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INTRODUCTION
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I strive hard to preserve my physical body.
Do I take the same pains to know my soul?
M
AHATMA GANDHI1
The word vastu, a mysterious word delivered with the reverence of a mystic mantra, or chanted sacred formula, was first uttered to me in 1995 when I was living in New Delhi. I remember the day. I had gone to visit a close Indian friend and her family, which was part of my weekly routine. I entered her beautiful house and headed toward her lounge when I realized that most of the furniture and many of the Indian artifacts had been shifted around and the function of many rooms had completely changed. The living room had become the dining room. The daughter's
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1 M.K. Gandhi, A Thought for the Day, Ananad T. Hingorani, trans. (New Delhi: Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, Fourth ed., 1994).

 
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