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Siddhartha

by Hermann Hesse

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(unabridged audiobook read by Firdous Bamji): Usually I can't bring myself to be interested in others' quests for enlightenment, but this is surprisingly good. The excellent reader is of course a big part of that, but the story itself left me with quite a bit of food for thought. While Siddhartha himself finds the Right Path eventually, the reader is left to find his own way. After all, without trying many paths in life, Siddhartha would not have reached his goal. I can imagine one getting different things out of this book depending on where in life they are. I may have to pick it up again in a decade or two. ( )
  melydia | Oct 28, 2009 |
It's difficult to know how well ms rosner translated Hesse's manuscript but it is written true and wel in her translation and that brings it to four stars. ( )
  andyray | Oct 4, 2009 |
I remember this being a mind-expanding book when I first read it as a teenager. That memory led me to reread it recently but, sad to say, it didn't deliver the same punch that I remember from earlier. Maybe that's because Siddhartha's journey to enlightenment seemed to offer a relatively little-known and exotic path to a harmonious, peaceful existence in my young impressionable mind. I think I now see that path as well-worn and less enticing. That jaded insight aside, the prose is very digestible, and the idea that true enlightenment is discoverable in the daily routine is a powerful concept. I'm glad I first read it at a more impressionable age since I think it helped to distill my lifelong values. ( )
  mwhel | Sep 25, 2009 |
It appears I'm relatively alone in liking this book. I love Buddhism and other philosophy/theology, so I loved this. Siddhartha was a bit arrogant, and very irritating, but all in all, I loved it.

Although, I am being subjected to reading a poor translation of this in my English class :(
I suppose language is important.

Full review: http://faerytalemalice.blogspot.com/2... ( )
  FaerytaleMalice | Sep 24, 2009 |
En klassikker som må læses. En filosofisk lille historie om at søge efter sandheden. ( )
  pernillekong | Sep 13, 2009 |
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In the shade of the house, in the sunshine of the riverbank near the boats, in the shade of the Sal-wood forest, in the shade of the fig tree is where Siddhartha grew up, the handsome son of the Brahman, the young falcon, together with his friend Govinda, son of a Brahman.
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En la penumbra y bajo el Sol, al margen del río y cerca a las barcas; a la sombra del bosque de Sauces, creció Siddhartha, el bello hijo del brahmán, el joven halcón, compañero de Govinda, amigo suyo y también hijo de un brahmán.
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Canonical titleSiddhartha
Original publication date1922, 1951 (first US edition)
People/CharactersSiddhartha, Kamala, The Illustrious One (Gotama), Govinda
Important placesIndia
Awards and honorsALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound (1999.5|Fiction, 1999), HarperCollins 100 Best Spiritual Books of the Century, 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (2006/2008 Edition), ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults (1997.05|Books for the Soul, 1997)
First wordsIn the shade of the house, in the sunshine of the riverbank near the boats, in the shade of the Sal-wood forest, in the shade of the fig tree is where Siddhartha grew up, the handsome son of the Brahman, the young falcon, tog... (show all)
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DescriptionSiddhartha is het verhaal van een brahmanenzoon die zijn leven wijdt aan het zoeken naar het ware zelf. Als asceet in de bergen mediteert en vast hij, maar vindt de waarheid niet. Zwervend als bedelmonnik hoort hij spreken ov... (show all)
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Siddhartha is het verhaal van een brahmanenzoon die zijn leven wijdt aan het zoeken naar het ware zelf. Als asceet in de bergen mediteert en vast hij, maar vindt de waarheid niet. Zwervend als bedelmonnik hoort hij spreken over de Boeddha, maar ook de grote Meester kan hem de waarheid niet geven. Dan stort hij zich in het wereldse leven, wordt minnaar van de courtisane Kamala, verwerft rijkdom en bezit, totdat hij voelt hierin ten onder te zullen gaan; en opnieuw wordt hij bedelaar.

Geleid door het heilige Om komt Siddhartha ten slotte aan de grote rivier, symbool van harmonie en vergankelijkheid. In de hut van de oude veerman leert hij de wereld der dingen lief te hebben en te begrijpen.

'Van een steen kan ik houden, en ook van een boom of een stuk schors. Het zijn tastbare zaken, en van wat tastbaar is kan men houden. Maar van woorden kan ik niet houden. Daarom zie ik niets in een leer.'

Zo is Siddhartha van asceet en bedelmonnik, levensgenieter en rijkaard teruggekeerd tot de eenvoud van een kind: hij heeft de harmonie, het eeuwige Om gevonden.

Hermann Hesse (1877-1962) ontving in 1946 de Nobelprijs voor Literatuur. Tot zijn beroemdste romans horen Demian, De steppewolf, Narziss en Goldmund en Het Kralenspel.

Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 081120068X, Paperback)

With parallels to the enlightenment of the Buddha, Hesse's Siddhartha is the story of a young Brahmin's quest for the ultimate reality. Steeped in the tenets of both psychoanalysis and Eastern mysticism, Siddhartha presents an original view of man and culture, and the arduous process of self-discovery that leads to reconciliation, harmony, and peace.

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