Siddhartas Path to Enlightement

Siddharta's Path to Enlightement Siddhartha revealed a lot to me that I did not know about Indian/Hindu culture and the caste system and how Buddhism tries to get away from the “norm.” It revealed things such as how class structure and the religious climate. The religious climate has an impact on the choices people might even make in their life. Ironically, the Buddha is also known as Siddhartha and our Siddhartha’s life sort …

…from the Samanas. This is a reason why he could not achieve this wisdom at a young age. But, it took him a lifetime of experience as it would have taken others lifetimes. At the end of the book you have something to measure Siddhartha by and that is his friend Govinda. Govinda is exactly where Siddhartha would be had he not broke off and not been a follower. Govinda is smart but not enlightened.