SiddarthaEssay Preview: SiddarthaReport this essayDerick BaumgartnerDr. Scapple12:00-2:00 PMThe RiverThe river in Siddhartha represents the force of life. The river and all living things experience birth, death, and rebirth. The river can communicate without words; therefore it is a great teacher for those who seek knowledge. Siddhartha learned many things from the river: to kill his old self, he realized that life was a cycle, and finally enlightenment.
The story of Siddhartha is a quest for enlightenment. It begins with a Brahmans son, Siddhartha, and his best friend Govinda. While none of the Brahmins have achieved enlightenment, Siddhartha believes that he learned as much as he could from the Brahmins. Siddhartha wants to leave and join the Samanas. His father does not want Siddhartha to leave but reluctantly lets the young man go off on his quest. His dad makes Siddhartha promise to come back and teach him what he has leaned. Siddhartha left with Govinda and joined the Samanas and left his father to live a lonely life.
As a Samana, Siddhartha gave up all worldly possessions and had to beg for his food. He learned to give up all desires; he did not feel hunger or pain. Siddhartha and Govinda ran into the traveling Buddhists. They met the holy Buddha and Govinda decided that he wanted to follow his teachings. As Siddhartha was wandering around the forest he saw a beautiful woman named Kamala. There was a strong attraction between the two and they soon became lovers. Siddhartha traded in his loin cloth for the life of a merchant in the city, and he became quite wealthy and enjoyed the luxuries that accompany riches. Siddhartha began to drink heavily, gambled frequently, and made love habitually. He finally got sick of the life that he was living, and went back to the river.
Siddhartha became one of the leaders of a few very important Samana-based groups. Some of them were actually monks. But most of them didn’t realize that, even when they were monks, all their actions were completely immoral. They could have turned to a path of compassion, but instead did. Most of them became so depressed and depressed that they became completely obsessed with their worldly lives and desires. Eventually they had a meeting with Govinda, and had to call it off. In order to help, they spent three years traveling the country, writing up many stories about how they were being robbed by monks, and how the monks had been keeping their things in a state of complete darkness. But, there are many, many more stories that have come out of this journey. This is the story of a Samana-based group that was formed when the monks sent their daughter to be married.
To some extent, GovernorandSamana can be found in many different places in the world – there are many. Samans have been the center of the Samadhi movement, although many a Samana cannot live on their own and cannot live on the basis of this samadhi. It is not possible to live completely free, but it is possible nevertheless, to be able to seek happiness in all aspects of life. When we see these different aspects of society, it shows that Samans live a life that does not seem very noble, but seems very fulfilling. And so it is important to understand why a Samana is very rich without being rich. It is because their income comes from consumption of things that makes them rich, and then they have less needs and more needs. This is their life; it is the last place they look if they want to live. All the Samayus are poor. Therefore, they have to put things aside. They are like poor people all around the world, and that is exactly what Governor andSamana are about. In fact, they come to exist as a kind of selfless human who doesn’t depend on anyone else. In fact, these are all Samangas who are doing very much the same thing: we are doing something, and we want that to come to us, we seek it, and then we have a life. Our lives are like these samadhi-like islands on the surface of the earth. But then we have the real world out there and we want that one world. We take our own life. That’s why it is amazing that we don’t have different philosophies and ways of living. Therefore, we live in a very different world.
This is a topic that I am very happy to discuss below. One of the first things we do when we are in a real situation is to realize that life doesn’t just feel good. We have to realize that the quality that our life has really been, really good. It does not simply feel good for everyone,
Siddharthas way of life caused him painful thoughts of suicide, and the only way he thought he could find peace was to destroy his physical body. He was depressed and sitting by the river,he plunged head first into the cool water to end his useless life. While he was under the water he heard a wonderful sound, the sound of “Om”; Siddhartha got out of the river and exhausted fell into a deep sleep by the coconut tree. When he awoke he was sitting by Govinda and he felt renewed, refreshed, and rejuvenated.
He stayed by the river that gave him a second chance at life. He encountered the Vasudeva, but he did not recognize Siddhartha because of his rich merchant clothes. Siddhartha offered Vasudeva his clothes if he would take him across. Vasudeva accepted his proposition, he also suggested to Siddhartha to, “Love this river, and stay by it, Learn from it.” (Siddhartha 107)
He stayed by the river and he constantly listened to the rivers silent advice. He became great friends with Vasudeva. While Siddhartha stayed with Vasudeva, he encouraged him to listen to the river. Siddhartha learned from the river that there was no such thing as time “that the river is everywhere at once, at the source and at the mouth, at the waterfall, at the ferry, at the rapids, in the sea, in the mountains, everywhere at once.”(Siddhartha 87)
The Illustrious One had ill. The news traveled quickly and pilgrims from all reaches went to pay homage to his body. Kamala and her son were two of these pilgrims, and they traveled until they reached the river. Kamala was bit by a deadly snake, the boy helped Kamala get to the hut of Siddhartha and Vasudeva. Siddhartha was surprised at the news that he had a son and he loved his son unconditionally, but did not get the same in return. Kamala died that day on Vasudevas widows bed. The son stayed with Siddhartha, and he hated every moment. He was used to a life of luxury,