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[lessthanska74]

"When you throw a stone into the water, it finds the quickest way to the bottom of the water. It is the same when Siddhartha has an aim, a goal. Siddhartha does nothing; he waits, he thinks, he fasts, but he goes through the affairs of the world like the stone through the water, without doing anything, without bestirring himself; he is drawn and

Comments

[i_am_the_owl]

I always thought Hesse had a rather interesting concept of Siddhartha "Buddha" Gautama.

[lessthanska74]

I haven't finished the book yet, so I can't really make any judgement, but I must say it's definitely caught my attention.

[afilmmaker]

Unfortunately, he wrote from an angle of someone who actually didn't understand eastern religions very well...

But I will agree, the ideas in the book are very interesting and thought-provoking.

[i_am_the_owl]

That's pretty much what I meant by "interesting concept."