Contradicts In Siddhartha

In the novel, Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse it shows the life of a man, Siddhartha who came from the riches, but left it all with his friend Govinda to discover happiness, knowledge and wisdom. Within his journey he joins a group of wandering ascetics learns to fast, think and be patient. After he leaves them in search of more knowledge and meets Gotama, but he is not pleased with his teachings. Govinda on the other hand is pleased with his teaching and stays behind. Later on Siddhartha learns to love physically and make money from two other teachers. The lifestyle that he learned from them made him sick and dull to the point where he runs off to the river. he once had to crossed the river to get to the town where he learned to love and make …show more content…
Secondly, Siddhartha himself only tells us his truth that “love...seems to me to be the most important thing of all” but he also says that “in every truth the opposite is equally true.” For this reason siddhartha’s way to inner peace is just as correct as Buddhist’s path to inner even if they do contradict each other.
Finally, to understand things that happen to people and how it affects them you must be a victim of them yourself. This can be seen throughout Siddhartha’s life journey and this is the reason behind his conclusion that love is the most important thing in life. On the other hand buddha saw that if you do not experience those things they cannot affect you in anyway. Basically, siddhartha’s inner peace comes from experiencing life events while Buddha’s inner peace comes from observing others life and learning from their