Summary Of Siddhartha By Herman Hesse

The novel Siddhartha was published on 1951. It was written by Herman Hesse. About the author, He was born in Calw on 1877. Herman was a religious person he studied theology in a seminary. His family background shaped him to be a religious man because both his mother and father was a missionary in India. Herman was very passionate in education, at an early age he wanted to be poet. He was a fast learner and active in school, but he faced difficulties and hard decision making before he achieved his goal. He learned about western philosophy and Chinese philosophy. He was much influenced in India, so he was came

The samana’s philosophical meaning is that, in life you can achieve enlightenment if only if you destroy your self. Their goal is to empty everything. So Siddhartha concluded to himself that if he destroy his self he will be awaken. Siddhartha and Govinda adjusted with the life of the samanas. He learned how to free everything, his dreams, his desires, his cloths and all the trappings in life. He renounces the pleasure in this world and the desires in the self. But after all he realized that by destroying his self and his will is not the answer. He doubted about his life with samanas in seeking Nirvana. He shared his thoughts to Govinda that by self-denial is not the answer. They stayed with the samanas in three years, then a rumor spread that an enlightened one, named Gotama the Buddha, has overcome the world’s suffering and brought karma into and end. This rumor excites Siddhartha and Govinda to seek Gotama. They followed him but the leader of the samanas got angry with them but by the gaze of Siddhartha puts him to silence, and blesses Siddhartha. By that gave Govinda recodnized that his spirituality was more than the highest of