On the way, Govinda said: ‘Siddhartha, you have learned more from the Samanas than I was aware. It is difficult, very difficult to hypnotize an old Samana. In truth, if you had stayed there, you would have soon learned how to walk on water.’ ‘I have no desire to walk on water,’ said Siddhartha. ‘Let the old Samanas satisfy themselves with such arts.’
