I had set up my meditation altar with a small statue of Ganesha, a Tibetan singing bowl, and some Santa Rita  flowers I had found in the...

After the chanting class, we would go together into the Ganga to purify ourselves and because we both loved the winter bath . The water...

By the fifth day—which felt like a month—I had almost emerged from the intense confusion with which I had arrived at the Ashram. I helped...