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Loading... Siddhartha: A Novel (original 1922; edition 1982)by Hermann Hesse (Author), Hilda Rosner (Translator)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. 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. Siddhartha began well but faded away drastically, akin to a spent runner who set off too fast and became crippled on the last lap by lactic acid build-up. The problem for me with books which deal and muse on the meaning of life/existence and other existential, metaphysical, spiritual themes is that they must deliver something rather perceptive, insightful and credible by the end; something I wasn't convinced Siddhartha did. This may be in part due to the fact that I have read successors to Siddhartha which deal with similar issues before reading this, therefore admittedly perhaps if I'd read this first, my opinion might have been different. The works it brought to mind were: Jonathan Livingston Seagull - Richard Bach Illusions - Richard Bach The Pilgrimage - Paul Coelho The Alchemist - Paul Coelho Cain - José Saramago Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance - Robert Pirsig Incidentally, the foreword by Paul Coelho in this edition was exceptional and it is easy to see how Siddhartha has informed both his aforementioned books. I just thought these works went further and nailed the communication of the belief/faith/spiritualism better. Siddhartha instead seemed to wallow, Hesse's struggle with delivering a pay off that he felt adequately embodied enlightenment felt weak and rather predictable. Another thing mentioned in Coelho's astute introduction. So, yeah, two stars I think, a bit of a let down but with the glass bead game and Steppenwolf in my to read shelves, there's chance for Hesse to turn it around!
[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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