The title of this novel is a combination of two Sanskrit words,
"siddha," which is defined as "achieved," and "artha" which is
defined as "meaning" or "wealth." The invented word serves as the
name for the principal character, a man on a spiritual journey of
self-discovery during the time of the Buddha. The titular character
Siddhartha is the son of a wealthy Brahmin family who decides to
leave his home in the hopes of gaining spiritual illumination.
Siddhartha is joined by his best friend Govinda; the two renounce
their earthly possessions, engage in ritual fasting and intense
meditation and ultimately seek out and speak with Gautam, the
famous Buddha. Here the two go their separate ways, Govinda joining
the order of the Buddha, Siddhartha traveling on in order to find
his spiritual enlightenment. In order to complete this novel Hesse
immersed himself in the sacred teachings of both Hindu and Buddhist
scriptures and lived a semi-reclusive life in order to achieve his
own spiritual enlightenment. "Siddhartha" is considered one of
Hesse's most important works and remains one of his most popular; a
work that deals with the quest that we all undertake in some way or
another, the quest to define our lives in an environment of
conflicting dualities and ultimately find spiritual awareness.
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