Jaimal Yogis is the author of the book Salt­wa­ter Bud­dha: A Surfer’s Quest to find Zen on The Sea. Equal parts spir­i­tual mem­oir and surfer’s tale, a chron­i­cle of find­ing med­i­ta­tive focus in the great salty blue. We ask him a few questions.

What was grow­ing up in a spir­i­tual house­hold like for you?
It was cool. …