AMERICAN ZEN: WAKING UP AND STANDING UP
Event Details
Waking Up and Standing Up for Inner Liberation and Social Enlightenment
with Diane Musho Hamilton Roshi and Igor Taiso Limansky
June 8, 2025
Two Arrows Zen – Artspace
230 South 500 West, Suite 155
Salt Lake City, Utah
This course explores the intersection of personal and social awakening.
Drawing from Buddhist values of liberation, wholeness, and equanimity, which dovetail with American social values of liberty, unity, and equality, participants will discover how inner and outer enlightenment reinforce one another.
The goal is to cultivate a wakeful, engaged citizenry—self-responsible yet compassionate, autonomous yet connected, grounded in inner peace and acting for a just society.
The day begins with meditation to inspire you to be involved in the political process with Zen insight. Topics we will engage include:
- Values Exploration: Exploring Sameness
Liberation/Liberty
Equanimity/Equality
Compassion/Pursuit of Happiness
Interdependence – E Pluribus Unum
Universal Compassion – “All men are created equal”
Sangha (Community) – “We the People”
- Challenges of Conversation: Working with Difference
Impacts of difference on the nervous system
Self-regulation
Expanding to multiple perspectives
Curiosity – a less fixed view
Acknowledgement of sameness
Community across differences
Skills for conversations
$99 General Admission
$79 Two Arrows Zen Member
Pre-registration is required. No walk-ins, please.
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
Financial support for practitioners is made possible through donations from generous members and donors. Partial financial assistance may be available for people under thirty or those in life transitions, in each case with financial need.
We welcome all donations to the Scholarship Fund, which supports the diversity of our community and provides practice opportunities for young practitioners. There is an opportunity to donate when you register.
SCHEDULE
8:30 – 9:00 Coffee/Tea
9:00 – 12:00 Program
PARKING
Use Visitor/Guest parking at the front of Artspace City Center for this event.
Diane Musho Hamilton Roshi is a Zen Teacher, author, and award-winning mediator and facilitator.
She has been a practitioner of meditation for more than 40 years.
Diane is the co-founder and Executive Director of Two Arrows Zen. She directs staff and volunteers to support Zen practice in Salt Lake City and Torrey, Utah, and online. Diane is also the founder of Two Arrows Zen Real LIFE Programs, courses that expand emotional resilience, interpersonal skills, and conflict resolution capacity.
Igor Taiso Limansky is a community organizer, facilitator, and coach whose background as a first-generation American with an Egyptian-Armenian mother and a French-Russian father shapes him.
Igor’s work lies at the crossroads of culture, conflict, and ancestral wisdom. Drawing from experiences working at the United Nations and with President Obama’s election campaigns, Igor brings insights and expertise into the complexities of social change systems and the crucial role of transformational leadership development.
Igor is a Zen practitioner at Two Arrows Zen.
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