num_pages: 311
description: 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.
language: English
title: Pure Heart, Enlightened Mind: the Zen journal & letters of Maura "Soshin" O'Halloran
titlecomplete: Pure Heart, Enlightened Mind: the Zen journal & letters of Maura "Soshin" O'Halloran
genres: Religion, Buddhism, Japan, Spirituality, Biography Memoir, Biography, Memoir, Nonfiction, Zen
ratings_count: 363
publisher: Riverhead Trade