In the second part of Siddhartha, he has just left the enlightened one's camp. While walking away he has his awakening. His eyes are opened and he starts seeing everything around him. He then has to make a choice whether to go back home to his father or to find his own path. He realizes that going back home to his father would mean going back to being a Brahman or a Samana, so he takes his own path.
He stays one night with a Ferryman and the next day he asks him to take him across the river. After he reaches the other side he starts walking toward the city, on his way there he meets a woman at the river. She let him know that she wants something by tapping his foot. Siddhartha kisses her, but then something inside him tells him "NO", so he walks away.
When he arrives at the city, he sees Kamala going into her grove and he become infatuated with her. He thinks she is very beautiful and decides that he wants to meet her. So he meets a barber's assistant and goes to him so that he can cut his hair and trim his beard.
He then goes back to the entrance of the grove and let's Kamala's servant know that he wants to talk with her. When he is in her presence, he lets her know that he wants her to be his teacher in the art of love. Kamala tells him that the only way she will teach him is if he dresses nice, has money, and gives her gifts. So Siddhartha asks her for advice on how to get all that.
The next day when he goes to visit Kamala, she informs him that she has found someone he can work with. So Siddhartha meets Kamaswami and Kamaswami shows Siddhartha how to be a merchant. Kamaswami likes how fast Siddhartha learns the trade but he is not happy that Siddhartha doesn't put his heart into it.
Talking with Gotama set Siddhartha purely on a road to experience than teachings. Gotama warned Siddhartha for his seeking of knowledge rather than salvation. Still, Siddhartha is not satisfied with teachings and tries to seek answers from nature. He still feels desires and joins into the society of child-like people. Meeting with Kamala and a merchant, Siddhartha seems to begin a new life around the wealthy. An interesting turn of events for his previous life of a Samana.
Siddhartha has started to come full circle. He has realized the paradox of not knowing what he had until he lost it. As he slowly came to realize that the ways of riches was not the way for him. As he left the city and ended up at the river again it was like he was reborn. He returned to the ways and times that up until now he did not realize were his happiest. Once at the river he finally hit the very bottom of his life as he contemplated suicide and was then able to rise up. As he rose up he was able to reconnect with his boyhood friend Govinda. What joy must of he felt? Then as he listened to the river he found his friend the ferryman again. I feel that with the meeting of the ferryman Siddhartha may finally be on the road to true happiness. Then Kamala and his son arrive and Kamala dies. There was great potential I feel for Siddhartha to fall back into the traps of his old ways. He resists and even when his son runs away he is able to stay true to what I think is his real self.
In the second part of Siddhartha, he has just left the enlightened one's camp. While walking away he has his awakening. His eyes are opened and he starts seeing everything around him. He then has to make a choice whether to go back home to his father or to find his own path. He realizes that going back home to his father would mean going back to being a Brahman or a Samana, so he takes his own path.
ReplyDeleteHe stays one night with a Ferryman and the next day he asks him to take him across the river. After he reaches the other side he starts walking toward the city, on his way there he meets a woman at the river. She let him know that she wants something by tapping his foot. Siddhartha kisses her, but then something inside him tells him "NO", so he walks away.
When he arrives at the city, he sees Kamala going into her grove and he become infatuated with her. He thinks she is very beautiful and decides that he wants to meet her. So he meets a barber's assistant and goes to him so that he can cut his hair and trim his beard.
He then goes back to the entrance of the grove and let's Kamala's servant know that he wants to talk with her. When he is in her presence, he lets her know that he wants her to be his teacher in the art of love. Kamala tells him that the only way she will teach him is if he dresses nice, has money, and gives her gifts. So Siddhartha asks her for advice on how to get all that.
The next day when he goes to visit Kamala, she informs him that she has found someone he can work with. So Siddhartha meets Kamaswami and Kamaswami shows Siddhartha how to be a merchant. Kamaswami likes how fast Siddhartha learns the trade but he is not happy that Siddhartha doesn't put his heart into it.
Talking with Gotama set Siddhartha purely on a road to experience than teachings. Gotama warned Siddhartha for his seeking of knowledge rather than salvation. Still, Siddhartha is not satisfied with teachings and tries to seek answers from nature. He still feels desires and joins into the society of child-like people. Meeting with Kamala and a merchant, Siddhartha seems to begin a new life around the wealthy. An interesting turn of events for his previous life of a Samana.
ReplyDeleteSiddhartha has started to come full circle. He has realized the paradox of not knowing what he had until he lost it. As he slowly came to realize that the ways of riches was not the way for him. As he left the city and ended up at the river again it was like he was reborn. He returned to the ways and times that up until now he did not realize were his happiest. Once at the river he finally hit the very bottom of his life as he contemplated suicide and was then able to rise up. As he rose up he was able to reconnect with his boyhood friend Govinda. What joy must of he felt? Then as he listened to the river he found his friend the ferryman again. I feel that with the meeting of the ferryman Siddhartha may finally be on the road to true happiness. Then Kamala and his son arrive and Kamala dies. There was great potential I feel for Siddhartha to fall back into the traps of his old ways. He resists and even when his son runs away he is able to stay true to what I think is his real self.
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