Siddhartha Research Paper

Throughout Siddhartha’s journey we see his thoughts on enlightenment and enlightenment teachers and know that he wasn’t very fond of believing that others could teach enlightenment, and Siddhartha had even gained enlightenment himself, but did he also have teachers along the way to help him to the journey of enlightenment? In Siddhartha, written by Hermann Hesse, readers are introduced to the Buddhist character named Siddhartha, who is on a journey to find himself and to find enlightenment. In his journey, we see many people who have found enlightenment such as the character called the illustrious one, or Gotama, who try to teach others enlightenment, but Siddhartha disagrees with the idea that you can teach a person enlightenment. Siddhartha, …show more content…
His rebirth is significant to him as i t feels as though he is a new person and he gains wisdom with this. The path also leads him to a river, where he had once met a ferryman that told him “everything comes back.” The ferryman, Vasudeva, teaches him how he has learned from the river, and Siddharha stays with the ferryman, and the river somewhat becomes his teacher as Siddhartha learns from it. “The river knows everything; one can learn everything from it. You have already learned from the river that it is good to strive downwards, to sink, to seek the depths,” (Hesse 86). In a time of pain, also, when he loses his son the river laughs at him and also consoles him in a way, as one day Vasudeva and Siddhartha listen to it and Siddhartha is brought enlightenment as he hears many voices that bring him peace and harmony, and he is one with Earth. Vasudeva also leaves Siddhartha as he goes on another journey, and Siddhartha is finally one with himself and everything around him as it shows that he is found