Siddhartha
Siddhartha
is a Nobel Prize winning Author Hermann Hesse’s most widely read
novel set in India set in the 6th
Century in India
It
recounts the Spiritual quest of Brahmin boy .How he questioned
Traditional teaching and customs ,experienced the way of life the
world found answers and refuge in nature .and in the process
discovered Love,
Compassion,
and the unity of life all life.
Hesse’s
comment In a Letter
“Siddhartha
does not in the end learn true wisdom from any teacher but from river
that roars in funny way and from kindly old fool who always smiles
secretly a saint.”
Hesse
called Siddhartha “an
Indic Poem”
of all his fictional works it is undoubtedly the most impregnated
with Indian, religion and philosophy.
Novel
dealing with Buddhism,
Vedanta, and Yoga.
Hermann
Hesse said that “More
than half of life I stated and I tried to come to an understanding of
the India view of life”.
India
is country of religion and spirituality and this Novel is an artistic
expression of his understanding of the Indian view of life and
modified by his own romantic vision.
Using
the historical Buddha’s life as a framework of his fictional
narrative technique Hesse appropriated Buddha’s given name
Siddhartha for his mythical hero he presented them as two separate
figures in the novel.
However
the novel is about a quest of life and understanding ,life in
spiritual way various way and ritual religion method of Monk’s such
as Fast, Meditations, Yoga and celibacy and search for salvation
‘Nirvana’,
peace, soul ,it is questioning about Existence, purpose of living
life .Tragedy of life taste of love passion , desire ,life of human
being , society , and so many component of human being in this novel
appealing all kind of life .
At
the end of Novel Siddhartha found the answer of his entire questions
from river but Novel is very widely described entire journey of
Siddhartha for that kind of Universal truth where nobody can reach
because it is very difficult and out of understanding from common
people .
The
impact on mind of reader and style and literary expression of Hesse’s
unique and significant.
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