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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Extraordinary and thought-provoking! One of the main points that I gleaned is this: "One can convey knowledge but not wisdom". (p.111) Hesse's story imparts that teachings "provide a liberating education in order to bring out the critical inner wisdom and ethical goodness" of the individual." Having met the Buddha, he determined that teachers and teachings that "teachings are there for individuals to use in their won self-reliant quest." This was illustrated through Siddhartha's journey; as he explored teachings, rituals, and lifestyles, he eventually saw that each stage of his life was essential for his "becoming". He learned to love the world...to leave it as it is, to enjoy belonging to it." (p. 113) Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse is a thought-provoking work of religious fiction. It is a person's journey to spirituality amidst all their worldly pleasures. Siddhartha's voyage towards a spiritual awakening can be said to be a motivating one. The narrator's voice also did a good job. The book narrates a conflicting opinion between people who try to find salvation through renunciation and people who try to achieve it by being in the normal world. While listening to it alone, I had so many viewpoints about it. For me, the book was something that I can think about every time I am trying to find my way towards spiritualization. I loved the message from the author that spiritual awakening can come in any form and shape. It is only us who are rigid and do not open ourselves to it. Whenever I'm struggling with my vipassana training, I re-read this book and I remember why I try so hard to meditate each day. A very insightful book, and in my opinion the best book [a:Hermann Hesse|1113469|Hermann Hesse|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1287463141p2/1113469.jpg] has ever written.
[It] attempts to postulate an answer to the riddle of man's confused and contradictory existence in this universe. Belongs to Publisher SeriesBiblioteca Folha (16) Bibliothek Suhrkamp (227) — 21 more Delfinserien (26) Kwintessens (nr. 4) Lanterne (L 314) New Directions Classics (NC34) rororo (951) Suhrkamp Geschenkbuch (suhrkamp taschenbuch 4354) suhrkamp taschenbuch (0182 / 4554) A tot vent (521) Is contained inRevue Française de Yoga, de Maitre à Disciple, n°1 by Fédération nationale des libres penseurs de France et de l'Union française International Collector's Library Classics 19 volumes: Crime & Punishment; Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea; Mysterious Island; Magic Mountain; Around the World in 80 Days; Count of Monte Cristo; Camille; Quo Vadis; Hunchback of Notre Dame; Nana; Scaramouche; Pinocchio; Fernande; War and Peace; The Egyptian; From the Earth to the Moon; Candide; Treasure of Sierra Madre; Siddhartha/Steppenwolf by Jules Verne Has the adaptationWas inspired byInspiredHas as a commentary on the textHas as a student's study guideHas as a teacher's guideAwardsNotable Lists
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HTML: Hermann Hesse wrote Siddhartha after he traveled to India in the 1910s. It tells the story of a young boy who travels the country in a quest for spiritual enlightenment in the time of Guatama Buddha. It is a compact, lyrical work, which reads like an allegory about the finding of wisdom. .No library descriptions found.
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The story line is very simplistic yet confronts deep philosophical questions as he encounters different people journeying across the Ganges as time flows by . ( )