Excerpt from "Siddhartha"

Excerpts from "Siddhartha"#

He had learned how to silently recite "Om" - the essence of this mantra: silently reciting it in his mind while inhaling, and gathering all his spirit while exhaling. At such moments, his forehead seemed to radiate pure light of the soul. He had learned how to recognize Atman, the eternal and indestructible, in his innermost self and in everything else.#

They were indeed very knowledgeable, but if they did not understand that one important thing, the only important thing, then was it worth knowing all of the above?#

Why did he, who was blameless, have to bathe every day and try to wash away his sins?#

All of this was not worth considering, everything was deception, everything emitted the stench of lies; whether happiness or beauty, they were all illusions created by the senses, destined to decay. The world was full of suffering, life is suffering.#

Conquered old desires. New ones would arise.#

His serene expression was neither joy nor sadness. He seemed to emit a gentle smile from within. He walked calmly and peacefully, with a mysterious smile, no different from the smile of a healthy baby.#

Let me tell you, seekers of knowledge, not to get caught in the quagmire of arguments and conflicts of words. Words are meaningless, they can be beautiful or ugly, clever or foolish, and anyone can accept or reject them. However, what you have heard is not my words, and its purpose is not to explain the world to those who seek knowledge. Its purpose is different: it is to transcend suffering and attain salvation, that is all that Gotama preaches.#

I have no right to judge the lives of others, I must make judgments for myself. I must choose or reject.#

Meaning and reality are not hidden behind things, but reside within the things themselves, within all phenomena.#

When a person reads a book he wants to study, he does not despise the letters and punctuation marks of the book and dismiss them as illusions, as meaningless accidental shells,#

Siddhartha thought, this kind of life has no difficulties. When I was still a Samana, everything was difficult and troublesome, and in the end, it was despair. But now everything is very easy, as easy as the command of Kamala's kiss. I need clothes and money, that's all. These are simple goals that will not disturb a person's sleep.#

He also did not need to be excited, he was just being pulled and allowed himself to sink. He was only drawn by his own goals, and he did not allow anything to disturb his state of mind.#

Nothing is driven by gods, there are no gods in the world. As long as one can think, wait, and fast. Anyone can perform magic, anyone can achieve their goals." Kamala listened quietly, she loved#

Nothing is driven by gods, there are no gods in the world. As long as one can think, wait, and fast. Anyone can perform magic, anyone can achieve their goals."#

Nothing is driven by gods, there are no gods in the world. As long as one can think, wait, and fast. Anyone can perform magic, anyone can achieve their goals."#

I have not harmed myself or others with annoyance and impatience. If I have the opportunity to go there again, perhaps I will go to buy rice, or maybe for other things, then the friends there will surely welcome me.#

However, he always felt different and carried a sense of superiority. He always looked at the world with a bit of contempt, with a mocking disdain, just as a Samana always felt towards the worldly people.#

The profound sense of importance that people hold for their own lives, their deep joy and sadness, and the anxiety and sweet happiness brought to them by the endless drive to love. These people forever love themselves, love their children, love honor and gain, love planning and longing for the future.#

and then returned to the impulse of pursuing and accumulating wealth. In this meaningless cycle, he exhausted himself, becoming old and sickly.#

In this meaningless cycle, he exhausted himself, becoming old and sickly.#

He eagerly desired emptiness, tranquility, and death. Let a lightning strike destroy him! Let a tiger devour him! If there were some kind of strong liquor or poison that could give him nothingness, let him forget, let him sleep forever, how good would that be.#

He was already seeking death. The naive desire to destroy the physical body in order to attain peace was so strong within him.#

He saw the river flowing incessantly, yet at the same time, it existed constantly; the river was ever-changing yet always new.#

The river is present everywhere at the same time, from its source to its mouth, from waterfalls to ferry crossings, from streams to oceans and mountains; on the other hand, it only exists for itself now, not as a shadow of the past or the future."#

The unattainable, the future mind is unattainable, all things are like this, all enter the present moment.#

All things are like this, all enter the present moment.#

Let him die, what does it have to do with our children?#

Siddhartha's thinking at this moment was so childish, so lacking in logic, that he became so similar to ordinary people.#

