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    Allen Parrish Siddhartha and Gotama; Two men‚ One Path “The Buddha said that it didn’t matter what a person’s status in the world was‚ or what their background or wealth or nationality might be.  All were capable of enlightenment.” (Boeree) In Herman Hesse ’s Siddhartha‚ Hesse splits Siddhartha Gautama (the founder of Buddhism) into two major characters in his novel‚ Siddhartha and Gotama Buddha. Hesse develops these characters to mirror Siddhartha Gautama ’s journey to enlightenment and his

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    The religious philosophy of Siddhartha Guatama had a major impact on the people of India and China. He discovered many things that helped him understand the different things that he once could not because of the better life that he lived than others around him. The time he spent searching for answers had a major impact on the people after he concluded things. The things that the discovered influenced two countries to follow what was stated in the basic tenets of Buddhism. These basic tenets influenced

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    Siddhartha Gautama‚ or the Buddha‚ was born in the sixth century B.C. He lived an extravagant life in a kingdom as a young prince. Siddhartha was ordered by his father to stay in his house and never leave. He eventually disobeyed and ventured out in the world and saw many things he had never seen before nor could understand. According to World Religions Online the article entitled “Life of the Buddha” states‚ “As the prince rode through the city he saw three things that he had never seen before.

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    exist. When present‚ Siddhartha Gautama had expressed his knowledge of the world‚ providing non-optimistic and non-pessimistic but rather realistic philosophical and spiritual explanations of how our lives and world operate. His teachings explained the true definition of Suffering‚ known as Dukkha‚ and had given followers his own interpretation on how to overcome such suffering by following the Eightfold Pathway. Paragraph 2: Within the teachings of Buddhism‚ Siddhartha Gautama had spoken about his

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    Siddhartha walked through the forest. He had the feeling that they could never go back to his hometown. Internally‚ he totally died inside. He was feeling embarrassed and very depressed. At last‚ he reached a river. It was very dangerous and full of snakes but it was looked like his destination‚ as he could only face death after that destination. He wanted to suicide. According to him‚ he had left with nothing. He wanted to jump into the river. After some time‚ he slept when he woke up‚ he saw a

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    Siddhartha Body Paragraph

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    Intro: Siddhartha always believed that he did not have the ability to learn from others‚ and is only able to learn from him. Many ponder over his beliefs and come to the conclusion that Siddhartha did‚ in fact‚ have teachers along his journey to enlightenment. His teachers are not formal educators that taught in a classroom. They are normal people with normal lives that guided the headstrong‚ Siddhartha into learning a variety of life skills that broadened his horizons and eventually reach enlightenment

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    Herman Hesse's Siddhartha

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    Siddhartha‚ by Herman Hesse‚ tells the story of a young man’s journey to find enlightenment. The main theme of the novel is that knowledge can be taught but wisdom comes with experience. Siddhartha‚ the main character‚ journey begins in his village where he is loved and admired by all of the townspeople. Both smart and ambitious‚ Siddhartha sees that he makes everyone happy but himself‚ which leads him to become discontent with his life. He begins to feel he has learned the best of the knowledge

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    Herman Hesse’s novel‚ Siddhartha‚ has a reoccurring theme of love and addresses the many forms of it. Siddhartha is thrown off his path to reach Enlightenment many times by the temptations of love and wonders if love is essential to reach Nirvana. The title character is awed and envious of the capability common people have to love. In Samsara‚ Kamala teaches Siddhartha the physical forms of love and helps him create a deeper understanding of love. The main character is most affected by his son who

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    Siddhartha Chapter 8

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    Chapter 8- By the River 1.The fact that Siddhartha goes into the forest and eventually becomes unconscious beside a river signifies his physical weakness due to fatigue and hunger. He didn’t have any purpose but had painful longing to shake off the confused dream and end this painful life. 2. The image that Hesse uses to show that Siddhartha is overcome by sadness and guilt are to reflect the terrible emptiness in his soul through the cold emptiness in the water. His practice of pronouncing Om inwardly

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    Siddhartha By Herman Hesse

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    Siddhartha by Herman Hesse Even though the main character of Herman Hesse’s novel shares the same name as the prophet Siddhartha Gotama (a.k.a. Buddha) they ARE NOT the same person. Herman Hesse borrowed heavily from both Hindu and Buddhist philosophy to create a tale of one man’s quest for truth and enlightenment. In addition‚ some of the events in the life of the prophet Siddhartha parallel the life of Hesse’s character Siddhartha. Some might go so far as to call the novel a legend—based in

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