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Essay on The Themes of Siddhartha
The Themes of Siddhartha
There are two themes developed in Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse.
One theme is that people can teach religious doctrine, but it may not lead one to find
one's true inner "self". The other theme is that knowledge can be taught,
but wisdom comes from experience. The main character, Siddhartha, came to
these understandings during his glorious journey to find spiritual
enlightenment.
In order to find his "self", Siddhartha undertook a quest that was
split into four main parts. These parts include: understanding, escape
from "self", knowledge of "self", and wisdom, (enlightenment). The first
part, understanding, involved him living with his father...show more content...
Siddhartha soon found out that he was, in fact, going in circles. He saw
that he was not gaining any knowledge from temporary escape but he would
come back and find everything as it was before. This caused him not to
believe in the Samana's practices and eventually resulted in Siddhartha
leaving the Samanas to find spiritual enlightenment elsewhere.
The third part in Siddhartha's quest was the knowledge of "self".
This was after he had met and spoken to Gotama, the Illustrious Buddha. He
spoke to him about his concerns for finding the "self". Siddhartha thought
that if he were to just follow the teachings and not experience them for
himself that he would deceive himself into believing that he was at peace
when he actually wasn't. He decided to leave his friend and find his "self"
the way Gotama had, through experience. It was afterwards when he was on
his own when he had his spiritual awakening. He discovered that the reason
he didn't know anything about himself was due to one thing––he was afraid
of himself. From then on he saw the world differently. He would no longer
destroy himself to find a secret behind it. He would learn for himself the
secret of Siddhartha. He started anew and learned about things that had
always been there but he had never paid attention to. This new beginning
would lead him to a river where he would
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Essay On The Themes Of Siddhartha

  • 1. Essay on The Themes of Siddhartha The Themes of Siddhartha There are two themes developed in Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse. One theme is that people can teach religious doctrine, but it may not lead one to find one's true inner "self". The other theme is that knowledge can be taught, but wisdom comes from experience. The main character, Siddhartha, came to these understandings during his glorious journey to find spiritual enlightenment. In order to find his "self", Siddhartha undertook a quest that was split into four main parts. These parts include: understanding, escape from "self", knowledge of "self", and wisdom, (enlightenment). The first part, understanding, involved him living with his father...show more content... Siddhartha soon found out that he was, in fact, going in circles. He saw that he was not gaining any knowledge from temporary escape but he would
  • 2. come back and find everything as it was before. This caused him not to believe in the Samana's practices and eventually resulted in Siddhartha leaving the Samanas to find spiritual enlightenment elsewhere. The third part in Siddhartha's quest was the knowledge of "self". This was after he had met and spoken to Gotama, the Illustrious Buddha. He spoke to him about his concerns for finding the "self". Siddhartha thought that if he were to just follow the teachings and not experience them for himself that he would deceive himself into believing that he was at peace when he actually wasn't. He decided to leave his friend and find his "self" the way Gotama had, through experience. It was afterwards when he was on his own when he had his spiritual awakening. He discovered that the reason he didn't know anything about himself was due to one thing––he was afraid of himself. From then on he saw the world differently. He would no longer destroy himself to find a secret behind it. He would learn for himself the secret of Siddhartha. He started anew and learned about things that had always been there but he had never paid attention to. This new beginning would lead him to a river where he would
  • 3. Get more content on HelpWriting.net