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The Similarities Between Siddhartha And Kamala

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During Siddhartha’s path to enlightenment, he meets a woman named Kamala whom he shows interest in, but he realizes he cannot love her. Siddhartha says to Kamala, “Perhaps people like us cannot love. Ordinary people can love– that is their secret” (73). In order to reach enlightenment, one needs to be able to love; however, Siddhartha, on his journey, has drained so much life out of himself, that he is unable to give off love to a woman he likes. Siddhartha and Kamala are different from ordinary people because they want something else from the world. Siddhartha is unable to understand the concept of maya and that everything is an illusion, so he expects the world to give him something in return. Ordinary people can love and don’t have desires

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