael Mugaku Zimmerman, Sensei

 "This day will not come again. Each moment is a precious gem."
                                                                                                          --Takuan

     Mugaku Sensei came to Zen relatively late. He first ventured into meditation in 1993 as a way to find some grounding during his first wife's year-long struggle with terminal cancer. Shortly thereafter, he met Diane Hamilton, now Musho Sensei, through their working together for the Utah courts. At her suggestion, he attended an introductory class at Kanzeon in early 1997. Soon after, he began to study with Genpo Merzel Roshi. He and Diane were married by Genpo Merzel Roshi in 1998, the year he received Jukai. They received Shukke Tokudo and became monks together in 2003, were joint Shushos during the Spring Ango in 2005, received Denkai in early 2006, and he received Dharma Transmission in December 2006, seven months after Diane. Together they have four children and Ali, the Wonder Dog.

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