This is
the book about an Indian Brahman’s journey to discover the meaning of life and
the best way to live. As he searches for the path of wisdom, Siddhartha meets
friends and learns from people along the way. He describes his three talents as
“waiting, fasting, and thinking” initially, but goes through a time when he learns
the art of love and how to make money. He meets the Buddha and eventually Siddhartha
determines that it is important to love all the “illusions” of the world and
not to separate oneself from them. He determines that wisdom cannot be taught
and can only be learned by oneself. “Knowledge can be conveyed, but not wisdom.”
It’s a good, short book that was not a hard read, but also wasn’t really as
much about Buddhism as I had hoped.
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