Siddhartha Research Paper

In the book Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha has a myriad of teachers. His one goal in life is to achieve enlightenment. He encounters various teachers in hopes of achieving enlightenment through one of their teachings or experiences. Nevertheless, with every teacher, he comes into a new phase of his life with a new intention in mind. He learns the ways of life through his teachers of Kamala, Kamaswami, and Vasudeva.
Siddhartha’s first teacher is Kamala. Siddhartha was anticipating to learn the joys and pleasures of love with her. He declared, “Dear Kamala, when I first came to your grove, I took the first step. It was my purpose to learn love from the loveliest of women. I knew you would help me, from your first gaze at the entrance of the grove I already knew it” (Hesse 50). Kamala was able to exhibit him a world of physical love, passion, and lust. Conversely, he learned love in the physical sense, yet he wasn’t able to give sincere love. He also failed to achieve nirvana. After spending time with Kamala, he was able to learn the physical pleasures of love and how to love.
He was able to grasp the concept of shipping, trade, and goods from Kamaswami. He is able to provide for Kamala and himself with extravagant items. He is not able to learn, even so, how to love the business or care of business. Hermann Hesse writes about Siddhartha’s indifference in the following, “Once he traveled to a village in order to buy a large crop of rice. When he arrived, however, the rice had already been sold to another tradesman. Nonetheless Siddhartha stayed for some days in this village, regaled the farmers, gave their children copper coins, celebrated a wedding with them, and returned from the journey extremely content” (56). Siddhartha’s nonchalance towards business made Kamaswami frustrated with him. He consequently doesn’t reach nirvana. Ultimately, he’s able to complete his goal of making money with