Enlightened heart buddhist biography

          Songtsen Gampo, known as Tibet's first great religious king, succeeds his father, the 32nd Yarlung King, who had, at the turn of the century, begun to unify.

        1. Songtsen Gampo, known as Tibet's first great religious king, succeeds his father, the 32nd Yarlung King, who had, at the turn of the century, begun to unify.
        2. She is given the posthumous name of (
        3. To paraphrase, it is precisely because all beings possess the Enlightened Heart of Buddhahood that they are, but for obscuring defilements, essentially Buddhas.
        4. This wide-ranging book offers easy-to-follow teachings and practices to cultivate a kind mind―bodhichitta―in order to enter and progress along the Buddhist path.
        5. The document appears to be a thesis analyzing the works of the 3rd Karma pa Rangjung Dorje.

          6. To paraphrase, it is precisely because all beings possess the Enlightened Heart of Buddhahood that they are, but for obscuring defilements, essentially Buddhas....

          Maura O'Halloran

          Irish Zen Buddhist monk

          Maura "Soshin" O'Halloran (May 24, 1955 - October 22, 1982) was an Irish Zen Buddhist monk.[1] She is known for her book Pure Heart, Enlightened Mind, which was posthumously published, and for being one of the "first of few Western women allowed to practice in a traditional Japanese Zen monastery".[2]

          Biography

          O'Halloran was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1955 and her parents moved to Ireland when she was four years old.[3][4] Her father was originally from County Kerry while her mother was native of Maine.[4] In Ireland, O'Halloran was educated in Loreto College, Foxrock in Dublin and later attended Trinity College Dublin, where she graduated with a joint degree in mathematical economics/statistics and sociology.[3] Shortly after her graduation O'Halloran travelled to Japan, where she studied to become a Zen monk at Toshoji in Tokyo and at Kannonji in the Iwate Prefec