1. In chapter one, other characters deeply loved and respected Siddhartha. His father was proud that his son was intelligent and had a desire for more knowledge. His mother was full of pride that he was graceful and respectful while women lusted over his appearance. Govinda had a deep reverence as well as love for Siddhartha and he cherished his friendship. Siddhartha had high expectations set for him and everyone believed he would be a great Brahmin, “Govinda knew that he would not become an ordinary Brahmin, a lazy sacrifial official, an avaricious leader in magic sayings, a conceited worthless orator, a wicked sly priest, or just a stupid sheep amongst a large herd… He wanted to follow Siddhartha, the beloved, the magnificent” (Hesse 4).
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The Second Eightfold Path is Right Intention. It relates to Siddhartha because he maintains his values, but pursues a more worldly life. He develops a compassion for Kamala and he shifts into the business world for her. Nonetheless, he does not fret and become worried if he doesn’t t gain a profit. He also doesn’t become angry with Kamaswami when he scolds Siddhartha for wasting precious time and even states that yelling doesn’t resolve matters. He develops sympathy for the other people and, “…found it so easy to speak to everyone, to live with everyone, to learn from everyone…” (Hesse 69). Buddha distinguishes three types of intentions which correlates to Siddhartha’s actions in the chapter.
7. Siddhartha enjoys gambling because he loved the rush of adrenaline he gets from playing the game and the suspense. He loved the feeling and continued to seek after it though he started to gamble to mock his contempt for wealth. He grows to have a burning desire to gamble within him, “And after every great loss he devoted himself to the procurement of new riches, went eagerly after business and pressed his debtors for payment, for he wanted to play again, he wanted to squander again, he wanted to show his contempt for riches again” (Hesse …show more content…
The seventh teaching of the Eightfold Path is Right Mindfulness. Siddhartha pursues this in chapter eleven when he learns to hear Om, perfection. Instead of listening to individual voices, he listened to the thousands of voices as a whole to hear Om. He learned many lessons from the river and with clear consciousness he is able to see that, “… his Self had merged into unity” (Hesse 136). Siddhartha stopped resisting his fate and, “There shone in his face the serenity of knowledge, of one who is no longer confronted with conflict of desires, who has found salvation, who is in harmony with stream of events, with the stream of life, full of sympathy and compassion, surrendering himself to the stream, belonging to the unity of things” (Hesse
The Second Eightfold Path is Right Intention. It relates to Siddhartha because he maintains his values, but pursues a more worldly life. He develops a compassion for Kamala and he shifts into the business world for her. Nonetheless, he does not fret and become worried if he doesn’t t gain a profit. He also doesn’t become angry with Kamaswami when he scolds Siddhartha for wasting precious time and even states that yelling doesn’t resolve matters. He develops sympathy for the other people and, “…found it so easy to speak to everyone, to live with everyone, to learn from everyone…” (Hesse 69). Buddha distinguishes three types of intentions which correlates to Siddhartha’s actions in the chapter.
7. Siddhartha enjoys gambling because he loved the rush of adrenaline he gets from playing the game and the suspense. He loved the feeling and continued to seek after it though he started to gamble to mock his contempt for wealth. He grows to have a burning desire to gamble within him, “And after every great loss he devoted himself to the procurement of new riches, went eagerly after business and pressed his debtors for payment, for he wanted to play again, he wanted to squander again, he wanted to show his contempt for riches again” (Hesse …show more content…
The seventh teaching of the Eightfold Path is Right Mindfulness. Siddhartha pursues this in chapter eleven when he learns to hear Om, perfection. Instead of listening to individual voices, he listened to the thousands of voices as a whole to hear Om. He learned many lessons from the river and with clear consciousness he is able to see that, “… his Self had merged into unity” (Hesse 136). Siddhartha stopped resisting his fate and, “There shone in his face the serenity of knowledge, of one who is no longer confronted with conflict of desires, who has found salvation, who is in harmony with stream of events, with the stream of life, full of sympathy and compassion, surrendering himself to the stream, belonging to the unity of things” (Hesse