Matteo Pistono

I'll also be posting information about the book on Facebook. Have a look at the 'In the Shadow of the Buddha' Book Page.

What an endorsement! I am so grateful. Robert Thurman, Jey Tsong Khapa Professor of Buddhist Studies at Columbia University and President of Tibet House US, sent me the following endorsement for the book. Also, check out Professor Thurman's books Inner Revolution and Infinite Life, among others.

"What a fabulous saga! A mystical tale of defending the land of the Buddha Dharma at the turn of the 20th century interwoven with the life and death struggle now going on at the turn of the 21rst! This moving account is written beautifully from the heart, and it lifts the heart to read  Read More 

Dutton, Penguin will publish In the Shadow of the Buddha on January 20, 2011, more than 13 years after my first pilgrimage to Tibet in the footsteps of Terton Sogyal.

Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ and Social Intelligence: The New Science of Social Relationships, just sent in this blurb for my book:

"Part spy thriller, part Dharma travelogue, part spiritual autobiography, In the Shadow of the Buddha is one hundred percent page-turner.  Read More 

I just received this great blurb for my book from Eric Weiner: author of The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World.

"Matteo Pistono is the James Bond of Tibetan Buddhism. In the Shadow  of the Buddha is filled with perilous motorcycle rides, secret documents and romantic liaisons. Pistono also manages to find time to meditate and ponder the nature of the  Read More 

The sacred mountain of Minyak Gongkar, highest peak in Eastern Tibet, is shown on the cover of the book, and in the foreground is a new temple and stupa at Lagong.