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Maurine Stuart (1922-1990)

Dharma name: 慈海玅音 Jikai Myō'on

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurine_Stuart  

Maurine Myoon Stuart, Dai Osho Most of us know something about Stuart Roshi thanks to the collection of her talks gathered by her student, Roko Sherry Chayat, published under the title Subtle Sound (Shambhala, 1996). Stuart Roshi, a student of Soen Nakagawa Roshi, lived most of her life in Massachusetts, where she served the Cambridge Buddhist Association as a Rinzai Zen Priest. She was a concert pianist, and also raised a family. She passed away in 1990 at the age of 68, after a long struggle with cancer. As Pat Hawk says, “[her] talks are simple, direct, and exactly to the point”

PDF: Maurine Stuart
by Helen Tworkov
In: Zen in America: profiles of five teachers: Robert Aitken, Jakusho Kwong, Bernard Glassman, Maurine Stuart, Richard Baker

 

 
Subtle Sound: The Zen Teachings of Maurine Stuart
Edited by Roko Sherry Chayat
1989
Maurine Stuart (1922–1990) was one of a select group of students on the leading edge of Buddhism in America: a woman who became a Zen master. In this book, she draws on down-to-earth Zen stories, her friendships with Japanese Zen teachers, and her experiences as a concert pianist to apply the inner meanings of Buddhism to practicing the basic ethics of daily living—nowness, unselfishness, compassion, and good will toward every living being. She emphasizes that inner growth comes through our own efforts and intuition, especially as we cultivate them through meditation practice. We can then take what we have learned in meditation and use it to respond to our daily lives in a straightforward and creative way, guided not by concepts or dogma, but by direct insight into the reality of the present moment.