"Dharma can be many things. It's what each of us must do, our purpose."
"That's something I've heard before."
"But do you know what your dharma is?"
"I'm still trying to find it. Maybe it's to be here . . ."
"And then what?"
"I'm . . . I guess I'm still working out the rest."
"Well, for Hindus there's a second aim in life besides our honoring our dharma. We call it artha. That aim is to have things. Knowledge, wealth, friends. Is that part of why you're here?" Kamala smiled scornfully. "Some merchants seem to believe artha is their primary aim."
"It can't be for me. I somehow always manage to lose whatever I have."
"Hindus also believe there's a third aim in life, my handsome feringhi. And that's kama. It's to take pleasure in the senses."
"I think I like the sound of that better than the other two."