Siddhartha

This book was recommended to me by a friend of mine. I was hesitant at first, but Im glad I gave it a chance. Many life lessons to be learned on human nature. From our desires to learn and explore the world at a young age and seek knowledge, to getting lost in the pleasure of power, material things and sex, this book covers it all. It also shows the many levels of changes we go through as we learn about ourselves and the world. And finally finding your true purpose and fully embarrassing it. It was a great read and I would recommend Siddhartha to anyone looking to seek a deeper meaning of life.

Read and meet the Buddha. Young Siddhartha journeys along his solitary path, which parallels the Buddhas own story. Siddhartha continues to move through all aspects of a full, worldly life as essential parts of his spiritual quest. Meeting Kamala brings pleasures to him along with a full exploration of the human experience of love and loving relationships. Siddhartha spends time as a rich merchant trader, a gambler, sinner, and a lowly ferry assistant. It is there by the ever-flowing, endless river that he finally listens. The sounds of the river show him trough. Truth beyond shamans tales. Reality beyond dogma. Life beyond family loyalty. Hesse takes the reader on a surprising journey that will be found nowhere else. This story is built upon a foundation of Buddhism and ventures upward into the shadows of our being as it explores the deeper crevices of our minds using the insights of his contemporary psychiatrist Carl G. Jung. It is a story of personal individuation - the developmental task that we all must deal with one way or another as we leave our family of origin to enter the adult life as our own person.

Siddartha By Herman Hesse is my favorite book of all time. I have read it on numerous occaisons. It oftens sees me through darker times in my life. However the three copies I received were of the lowest quality books I have ever seen. Theres no page numbers, no copyright or publishing information in the front, no forwards, nothing. The first page in the book contains the title and Hesse and Holden Crowthers name and page two begins the story. The book is very tall and it seems like whoever published it was trying to save money on paper. Upon initial glances the actual translation seems off as well but I will have to confirm this using my older copies of Siddhartha. I will update this review with the names of my preferred translations as well as photos as I learn more. This has to be the cheapest physical copy of a book I have ever touched. It feels and looks more like a manual on how to put your IKEA furniture together. I bought 3 intending to gift these but Im a little apprehensive to give such a great book away in this form as it seems to very poorly put together. I purchased it for $5 bucks and some change for the soft cover with the bird on the front. One final thing I found odd was the date found on the very last page of the book. It says made in San Bernadino, Ca June 19, 2016. That is the same day I ordered it. Very odd. I dont mean to jump to conclusions but it seems like somebody has a fancy printer and is illegally reproducing and selling this book on amazon(surprised I should not be). The best way I could describe it is counterfeit. I would seriously look elsewhere for a copy of this magical text.

Sometimes You just want to take action After Reading a book. I know I’m Reading a great book When IT triggers me to think About My own life and to think about What new things I want to do or experience. This book Really Give me the desire to find happiness in small things. It gave me a desire to slow down a bit and look at ordenary things with childlike quriosity. I just wanted to meditate and write and become extremely happy after Reading This book. I wish I Read IT earlier.

This book is one that has truly enlightened me. Take your time really absorb and process the thoughts. I recommend this to anyone on their Healing journey.

Friends: As a Research Engineer and Scholar of Comparative Religion and Philosophy I have read this book every few years since I was about 10 years old [ now 53 ]. I have made an attempt to know more than most people about the evolution of human consciousness. One day Siddhartha realizes that the Soul [ Collective Consciousness ] of every human being is like a river flowing toward the Superconciousness [ aka God ]. As such, there is only one Soul flowing through all of us. Those people out there are all YOU. They are not your brothers, and sisters, strangers and friends but YOU. You can Google my name to Learn more...... Arthur Gerard Michael Baron von Boennighausen

There appears to be many versions available for the Kindle. I can only comment on this version that I have read on my DX. The translation appears to be excellent and in the true spirit of the lyrical style of the novel. However, I noticed a few minor issues. First, there were a number of instances where the translator used the incorrect word (e.g. woman vs. women and want vs. went), but it did not detract from my overall enjoyment of the novel. Second, the other problem I noticed was with formatting. It did not appear to be optimally formatted for viewing on the screen. I had to adjust the text and I could not eliminate gaps in many sentences. There are no links to the various chapters. Overall, this is a great book to own for your Kindle at a great price!

I read this book last week on my Kindle app. Interesting book. Makes you think a lot about the meaning and purpose of life. Not quite sure what to believe and what not to believe. I guess one thing I took from this book was that my life journey will be by own. I will have to make my own mistakes to learn from them. Not sure if this is what book referred to. Recommend folks to read for themselves and draw their own conclusions.

When I began my career in education, a psychology instructor, where I worked, placed SIDDHARTHA on reserve in the college library. I did not know much about the book until reading it.How wonderful it would have been to have read this book as a freshman in college in 1960. Now, I can see parallels from the book with Biblical teachings, my life experiences and education. I recommend it highly to my friends and my children . Waiting - thinking - fasting - love.

It is apparent why this book is so highly regarded. As we struggle all of us at the pulls of the world it is grounded in the recognition that all is valuable. A lesson the world had time to contemplate in 2020... and which may serve as a path back.