Loved itSiddhartha follows one man's journey to spiritual fulfillment and ultimately that's through self-discovery Hermann Hess did what needed to be done.
Siddhartha (1922)
Others: Overwhelmingly positive Hermann Hesse wrote Siddhartha after he traveled to India in the 1910s. It tells the story of a young boy who travels the country in a quest for spiritual enlightenment in the time of Guatama Buddha. It is a compact, lyrical work, which reads like an allegory about the finding of wisdom.
- ISBN:
- 9781788887946
- Length:
- 139 pages
Genres: historical fiction, classics
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Loved itit's about the discovery that wisdom cannot be taught experience is the teacher and experience is experienced alone in part it's about giving up the need for instruction and having the courage to figure things out for yourself