‘Should you ever be in Hamburg, please do get in touch!’ This is the sort of thing you might say when you’re relaxed under tropical sunshine and having the final Ayurveda treatment of your holiday. But who would actually think that a couple of months later the doorbell might ring and an orange clad monk would be stood outside the door with a beaming smile, not intending to leave anytime soon? Dieter Bednarz’ heroes Maya and Daniel are flabbergasted by the easy-going calmness with which the monk Siri turns their lives upside down within a short space of time. As well as that of their neighbours. Before they know it, their flat turns into a meditation room, yoga is part of their daily routine and they soon question their work-life-balance, their core values and not long after, their marriage. No stone is left standing in their lives. But how on earth do you disinvite a monk? And isn’t that bad for the karma?
