Background
O'Halloran was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1955 and her parents moved to Ireland when she was four years old.
(In 1979, 24-year-old Maura O'Halloran left her waitressin...)
In 1979, 24-year-old Maura O'Halloran left her waitressing job in Boston and began her study of Zen in Japan. Today she is revered as a Buddhist saint, and a statue in her honor stands at the monastery where she lived. This is the story of her journey.
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(In 1979, 24-year-old Maura O'Halloran left her waitressin...)
In 1979, 24-year-old Maura O'Halloran left her waitressing job in Boston and began her study of Zen in Japan. Today she is revered as a Buddhist saint, and a statue in her honor stands at the monastery where she lived. This is the story of her journey.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0804819777/?tag=2022091-20
(One of the most beloved Buddhist books of all time-having...)
One of the most beloved Buddhist books of all time-having inspired popular musicians, artists, a documentary film, and countless readers-is now in an expanded, new edition, loaded with extras. Absolutely absorbing from start to finish, this is a true story you might truly fall in love with. At only 24, Maura O'Halloran left her Irish-American family stateside and traveled to Japan, where she began studying under an inscrutable Zen master. She would herself become recognized as a Zen master-in an uncommonly brief amount of time. Pure Heart, Enlightened Mind is Maura's beautifully-written account of her journey. These journal entries and letters home reveal astonishing, wise-beyond-her-years humor, compassion, wisdom, and commitment. This expanded edition includes never-before-seen entries and poems, the author's unfinished novel, and an afterword that discusses the book's cultural impact. It will be a must-have for Maura's previous fans--and will surely find her thousands of new ones.
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O'Halloran was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1955 and her parents moved to Ireland when she was four years old.
There she was educated in a convent school in County Dublin and later attended Trinity College Dublin, where she graduated with a joint degree in mathematical economics/statistics and sociology.
O'Halloran died in a traffic accident in Chiang Mai, Thailand on October 22, 1982.
(One of the most beloved Buddhist books of all time-having...)
(Journals of a young Irish woman who entered the toughest ...)
(In 1979, 24-year-old Maura O'Halloran left her waitressin...)
(In 1979, 24-year-old Maura O'Halloran left her waitressin...)