Siddhartha: Siddhartha (Shambhala Classics)
 

Siddhartha: Siddhartha (Shambhala Classics)

by Hermann Hesse

In the shade of a banyan tree, a grizzled ferryman sits listening to the river. Some say he's a sage. He was once a wandering shramana and, briefly, like thousands of others, he followed Gotama the Buddha, enraptured by his sermons. But this man, Siddhartha, was not a follower of any but his own soul. Born the son of a Brahmin, Siddhartha was blessed in appearance, intelligence, and ... (read more)

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SDK
  • Rated 5 stars

this changed my life and perspective on how i want to live it. a definite must read for those could searching freaks out there.

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Laila
  • Rated 2 stars

Hm. A very "hm" book for me. For being raised so high into the olymp of literature I was actually disappointed by Hesse. I tought the book was about eastern culture but clearly written by someone who isn't fully submerged in it. I thought it was actually indulgent... and it didn't tell me anything i didn't know. It didn't lead me anywhere other than the obvious, it had to tell everything, every emotion or reasoning or feeling was so spelled out. Of course the story is beautiful, but at the...

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  • Rated 4.121614 stars
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  • Rated 4.5 stars
 

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  • Selina C

    selina c said:

    It's very good. I reckon the tale should actually be shelved in the 'religion' non fiction section of the library amongst all the expoundings from teachers and gurus.. (just to be subversive :-) in my library I found it in the fiction amongst all the novels.

    posted 2 weeks ago
  • alienashu

    alienashu said:

    It is one of the most enlightening books that explains how everyone has to go alone in her/his quest for wisdom.

    posted 4 weeks ago
  • Christina S

    christina s said:

    I thought the book was boring but i liked the language in it.

    posted Thursday, June 12 2008
  • talal

    talal said:

    this book talks abou everybody soul ; this is our life and we should know how to live it ;this novel shortens the meaning of the life .......like the last temptation of the Christ which was written by Nicos Kazantazakis

    posted Friday, May 16 2008
  • Victoriakem

    victoriakem said:

    This book was a coming of age read for me. All my friends read it. The classic story of one man's journey to enlightenent, the Buddha himself, is well known but Hesse made it an engrossing read. I'm always surprised when many others in my "age group" haven't read this.

    posted Saturday, April 19 2008
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