Siddhartha Quotes

Siddhartha has shown with his actions and words of others to be an individual who exceptionally stands out among other people. One good example occurs when Govinda talks about what kind of person Siddhartha would grow up to be, “Govinda knew that he would not become a an ordinary Brahmin” (Hesse 2). Clearly, the quote states that as Siddhartha has grown up and studied with the fellow Brahmins, he has gained much knowledge and would use it in a way that no other Brahmin would have used since they have gotten sluggish with their ways. This could mean that Siddhartha has a strongly devoted passion for his religion that others do not have. Furthermore, when Siddhartha decides that his time with the Samanas has come to an end, he goes to the eldest of the Samanas and tells him of his decision to leave. The Samana gets furious so Siddhartha hypnotizes

With this ability, he hypnotizes an old Samana who has a much more power in this ability than someone who had just started with this way of life. By depriving him of his will, Siddhartha subdues the old Samana into letting Govinda and him to peacefully leave the Samanas. The final good piece of evidence appears when he Siddhartha, who was born into the highest caste possible which was the Brahmins, chooses to leave the luxury and comfort of his village to live the life of a Samana. Someone who doesn’t have a home and chooses to not eat for weeks on end. Any person who happens to be born into the caste of the Brahmins would never choose to leave the luxury of this lifestyle except Siddhartha. Siddhartha wants to do something different because he unlike any other Brahmin who has become sluggish with their ways or who happens to be another ordinary Brahmin, he Siddhartha has become an exceptional individual. From these three examples, one can see that Siddhartha has turned into someone who exceptionally stands out from anyone else as he has