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Siddhartha

  • Writer: Kathy Miller
    Kathy Miller
  • Feb 8
  • 1 min read

Updated: Aug 30

Hermann Hesse, 1922

Date read: 2/8/25


I previously studied and practiced Buddhism, and I am glad, because otherwise I doubt I would have understood much of this novel. It is essentially about a man who becomes a bodhisattva. He knows the Buddha and is trying to attain enlightenment.


Overall it was interesting, because his path to enlightenment was through the world rather than the renunciation of it. I enjoyed it quite a lot. It reminded me of Kim by Rudyard Kipling also, in its representation of spiritual seeking and attainment.

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