Back Home: The Story of Li Guang Shi by Carl Herzig

Wonderful novel introducing the precepts of the Vedic culture.

PhD chemist and AIDS researcher Li Guang has returned form Beijing, where he is visited by a group of American friends, led by their teacher, Sanatan Swami, who gives a series of talks relating Indian and Chinese philosophical traditions. Back home engages us with stories and lessons from the Vedas to meet the challenges and avoid the snares of contemporary material and ethereal life.