Journey to the West

Devanath Thenabadu - paperback

A twenty-one-year-old man leaves his native Sri Lanka to figure out what to do with his life but loses his way in Paris until a romantic encounter opens his heart, leading to a spontaneous awakening. He then explores Eastern wisdom and moves to Montreal where he practices Buddhist meditation, but his experience of wakefulness in day-to-day life unleashes a Pandora's Box of unresolved emotions resulting from early childhood trauma of which he was blissfully unaware. More travels and encounters with women propel him along his healing journey, which parallels his ongoing quest for permanent awakening.

Un hombre de veintiún años abandona su Sri Lanka natal para decidir qué hacer con su vida, pero se pierde en París hasta que un encuentro romántico abre su corazón y lo lleva a un despertar espontáneo. Luego explora la sabiduría oriental y se traslada a Montreal, donde practica la meditación budista, pero su experiencia de vigilia en la vida cotidiana desata una caja de Pandora de emociones no resueltas resultantes de un trauma infantil del que felizmente no era consciente. Más viajes y encuentros con mujeres lo impulsan a lo largo de su viaje de curación, que es paralelo a su búsqueda continua de un despertar permanente.