2009 Events

April 2 – Daja Wangchuk Meston will read from his memoir at an exhibition of his father's artwork. For more information contact the Berenberg Gallary at 617-536-0800 or www.berenberggallery.com.

Thursday, April 2, 7:00pm
Berenberg Gallery
4 Clarendon Street
Boston, MA 02116

March 11 - May 2 – View the artwork of Daja Wangchuk Meston's father, Larry GreenEye, at the Berenberg Gallery in Boston, MA (www.berenberggallery.com). Gallery hours: Wednesday - Saturday, 11am - 6pm. Opening reception: March 12, 6-8pm with remarks by artist Maxine Yalovitz-Blankenship.

Larry GreenEye, Untitled, c. 2002, ballpoint pen on paper, 9x12

2008 Events

April 10 – Daja Wangchuk Meston will be featured in a panel discussion on Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Tibet at George Mason University. Daja, together with his wife, Phuni Kim Meston, who was born in a Tibetan refugee camp in India and came to the United States at age 16, will share their personal experiences and their insights about life, religion, identity, and cultural stereotypes, as well as their struggles to build a better world for all. A book signing will follow the panel discussion.

Thursday, April 10, 3:00pm
George Mason University
Johnson Center Cinema

March 13 – Reading by Daja Wangchuk Meston at the Boston Public Library at 2:00pm. For more information contact Steve Dunhouse, Reader & Info. Services, at 617-536-5400 x2339.

Thursday, March 13, 2:00pm
Boston Public Library
700 Boyleston Street
Boston MA 02117

2007 Events

December 7 – Daja Wangchuk Meston and Clare Ansberry will appear at the Joseph-Beth Booksellers in Pittsburgh on Friday, December 7th at 7pm for a reading and book signing

Friday, December 7, 7:00pm
Joseph-Beth Booksellers
SouthSide Works
2705 East Carson Street
Pittsburgh PA 15203

October 25 – Reading by Daja Wangchuk Meston at the Stoneham Library at 7:00pm

October – Release of Taiwanese edition of Comes the Peace by Yuan-Liou Publishing Co.

August 7 – Daja Wangchuk Meston will read an excerpt from Comes the Peace and sign copies at the Newton Free Library on Tuesday, August 7 at 7:30pm. The address is 330 Home Street, Newton Centre. Click here for more information.

July 14 – Daja Wangchuk Meston book signing and reading

Saturday, July 14, 2:00pm
Dutton's Brentwood Books
11975 San Vicente Boulevard
Los Angeles CA 90049
(in the heart of Brentwood)

June 7 – Daja Meston, former Buddhist monk, Tibetan rights activist, and author of Comes the Peace: My Journey to Forgiveness will be featured on this week's Interfaith Voices radio show: www.interfaithradio.org

April 25 – Daja Wangchuk Meston is profiled on Boston's nightly TV magazine show, Chronicle, on Wednesday, April 25 at 7:30pm. "Daja Meston’s Comes the Peace is an extraordinary tale of a local man with Hollywood roots whose life path took him to a Tibetan monastery and a Chinese prison."

March 30 – Daja Wangchuk Meston reads from Comes the Peace

Friday, March 30, 7:00pm
Jabberwocky Bookshop
50 Water Street
Newburyport MA 01950

March 7 – Meet the Author event at Trident Booksellers & Cafe: listen to Daja Wangchuk Meston talk about his extraordinary life

Wednesday, March 7, 6:30pm
Trident Booksellers & Cafe
338 Newbury Street
Boston MA 02115

March 6 – The release of Daja Wangchuk Meston's memoir, Comes the Peace: My Journey to Forgiveness

Daja Wangchuk Meston in the News

• Wellesley Tab : "Middle School Religion Unit Introduces Students to Another World " by Anne-Marie Smolski (June 6, 2008)
• The Boston Globe: "The Simple Life: Raised to be a Tibetan Monk, He Had to Find His Own Path to Enlightenment" by David Mehegan (April 17, 2007)
• Newton Tab: "Human Rights and Arts & Crafts" by Ed Symkus (December 13, 2006)
• Wall Street Journal: "Lost and Found" by Clare Ansberry (March 15, 2005)
• The Boston Globe: "Tibetan Activist is Back Home Doctors Likely to Treat His Heels, Cracked Vertebrae" by Charles A. Radin (September 2, 1999)
• Boston Herald: "Tibet Activist in Fair Condition at Hub Hospital" by Stephanie Schorow and Jules Crittenden (September 2, 1999)
• The Boston Globe: "Ill Tibetan Scholar, 29, is Bound for Boston" by Sara Neufield (September 1, 1999)
• Boston Herald: "Chinese Release Newton Scholar for Treatment" (August 27, 1999)
• The Boston Globe: "Mass. Researcher, 'In Good Spirits,' In Hong Kong for Treatment" by Susan Milligan and Joyce Lau (August 27, 1999)
• Washington Post: "Chinese Set to Release American Tibetan Advocate to be Flown to Hong Kong, Source Says" by Michael Laris (August 26, 1999)
• Boston Herald: "Op-Ed: Newton Man Needs Support" by Stephanie Schorow (August 25, 1999)
• The Boston Globe: "A Mission for Tibet" (August 24, 1999)
• Boston Herald: "A Human Rights Victim?" (August 24, 1999)
• Washington Post: "U.S. Asks China for Researcher Tibetan Advocate Suffered Broken Back in Mysterious Fall" by Michael Laris (August 21, 1999)
• BBC News: "China Releases Detained Tibet Activist" (August 21, 1999)
• The Boston Globe: "Detained Newton Man Gravely Hurt in China" by Indira A. R. Lakshmanan (August 21, 1999)
• Washington Post: "U.S. Man Detained in China Injured in Fall From Window" by Michael Laris (August 20, 1999)
• The Boston Globe: "A soft Portrait of Man Held in China" by Indira A. R. Lakshmanan (August 20, 1999)
• Washington Post: "Chinese Detain American Activist Visit to World Bank Project Site Questioned" by Michael Laris (August 19, 1999)
• Philadelphia Inquirer: "Highway to Freedom" by Jeffrey Fleishman (December 15, 1996)
• Boston Herald: "Daja Meston Has Lived 24 Years and Two Lives" by Stephanie Schorow (March 25, 1995)
• The Los Angeles Times: "Teen-Age Buddhist Monk Comes to Mother's Homeland" by Mike Wyma (November 5, 1987)
• People: "For an American Boy-Monk in Nepal, the Path To Buddhism Began in Beverly Hills" by Cheryl McCall (1981)
• The Los Angeles Times: "Conversion of Feather Meston to Life of Buddhist Nun" by Kathleen Hendrix (November 5, 1987)