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The novel's opening scene depicts Siddhartha's dukkha, one of the most essential components of the Buddhist religion. In Buddhism, "dukkha" takes place when a person has become aware of the...
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In chapter 11 of Hesse's "Siddhartha," the title character is experiencing great longing for the normalcy of common people's lives as he ferries them across the river. He sees men with their sons...
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Certainly, there is the conflict between Siddhartha and his father when Siddhartha first decides that he wants to leave home and rejects the teachings that have not allowed him to reach nirvana....
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In Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha, the title character Siddhartha goes on a quest to find his true self. Though it takes some time for him to realize it, his quest finally leads him to an acceptance of...
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To understand this passage you have to first understand the Nobel Eight-Fold Path. After Buddha had discovered all of the sadness and suffering in the world he set out to try to figure out how to...
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Before answering this question, it's important to consider the different definitions associated with the word guru. Guru 1. Hinduism: a preceptor giving personal religious instruction 2. an...
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In the translation I use (I'll link to it below), Kamala doesn't use the word "charmed" but claims that he has been "lucky." “You've been lucky,” she said when they parted, “I'm opening one...
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Siddhartha, by Herman Hesse, is a novel which follows Siddhartha's quest for self-discovery. While physical intimacy should certainly happen within a true, loving relationship, love is obviously...
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Obviously there could be many answers to this question, but perhaps the most practical and most relevant aspect of Siddhartha, by Herman Hesse, is the idea of seeking and finding, of a spiritual...
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In Hesse's Siddhartha, teachers have two roles. They have an expected role and a realized role. Siddhartha, beginning with the ascetics, expects the holy teachers will teach him the deeper meanings...
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Siddhartha is speaking to Gotama, the Buddha. In chapter three, titled "Gotama," Siddhartha and Govinda have left the samanas to investigate the rumors of Gotama the Buddha because "he had reached...
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The songbird represents Siddhartha’s inner voice, which he vowed to listen to as he explored the sensual side of himself. In the beginning of the fifth chapter (“Kamala”) Siddhartha told...
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In the chapter “Samsara” Siddhartha has a dream of a songbird that his lover, Kamala, keeps in a cage. He dreamed that one morning he found the bird dead. Siddhartha took the dead bird and...
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There are several epithets used for Siddhartha throughout the story. Right in the very beginning of chapter one, Siddhartha is called "the young falcon," which implies strength, ferocity and...
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There are two encounters with the ferryman, Vasudeva, and I'm assuming you mean the first. At the time of the first encounter, Siddhartha has just experienced a type of rebirth. He is filled with...
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I think that one common trait that the three characters share with one another is that there is a great deal of confusion or challenge in seeking to define them. Each of them feature their own set...
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At the end of the novel, when Siddhartha has finally achieved the Enlightenment he has been so desperately searching for, Siddhartha invites Govinda to kiss him on the forehead. As Govinda does...
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Siddhartha has many teachers that he learns from on his journey towards Enlightenment, but ultimately, it is the river that teaches him the final lesson that he needs to learn in order to attain...
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As Siddhartha meditates on the river at the direction of Vasudeva he listens to the river and what it has to say to him. Having already heard only the laugh of the river, Vasudeva encourages him to...
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In the chapter entitled "Om," Siddharta is shown to spend a long time meditating on the loss of his son as he lives his life as the ferryman on the river. This process of meditation is shown to...
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Rebirth is presented as the continual state of the cyclical nature of life in this novel. This is most clearly seen at the end of the text, when both Govinda and Siddhartha reach their goal of...
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I think that the basic conflict is to discover the meaning of existence in the world. Siddhartha is shown to be an individual who wishes to find the meaning of life and the essence of what defines...
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Consider Vasudeva's words to Siddhartha in this light. Vasudeva offers guidance to Siddhartha in discussing the river's importance: "You will learn, but not from me. The river has taught me to...
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To a great extent, Siddhartha learns the power of detachment from Vasudeva. The idea that Vasudeva represents the river and eternity is reflective of this. Siddhartha is charged with learning ow...