And all sounds, all goals, all desires, all good and evil, sadness and joy, all of these together constitute a unified world,#

When a person has a pursuit," said Siddhartha, "he only sees what he pursues. The reason he finds nothing, nothing is gained, is because he only focuses on what he pursues, because he is obsessed with his own goals.#

Therefore, I believe that all existence is good - whether it is death or life, sin or piety, wisdom or foolishness, all is necessary, all only requires my willing acceptance, all only needs my understanding and love.#

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Excerpt from "Siddhartha"

Excerpts from "Siddhartha"#

They were indeed very knowledgeable, but if they did not understand that one important thing, the only important thing, then was it worth knowing all of the above?#

Why did he, who was blameless, have to bathe every day and try to wash away his sins?#

All of this was not worth considering, everything was deception, everything emitted the stench of lies; whether happiness or beauty, they were all illusions created by the senses, destined to decay. The world was full of suffering, life is suffering.#

Conquered old desires. New ones would arise.#

His serene expression was neither joy nor sadness. He seemed to emit a gentle smile from within. He walked calmly and peacefully, with a mysterious smile, no different from the smile of a healthy baby.#

I have no right to judge the lives of others, I must make judgments for myself. I must choose or reject.#

Meaning and reality are not hidden behind things, but reside within the things themselves, within all phenomena.#

When a person reads a book he wants to study, he does not despise the letters and punctuation marks of the book and dismiss them as illusions, as meaningless accidental shells,#

He also did not need to be excited, he was just being pulled and allowed himself to sink. He was only drawn by his own goals, and he did not allow anything to disturb his state of mind.#

Nothing is driven by gods, there are no gods in the world. As long as one can think, wait, and fast. Anyone can perform magic, anyone can achieve their goals." Kamala listened quietly, she loved#

Nothing is driven by gods, there are no gods in the world. As long as one can think, wait, and fast. Anyone can perform magic, anyone can achieve their goals."#

Nothing is driven by gods, there are no gods in the world. As long as one can think, wait, and fast. Anyone can perform magic, anyone can achieve their goals."#

I have not harmed myself or others with annoyance and impatience. If I have the opportunity to go there again, perhaps I will go to buy rice, or maybe for other things, then the friends there will surely welcome me.#

However, he always felt different and carried a sense of superiority. He always looked at the world with a bit of contempt, with a mocking disdain, just as a Samana always felt towards the worldly people.#

and then returned to the impulse of pursuing and accumulating wealth. In this meaningless cycle, he exhausted himself, becoming old and sickly.#

In this meaningless cycle, he exhausted himself, becoming old and sickly.#

He eagerly desired emptiness, tranquility, and death. Let a lightning strike destroy him! Let a tiger devour him! If there were some kind of strong liquor or poison that could give him nothingness, let him forget, let him sleep forever, how good would that be.#

He was already seeking death. The naive desire to destroy the physical body in order to attain peace was so strong within him.#

He saw the river flowing incessantly, yet at the same time, it existed constantly; the river was ever-changing yet always new.#

The river is present everywhere at the same time, from its source to its mouth, from waterfalls to ferry crossings, from streams to oceans and mountains; on the other hand, it only exists for itself now, not as a shadow of the past or the future."#

The unattainable, the future mind is unattainable, all things are like this, all enter the present moment.#

All things are like this, all enter the present moment.#

Let him die, what does it have to do with our children?#

Siddhartha's thinking at this moment was so childish, so lacking in logic, that he became so similar to ordinary people.#

And all sounds, all goals, all desires, all good and evil, sadness and joy, all of these together constitute a unified world,#

When a person has a pursuit," said Siddhartha, "he only sees what he pursues. The reason he finds nothing, nothing is gained, is because he only focuses on what he pursues, because he is obsessed with his own goals.#

Therefore, I believe that all existence is good - whether it is death or life, sin or piety, wisdom or foolishness, all is necessary, all only requires my willing acceptance, all only needs my understanding and love.#

And that is why I doubt words so much. I know that the conflict of these words is an illusion,#