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Amazing book for people interested in Indian religions and enlightenment. The novel is structured on three of the traditional stages of life for Hindu males (student (brahmacharin), householder (grihastha) and recluse/renunciate (vanaprastha)) as well as the Buddha's four noble truths (Part One) and eight-fold path (Part Two) which form twelve chapters, the number in the novel.
Siddhartha is a novel by Hermann Hesse that deals with the spiritual journey of self-discovery of a man named Siddhartha during the time of the Gautama Buddha. The word Siddhartha is made up of two words in Sanskrit language, siddha (achieved) + artha (what was searched for), which together means "he who has found meaning (of existence)" or "he who has attained his goals". In fact, the Buddha's own name, before his renunciation, was Siddhartha Gautama, Prince of Kapilavastu. In this book, the Buddha is referred to as "Gotama"
Actually, I've read this book thinking the main character was Buddha. But it's not.
"He argues that the individual seeks an absolutely unique, personal meaning that cannot be presented to him by a teacher." he doesn't join Buddha, but his best friend Govinda does.
It's basically about a man going away from his family, from his Brahman father, and is trying to understand the meaning of life, who is trying to become enlightened to escape Samsara (the concept of rebirth and "cyclicality of all life, matter, existence", a fundamental belief of most Indian religions. In short, it is the cycle of death and rebirth.) he tries everything, first fasts, becomes homeless, renounces all personal possessions, and intensely meditates, but it doesn't work. Then he does everything he
