Siddhartha

Siddhartha is a novel by Hermann Hesse that deals with the spiritual journey of a boy known as Siddhartha from the Indian subcontinent during the time of Lord Buddha.

In a very simple prose, Hesse has conveyed a very profound message for all seekers.

A brahmin boy follows his heart and goes through various lives to finally understand what it means to be enlightened.

He experiences life as a pious brahmin, a Samana, a rich merchant, a lover, and an ordinary ferryman, to a father.

Neither a practitioner nor a devotee, neither meditating nor reciting, Siddhartha comes to blend in with the world, resonating with the rhythms of nature, bending the reader' s ear down to hear answers from the river...