Endless Knots author (there's always another) Daja Wangchuk Meston will speak about his memoir, Comes the Peace: My Journey to Forgiveness (Free Press, 2007), on Tues, August 7, 2007, at 7:30 PM at Newton Public Library, Newton, Massachusetts. From the Library website:
In 1999 Meston made international headlines when he attempted suicide to escape Chinese imprisonment. Arrested while researching a potential World Bank project sanctioning Chinese occupation of Tibetan land, Meston’s act spurred a worldwide out-pouring of support and led to his release.
This is a powerful story of one man’s spiritual odyssey from a child monk to a political symbol of freedom. Abandoned at the age of three by hippie American parents, and sent to become a Buddhist monk in Nepal at the age of six, Meston shed his robes and returned to the U.S. as a teenager to reconcile his past and carve out a new future. While attending Brandeis University, he married a woman whose family were Tibetan refugees and began interpreting for journalists and congressmen, traveling to the area on behalf of human-rights issues. This gripping and eloquent memoir chronicles his unorthodox path, offering a universal message of forgiveness along with a glimpse into the inner workings of Tibetan Buddhism.
Meston has been featured in People magazine and the Wall Street Journal, and has appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show.
What makes Daja Meston an Endless Knots author? Your host here (and her hubby) joyfully gave a book party (recorded here) honoring the book's publication. He and his wife, Phuni, are friends of many years. If you're in the Newton area, be sure to visit Karma, their shop of fine imported crafts.
