Siddhartha

"Siddhartha" is one of the names of the historical Gautama, and the life of Hesse's character resembles that of his historical counterpart to some extent. Siddhartha is by no means a fictional life of Buddha, but it does contain numerous references to Buddha’s philosophies and his teachings. Although Hesse’s Siddhartha is not intended to portray the life of Gautama the Buddha but he used the name and many other attributed to reflect the legendary atmosphere and the pattern of his heroes transformation.

Shakyamuni, known in his youth as Siddhartha Gautama, was a prince who became aware of and profoundly troubled by the problems of human suffering. According to religious scriptures Siddhartha renounced his prince hood at the age of 19 and pursued the life of a religious mendicant from which he rejected both extremes of the mortification of the flesh and of hedonism as paths toward the state of Nirvana. After 11 years of ascetic practices and deep meditation, at the age of 30, he finally realized the truth that would emancipate mankind from their suffering, and he became a Buddha. All the teachings of Shakyamuni were recorded giving rise to a vast array of sutras or scriptures. The Buddha can in no way be described as a transcen

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He did not speak of supernatural phenomena or an afterlife, and he dismissed the possibility of miracles. He has entered Nirvana, peace has finally come to Siddhartha at last. The Second Truth is to be abandoned, the desire to have and control things that cause suffering. They do believe in reincarnation: the concept that one must go through many cycles of birth, living and death. (Fiel!

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Field, George W Herman Hesse Boston: Twayne Pub. Here he meets his wife Kamala, who dies in his presence so many years later, leaving with Siddhartha his child. But Siddhartha's way was clearly not that of Buddha. World Literature Criticism James P Draper, ed. (Field)

Other aspects of Buddha's teachings are also of interest. The fourth truth is to be brought into being, the truth of the eightfold ariya path leading to the cessation of suffering. By this means, the follower of Buddha can arrive at Nirvana.

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