The first signs of Siddhartha’s change was that he, “learned to amuse himself with woman, he had learned to wear fine clothes, to command servants” (Hermann Hesse pg 61). When one wants to become a Buddha they typically don’t do any of those actions therefore he was changing since he was driving himself even further away from his path towards enlightenment. Before those actions begun taking advantage of Siddhartha’s life he did aspire to the life that the all mighty Buddha was living which was a moderate life, and pleasurable thinking type of life. Kamala was his best friend beside Govinda so it was only fitting that she understood his Buddha lifestyle and, “recognized this” (Hermann Hesse pg 60).
