Suburbs Threaten Monastery

december 19, 2002  04:40 pm
Suburbs Threaten Monastery
Fifty years ago, monks who chose to get away from it all to get closer to god opened a monastery in the middle of nowhere. Thanks to urban sprawl, "it all" is now poised to be their next-door neighbor. Matt Coker wonders if Sri Ramakrishna’s followers can stop the bulldozers in their once-quiet canyon.