This story is about how Siddhartha left his father at the age of fifteen and joined the Samanas. Siddhartha and Govinda have both been with the Samanas, but they still have not learned Nirvana. Then Siddhartha realizes that he has wasted his time with the Samanas. The elder of the Samanas is about sixty years old and still hasn't found Nirvana himself. Siddhartha leaves the Samanas and heads for the town of which the Illustrious One lives. ...

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He feels that the Samana's knowledge might lead him to his desired salvation. In the Hindu Caste system the Samanas would be considered untouchables, the lowest of all. ... As soon as Siddhartha becomes a Samana he has a goal. ... Siddhartha considers that the Samanas knowledge might lead to salvation. ... Although he accomplishes all of this he realizes that the ways of the Samanas only allow for temporary escape, they alone will not lead to enlightenment. ...

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By joining Samanas he is still continuing his period identified with thoughts. As Samanas, Siddhartha relinquishes all his possession and dedicates himself to meditation, fasting, and other methods of mortification. ... Even though through physical pain Siddhartha still cannot achieve Nirvana; with Samanas he is tangled in Samsara cycle. As with Brahmins, Siddhartha knows of no Samana who has actually attained Nirvana. ...

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In Hesse's Siddhartha, one is led to believe that the world is made up of voices, yearnings, goals, pleasures, good and evil as well as sorrows (Hesse, 1951, p. 135). One might think this is true because of the journey Siddhartha takes. Throughout the novel, Siddhartha deals with many different issu...

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