August 2010 Good Housekeeping selection.
On My Bookshelf by Joseph Fiennes...
I read Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse when I was 16 and it ignited my passion for literature – I’d been completely uninterested at school. It provides a simple breakdown of Buddhist philosophy as it follows a man who tries to find restoration on a higher plane.
The title of this novel is a combination of two Sanskrit words, "e;siddha,"e; which is defined as "e;achieved,"e; and "e;artha"e; which is defined as "e;meaning"e; or "e;wealth."e; The invented word serves as the name for the principal character, a man on a spiritual journey of self-discovery during the time of the Buddha. The titular character Siddhartha is the son of a wealthy Brahmin family who decides to leave his home in the hopes of gaining spiritual illumination.
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The title of this novel is a combination of two Sanskrit words, "e;siddha,"e; which is defined as "e;achieved,"e; and "e;artha"e; which is defined as "e;meaning"e; or "e;wealth."e; The invented word serves as the name for the principal character, a man on a spiritual journey of self-discovery during the time of the Buddha. The titular character Siddhartha is the son of a wealthy Brahmin family who decides to leave his home in the hopes of gaining spiritual illumination.
Siddhartha features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction, eBooks of the Month, General Fiction, Fiction, Recommendations
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Siddhartha was written by Hermann Hesse and published by Neeland Media LLC
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