Final Siddhartha Blog

After finishing Siddhartha, after finishing any book, all the little things that led to the ending suddenly fit together. It allows us to comprehend why things happened, why some didn’t and why they were so important for the ending of the story. The more I read, the more I understood the book, and the he things I questioned were finally answered. When Siddhartha arrived to the town, he met a beautiful and intriguing young women named Kamala. Her way of thinking was completely different from any of the principles and teaching Siddhartha learned during his long years as a Samana. Her superficiality and desire for material things made me wonder if Kamala would be the one responsible to deviate him from his path of conquering the self. However, having had Kamala as a lover, a luxurious life, and gambling where things he had to experience in order to reach peace. He had to know what it was like having everything, material wise, and yet finding how empty he really was inside. Siddhartha believed in learning through experience, he discovered what it was like to be reach, to be poor, to conquer the body, to leave people behind and because of all that, he was able to become Gotama himself. A he explained at the ending, the bad must exist in order for us to be able to experience the good. “ I learned through my body and soul that it was necessary for me to sin, that I needed lust, that I had to strive for property and experience nausea and the depth of despair in order to learn to resist them, in order to learn to love the world, and no longer cope with it some kind of desired imaginary world, some imaginary vision of perfection, but to leave it as it is, to love it and be glad to belong to it” (p.116). What appeared to be an obstacle in his path, was actually part of his journey. He had to feel so sad and empty, to the point of suicide, to become the passive and wise ferrymen he became. This experiences where essential for Siddhartha’s journey to becoming Buddha.