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Siddhartha becomes a popular and successful businessman, although he has no real love for money. However, the courtesan requires him to earn money and arranges for him to become a partner to Kamuswami, a rich merchant. On entering a town, he meets the beautiful and elegant courtesan Kamala and requests that she teach him the ways of love. Vasudeva allows the penniless Siddhartha to ride the ferry for free, knowing he will see the man again. He meets a ferryman named Vasudeva, who tells Siddhartha how much the flowing water has taught him. Surrounded by the beautiful reality of nature, he realizes he must find his own path.Īt the start of Part Two, Siddhartha immerses himself in the colors, sounds and sensations of the real world and reflects that both thought and sensory experience make up the Self. He comes to an awareness that he is now reborn, awakened, but alone. Alone in the woods, Siddhartha looks back on his adolescence, his family, the various teachings, and his unsuccessful efforts to deny his Self.

Siddhartha’s interest in Gotama is short-lived, however, and he turns away from these teachings too, leaving Govinda behind.

When he hears from Govinda of Gotama Buddha, the Illustrious One, who claims to have reached Nirvana, the two decide to leave the Samanas and search for this new Holy man. Despite living this way for three years, Siddhartha remains dissatisfied. This is done in a quest for denial of the Self and attainment of Nirvana, or enlightenment. Govinda joins Siddhartha, and they are accepted by the Samanas, whose lifestyle they adopt, giving up material possessions, fasting, meditating, and wandering the country. His disquiet and thirst for experience lead him to leave his comfortable home and join a group of Samanas, or wandering ascetics, against his father’s wishes. The protagonist is discontent and restless with many questions in his mind, which remain unanswered by the teachings of the Hindu wise men. His friend Govinda is introduced at the same time, and the omniscient third-person narrator describes his admiration for and loyalty to Siddhartha. The story begins with the description of the clever, handsome, and popular young man Siddhartha, the son of wealthy, educated, and loving Brahmin parents.