Siddhartha
Korean Title: 싯다르타
Author: Hermann Hesse
Publisher: Minumsa
252 pages.
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About This Book
Siddhartha, the greatest spiritual teacher of our time, is a novel that condenses Hermann Hesse's deep interest in and love for Eastern philosophy.
"If all desires and all impulses within the mind were to be silent, the most intimate essence within existence, no longer the self, would awaken. That great secret would open its eyes."
Siddhartha, the son of a Brahmin, the highest caste in India, sets out on a journey toward enlightenment, leaving home with his friend Govinda despite his father's objections. He has the opportunity to study under the Buddha himself, the founder of Buddhism, but realizes that true enlightenment cannot be taught by others and must be found within. He parts ways with Govinda and continues alone. In the years that follow, Siddhartha experiences worldly desires, falling in love and joining a wealthy merchant, only to discover the emptiness within himself. Eventually, he abandons everything and becomes a ferryman.
Siddhartha was written after Hesse suffered a severe depression that nearly made creative work impossible for over a year and a half, and after receiving psychiatric treatment. The novel can be seen as a poetic spiritual bildungsroman, capturing the human yearning for eternity and the quest for transcendence in simple yet lyrical prose. It delicately portrays the tension between structured religious doctrine and contemplative self-reflection, suggesting that there is no single path to self-discovery and challenging the rigid notion of blindly adhering to any philosophy, religion, or belief system.
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