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    The story follows Siddhartha, a Brahmin boy born in ancient India, as he seeks spiritual enlightenment. He leaves his home to join the Samanas and later meets Buddha, but does not fully commit to Buddhism. Siddhartha then experiences worldly pleasures in a city but finds no peace. He meets a ferryman named Vasudeva and learns from listening to the river. Years later, an elderly Siddhartha has achieved enlightenment and shares his wisdom with his old friend Govinda.

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    Siddhartha is a novel written by Herman Hesse that take's one on a Spritual journey.

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    The story follows Siddhartha, a Brahmin boy born in ancient India, as he seeks spiritual enlightenment. He leaves his home to join the Samanas and later meets Buddha, but does not fully commit to Buddhism. Siddhartha then experiences worldly pleasures in a city but finds no peace. He meets a ferryman named Vasudeva and learns from listening to the river. Years later, an elderly Siddhartha has achieved enlightenment and shares his wisdom with his old friend Govinda.

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    Siddhartha is a novel written by Herman Hesse that

    take's one on a Spritual journey.


    The story in this novel revolves around the same
    time when there was the true enlighted man The
    BUDDHA . It contain's Story of boy called
    siddhartha borned in brahmin family ,too good to
    religious teachings which he practised along with his
    close friend Govinda .
    One day siddhartha realise that these rituals and
    mantras can't help truly et enlighten and
    understand Aatma so he decide to leave his house
    and to become a samana . He departs to be a
    samana where his friend govinda also followed him.
    For couple of years they become part of samana's ,
    where they did fast and barely eat . Siddhartha
    learned quickly until one day when both friend
    heard about a true enlighten one , the one who
    achieved Nirvana .
    Both friends Leaves to see him .Both arrive late and
    wait till morning.In morning they saw monks getting
    out with bowls to beg food .The moment when
    siddhartha saw them heading out and he easily
    recognised Buddha and was mesmorised .His look
    was complete scenary of peace with heavinly glow
    on face . In orange clothes he looked like a god
    from heaven . His face had no expression,no worry,
    no anger just peace with a calm smile.After some
    hours both friends heard sermon of Buddha and got
    mesmorised. Govinda takes following of buddha but
    siddhartha denies . He says Buddha is great but one
    should find his own way to nirvana , which is unique
    and can't be teached by any teacher and says to
    keep i quest on alone . Before departing he haves a
    talk with Gotama(Buddha) and moves on with his
    quest alone . Furthur on his way he need to cross
    river .In this situation a ferryman helps him but
    siddhartha says he had nothing to pay ,the
    ferryman asks him to pay in future .
    Siddhartha enters a city where he saw women
    kamala a courtsman . He gets mesmorised by her
    beauty and thinks her as most beautiful women and
    asks her to teach him aout love . Kamala ask him to
    be in nice clothes and have money to have furthur
    teaching.Siddhartha goes to kumarswami the
    biggest buisnessman in city and gets work as he
    know how to read and write.Soon he gets wealth
    and was always equal to kumarswami .He learned
    love from kamala.Soon days after days he lost in
    sansara with greed and lust ,His hairs turned
    grey .He couldn't find peace and leave's e city and
    come across the same river he crossed years ago
    and try to suicide ,but is saved. When he awakes
    find a monk who was overthere to watch him for
    security overnight .Suddenly siddhartha realise it
    was his old friend govinda . both greet each other
    and departs.
    Siddhartha finds the same ferryman and tells him
    about his dept .Siddhartha finds ferryman in peace
    and asked him about his teaching .Ferryman whose
    name was vasudev told that he learned from river ,it
    contained many voices inside it.Siddhartha decides
    to remain along with vasudev .Bot grew older by
    working together as ferryman. siddhartha told him
    his journey,both sa near river quiet, hearing its
    voices.One day kamala now turned buddhist came
    along that way along with her son and got bite by a
    snake and yells for help. Vasudev saves her by
    bringing her to his house where siddhartha
    recognises him and gave her a healing potion
    .Kamala recognises siddhartha and tells him about
    his son whom she also named siddhartha and
    dies.days passed but younger siddhartha deies to
    accept siddhartha as father and ran
    away.Siddhartha ges desperate to find his son but
    vasudev urges him to let him go and find his way by
    own.Siddhartha listens to river and realizes that
    time is illussion that fades away and all his worries
    and expression are worthless, if he live in present
    there are no worries .After this moment of
    illumination,vasudev tells siddhartha that he must
    depart now and walks into wood leaving siddhartha
    behind ,alone enlightened.
    In old age Govinda hears about a enlightened
    ferryman and goes to see him.He didn't recognize
    him but siddhartha do.Govinda asks elderly
    siddhartha to relate his wisdom,and siddhartha
    answers that one sholdn't follow words because
    words make you follow a one person but one should
    seek nature and his teaching.The tuth lies within
    everybody so identify and love the world as
    complete,Exactly it is.Siddhartha then asks govinda
    to kiss his forehead.When govinda does so ,he
    experiances the same vision of time and
    enlightment that siddhartha got by river.Govinda
    bows in front of siddhartha an he smiles.These both
    friend reached enlightment.

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