An_Insight_Into_Siddhartha

An Insight Into Siddhartha An Insight Into Siddhartha In his youth Siddhartha, a young Brahmin, is occupied with gods, sacrifices, and sacred teachings. He was, what one today might consider a Jesus Freak. However, he leaves these things behind and forges out with his childhood friend Govinda to lead a life religious self-discipline with the Samanas. Siddhartha learns to conquer his body senses, such as hunger, cold/heat, and others, but feels as if he had learned nothing. He and Govinda go in search of Gotama Buddha, whose teachings, they hear, are wonderful. When Siddhartha chooses to continue on his journey for spiritual oneness, Govinda remains behind as a follower of Gotama. He crosses a river that brings him to a lush and oasis like new land where he spends the next twenty years of his life in the pleasures of the flesh and all the concerns of the secular world. Siddhartha learns the art of love, although not love itself, from Kamala. He also learns how to make money from a businesswoman by the name of Kamaswami. What was at first an amusing game, to Siddhartha, turns out to be an overwhelming disgusting occupation. When siddhartha, world, river, govinda, life, one, learns, just, buddha, time, religious, out, love, kamala, however, happiness, friend, book, behind, because, after, years, very, story, son, search, oneness, man, make, gotama, goes, find, finally, ferryman, entire