Subtle Sound

Maurine Stuart who died in 1990, was one of the few American women to practice Buddhism and become a Zen master. This book is a collection of her talks, drawing on her friendship with Japanese Zen teachers, earthy Zen stories, and her experiences as a concert pianist, to show how the inner meanings of Buddhism are clarified through practising nowness, unselfishness, compassion and goodwill. Stuart teaches that the Zen path is ruled by the experience of direct insight into the reality of the present moment.