Saturday, January 1, 2011
Siddhartha: Awakening (tues 1/4)
In the first chapter, Siddhartha's father told him, "If you find blessedness in the woods, then come and teach me how to be blessed. If you find disappointment, then return once more and let us once again sacrifice to the gods together." Siddhartha considers returning but does not. Why?
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Siddartha does not return home because he reaizes that he is not who he used to be. He has just awakened from the person that his father knows and does not want to go back to that person. Siddartha wants to discove who he truely is and if he returns home then he just returns to the life that he refuses to live. Siddartha embodies on a journey to the truth of what is real. He is finally enlightened about the reality of the world.His awakening allows him to understand his surroundings much more.
ReplyDeleteSiddhartha does not return home because he discovers he would just be giving up and settling for less. He has just awaken and realized he is not who everybody else may believe he is, Siddhartha has his own mind and wants to live out his dreams of finding that self. Siddhartha knows if he returns then he would just be like everybody else, someone who doesn't truly know who they are, and just tied down to certain ways of living. He has become aware that he can find himself if he carries out his journey.
ReplyDeleteIn the first chapter, Siddhartha's father told him, "If you find blessedness in the woods, then come and teach me how to be blessed. If you find disappointment, then return once more and let us once again sacrifice to the gods together." Siddhartha considers returning but does not. Why?
ReplyDeleteSiddhartha considers returning but does not, because he wants to discover the inner Siddhartha, and find the true meaning in himself. He spoke in the section about how he left childhood for manhood by leaving behind his father, Buddha, and the Brahman practice to find his true identity. He felt in a sense that he was being held back from life, getting told what to do, and the teachings and bylaws in which he had to follow. He coerced this by breaking away from the situation he faced. Siddhartha felt weird from the fact of awakening to thine innerself of Siddhartha, and realizing change. This awakening that he's feeling is one that is going to set him on a path in which he may face many obstacles, as well as joyous times, but it's indeeed going to take Siddhartha and only Siddhartha to figure out what he's actually looking for. Whether it's Brahman, or another form in which he could create on his own, he wants to take his journey to the place he feels most comfortable, his heart, which is his journey that will lead him to his destiny.
-Andrew Pryor
Good post, Candace. I agree that he does not want to return to his father because he is no longer the person he used to be. You mentioned Siddhartha's awakening. What did he awaken from? And, what did he awaken to? How?
ReplyDeleteShaquellia, what does it mean to Siddhartha to "find himself?" And, why can't he do that with his father? Good work!
ReplyDeleteThrough answer and analysis, Andrew. Next time, provide more textual support. A short quote here and there would make this an even better response.
ReplyDeleteI liked when you said, "It's indeed going to take Siddhartha and only Siddhartha to figure out what he's actually looking for." Can you explain this more and how it relates to Siddhartha's relationship with the teachers he has sought throughout his journey?
Siddhartha didnt return back home cause he was scared of how is farther would react. See Siddhartha know that he is not the same person that his father is use to knowing so he decides not to go back. In my opinion he should of went ahead & face that problem head up because i believe now if his father found out its going to be worse than it would of been if he told him the firt place.Siddartha is still trying to find his self so I guess he thinking if I go back my father will mess that up.He know if he keeps going sonner or later he will find his self & all of the things he is going through will be worth it.
ReplyDeleteSiddhartha doesn't return because he feels that he will not be able to gain any more wisdom from his father. He says, "The doctrine of the enlighten Buddha contains a great deal, it teaches many to live righteously, to shun evil. But one things this doctrine, so clear, so venerable, does not contain: it does not contain the secret of what the Sublime One himself experienced....This is why I am continuing my wanderings-not to seek another, better doctrine, because I know there is none, but to leave behind all teachings and all teachers, and either attain my goal alone or to die."
ReplyDeleteHermann Hesse's Siddhartha is a magnificent book that is excellently written. It was assigned to me in my first year of high school. I was not attracted to the book initially. Its cover and title did not stand out. I read it anyways. I read daily the assigned chapters, but its content captivated me. I could not tear my eyes away from the pages. I felt enthralled to have such a good book for obligatory reading because I don't read much on my own.
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