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The various people that populate the pages of this classic seem to present different ways of pursuing Nirvana and therefore, the lesson that they teach us as readers is how to pursue enlightenment...
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This chapter comes in the section of the novel where Siddhartha has rejected religion on his quest for Enlightenment and now makes a deliberate choice to explore the senses and a life of sensuality...
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The fourth chapter of Siddhartha begins just as Siddhartha has left behind the greatest teacher he has ever met, the Buddha, as well as his devoted friend, Govinda, and set out on a path to an...
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In the first chapter of the novel Siddhartha, author Herman Hesse describes just how much Siddhartha is loved and admired by those around him. Though he is still a young man, for some time he has...
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One example of imagery in the novel "Siddhartha" by the writer Herman Hesse is "shade poured into his black eyes." Here the reader immediately can see the darkness of the eyes and the other...
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One of Siddhartha's most profound realizations is the emptiness of the material life. He is revealed to be at a distance in this life, even when he is completely immersed in its avarice. Nothing...
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Hesse is very interested in the “Journey” that is life; this book can even be considered a Bildungsroman, in which not only does a boy grow into a man, but a “soul” (a consciousness) grows...
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there are lot of simmilarities in both the novels. . . the quest of knowledge of santiago and siddhartha, learning from nature. the aspect of physical love in both characters the sufferings in...
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Siddharta Gautama is known as the Buddha. He was born around the year 580 BCE in the village of Lumbini in Nepal. He was born into a royal family and for many years lived with in the palace walls...
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Brahman is defined (in some texts) as the supreme self. It is the connecting energy throughout all things. The Native Americans would call it “The Great Spirit” that abides in all living...
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*** i mispelled siddhartha... oops :]** thx! -Yeauh..
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I think that Siddhartha's understanding of semblance is a point at which he has arrived throughout his narrative's experiences. I don't think that there is "one" particular experience that...
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The statement about truth as being one where its force and counter-force are equally present in consciousness helps to bring about the realization of the transitory nature of life. The "opposite...
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Hesse depicts Siddhartha as unhappy with life because it lacks the real sense of meaning that he so desperately seeks. Siddhartha is shown to be precocious and one who seeks to understand more...
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I think that much of this is going to depend on how intensely descriptive you wish to be. You are right in that the "journey to the depths of the soul" element is a bit cliched in discussing...
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In chapter 3, "Gotama," Siddhartha and his friend Govinda meet the Buddha. They have just left the samanas in the woods after Siddhartha rants that they have nothing to teach him. He feels...
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Both Siddhartha and The Temple of the Golden Pavilion reject Buddha, Buddhism, and any external form of determination on the individual, whether it be family, friends, institutions, nationalism, or...
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"Peace" is used no fewer than 15 times in Siddhartha. Peace is mainly connected to Gatama (Buddha). Siddhartha says: ...his quietly dangling hand expressed peace, expressed perfection, did not...
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As the song goes, "Three is a Magic Number" in religion, literature, and philosophy--and for good reason. Siddhartha can be divided into three parts: In part 1 (chapters 1-4), Siddhartha could have...
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Having left the Semanas and his friend Govinda, Siddhartha realizes he must be in the world before he can be removed from it: to look at a beautiful woman without lowering his eyes, to shave his...
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Both protagonists exhibit perfervid individualism--a nonconformist, go-it-alone, alienated worldview. Meursault and Siddhartha reject mainstream religious doctrine and dogma in favor of lives...
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DO you go to St. Doms? S c r e w that (sorry). I didn't do it either.
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Both Siddhartha and Brutus are motivated by selfish pursuits. Although Siddhartha seeks enlightenment, while Brutus seeks to become the leader of the Roman people, it seems they both become...
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After a quick once over, it appears that the e-text version of Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse that is available on enotes is the very same version published by Prestwick House in their Touchstone...
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Nirvana and sansara are two common and important terms of Hindu philosophy. These terms are also equally applicable to Buddhist philosophy which are in essence variations of the basic Hindu, or if...
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Siddhartha comes to realize that he ahs spent his whole life in the journey of enlightenment only to feel unhappy and continuing to look for it. While in the process of searching for it, he came...