Review - Siddhartha _ Herman Hesse!
Image Courtesy: www.storytel.com What is our purpose in life? What is it that we are searching for? Why is it that people, whether rich or poor, handsome or ugly, tall or short, intellectual or shallow, cannot find peace within themselves? Why we do what we do? And so on, these questions never end until there is life in the universe. And we are all searching for answers; we are never completely satisfied with the answer we get. Like us, Siddhartha was also tormented by these questions haunting upon his mind day and night. He was Brahman and devote of the religious scriptures and rituals. He had a friend, Govinda, which he loved very much, and with whom he shared his dilemma over existence. But, neither his father, neither his teachers, nor those holy books could answer his questions to his satisfaction. They had to forsake their family, and live among the samanas in the search of answers. Still, curios and unanswered, they heard about Gotama i.e. Buddha, and longed to see him, ...