The Quest for Self Discovery in Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha

With Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha suddenly noticed himself living a strange life and did a lot of things only with the game. Like players playing in the ball, he plays in his business, watches with the people around and wins from them. Heart, his true character, he is not there "(Hesse 57 - 58).

Siddhartha is a novel by Hermann Hesse, depicting a spiritual journey of self discovery by a man named Siddhartha between Gautama Buddha. This book is Hesse's ninth novel, written in a simple and lyrical style in German. It was announced in the United States in 1951 and became influential in the 1960s. Hesse dedicated the first part to Romain Rolland and the second part to his cousin Wilhelm Gundert. In the Sanskrit word the word Siddhartha consists of two words, siddha (achievement) + artha (content search), which together are "a person who has found a meaning (existence)" or "reached the goal In fact, before he gave up, the name of Buddha himself was the prince of Kapilavastu Kaidhartha Gautama. In this book, Buddha is called "Gotama"

A fable novel written by Siddhartha, Hermann Hesse talks about Siddhartha in India, and his pursuit of peace and honesty during Buddhism. The point of the story is that he left the house to find such peace and honesty in India, but the theme of this story is not only about Siddhartha but also the only thing Siddhartha is seeking for this kind of peace It is a potential theme to show that it is not something of. This mission is not the only theme of Siddhartha story.

Socrates once said that "uncensored is not worth living." In Herman Hesse's novel "Sidado", there are various forms of self-discovery trips, and it is necessary to change the main character in the lifetime. The hero's Siddhartha must first emerge from his life as Brahmin, to understand his pursuit of spiritual enlightenment. Next, Siddhartha found that he must reject his spiritual pursuit in order to better understand its role in the world and the world. His ultimate self pursuit was at risk of suicide at him, and finally understood the essence of his mind and the need for continued self-reflection. The character of Siddhartha develops the necessity of constantly updating everything in life to achieve the theme of self-quest and true 'life worth living in'.