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Calm, quiet, unassuming, the book simply tells the life journey of Siddhartha, not the Buddha, but a contemporary of his with the same name, also seeking enlightenment. There is no preaching, no scorning towards us earthlings who cannot part with our worldly possessions, however meager it might be.
Before reading it, I had feared it would be a self-helpish sort of thing, telling us how our desires have ruined our inner peace and how we should renounce it all to attain serenity. Quite to the cont ...more
Before reading it, I had feared it would be a self-helpish sort of thing, telling us how our desires have ruined our inner peace and how we should renounce it all to attain serenity. Quite to the cont ...more
A fable more than a story, Sidharta is probably the framework and source for a lot of later 20th century works such as Coelho's Alchemist (and several other works), Tolle's Power of Now, Byrne's The Secret etc. Classic hero's journey searching for happiness and the meaning of life. Interestingly Coelho wrote the introduction to the Modern Classics edition (the cover art is incredible).
The fable flows well, Hilda Rosner's translation is very nice, a quick and easy read on the surface with deep ve ...more
The fable flows well, Hilda Rosner's translation is very nice, a quick and easy read on the surface with deep ve ...more
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