‼️ Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse ‼️

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“When someone seeks," said Siddhartha, "then it easily happens that his eyes see only the thing that he seeks, and he is able to find nothing, to take in nothing because he always thinks only about the thing he is seeking, because he has one goal, because he is obsessed with his goal. Seeking means: having a goal. But finding means: being free, being open, having no goal.”

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📚 Length: 172 pages

🔊Audiobook: 4 hours and 42 minutes

Why you should read this book?

💡The spiritual uplifter on the path you have chosen.

💡Introduces you to the ancient practice of listening to a river.

💡Reminds you that your fuck-ups are just part of your journey and that they do not mean anything, really.

This is quite nice wee book. It takes you on spiritual journey and reminds you what life is really about. His Majesty der Kaiser 👑 was very pleased with the content of the book and you are probably asking how come?!

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The book tells the story of Siddhartha. He was once young and embarked on his journey thorough life. At the beginning, he lived in poverty as a monk and had no earthly possessions whatsoever. In that time, he met Buddha himself, smiling. But then he wanted to become rich merchant and men of influence. He went to the another merchant to learn. He enjoyed himself tremendously and one can say he cared very little about the wealth, the profits and the losses he made with his partner. Over the time, he has become very successful. Lived with the most beautiful of all courtesans, but grew sick of comfortable and happy life. Lost much of his wealth in the play of dice 🎲. He stopped to care. There was a nice line: his new beautiful garments slowly became worn out as his new life and he was unhappy. He then left the city and all his riches and his beloved courtesan to seek the truth.

He stopped by a river and spoke to a ferryman 🚣‍♂️, called Vasadeva. They have met once before when Siddharta was still a monk. The ferryman taught Siddhartra the ancient practice of listening to the river. In spiritual sense the river represents the life itself. It is the connection between between all the things in this world. The river flows and sings a song. Siddharta then realises the river represents the unity of all things.

He realises that all is one. Good cannot exist without evil and vice versa. ☯️ Love cannot exist without hate and so on. He also realises that Buddha dwells in all things. In the rock, in the river, in the trees, in animals, simply in everything we are surrounded with.

On the end of the book, Sidhharta meets his old friend, Govinda, with whom he once studied as a monk. Govinda ask him many questions as he is seeking wisdom.

Siddharta tells him about his life. How he was seeking wisdom at first, then the wealth later, he has lost everything and explains Govinda how good and evil is just part of our life and how one would not exist without the other.

“Wisdom cannot be imparted. Wisdom that a wise man attempts to impart always sounds like foolishness to someone else ... Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it.”

Kaiser’s Verdict: 👍

Good book. Fuckin’ read it! 💪😃

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