Travels With a Swami
From Hollywood to the Himalayas, an L.A. Girl's Trip of a Lifetime
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
In the mid-1970s, a 20-something party girl from LA becomes aware of the spiritual life in India and decides to travel there. She meets a female Swami in a Himalayan ashram, and the women then spend 5 weeks traveling together to holy shrines throughout South India.
Her travels begin in Spain and Italy, funded by the proceeds of a coffee table book she compiled and sold to Bantam Books New York. Her true journey begins when she meets a charismatic female swami and together they embark on an adventure of a lifetime, visiting many spiritual pilgrimage sites rarely seen by foreigners.
In a very personal, detailed, and intimate portrait of a special journey, author Laura D'Auri takes the reader through a world unknown to most people. She entertains her readers with one-of-a-kind experiences including:
?Visiting various Hindu pilgrimage shrines.
?Spending time at an ashram in the Himalayas.
?Getting dysentery in Benares.
?Experiencing a 2, 000-year-old labyrinth.
?Visiting a holy shrine high on a mountain.
?Enjoying city life with friends in Chennai.
Full of heart, Travels With A Swami follows Laura's travels from the mundane, to the sacred, to the dangerous, and everywhere in between. It's a perfect read for those fascinated by travel and India or anyone interested in spirituality. Those who enjoy learning about Hinduism will relate to many of the themes and anecdotes.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Copyright
- Title
- Table of Contents
- Prologue: From partying in Hollywood to adventures in India, an L.A. girl goes on the trip of a lifetime.
- One: From Rome to Bombay with Love
- Two: In The City of the Goddess, Yogoda Satsanga Ashram in Ranchi, And a Wedding in Patna
- Three: The Yoga-Vedanta Forest Academy on the Banks of the Ganges
- Four: The Golden Temple, and the Unfortunate Uncle
- Five: The Temple of No Rebirth
- Six: The Lord of the Seven Hills
- Seven: The Temple of Devi Kanyakumari at Cape Comerin And Vivekenanda Rock
- Epilogue: The Road Home
- Afterword