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Siddhartha

Written by: Herman Hesse
Narrated by: Samantha Novak
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The title of this novel is a combination of two Sanskrit words, “siddha,” which is defined as “achieved,” and “artha” which is defined as “meaning” or “wealth.” The word serves as the name for the principal character, a man on a spiritual journey of self-discovery during the time of the first Buddha. Siddhartha is the son of a wealthy Brahmin family who decides to leave his home in the hopes of gaining spiritual illumination. Siddhartha is joined by his best friend Govinda.

The two renounce their earthly possessions, engage in ritual fasting and intense meditation and ultimately seek out and speak with Gautama, the original Buddha. Here the two go their separate ways, Govinda joining the order of the Buddha, Siddhartha traveling on in search of spiritual enlightenment. In order to complete this novel Hesse immersed himself in the sacred teachings of both Hindu and Buddhist scriptures and lived a semi-reclusive life in order to achieve his own spiritual enlightenment.

Considered one of Hesse’s most important works, “Siddhartha” remains to this day as one of his most popular. It is a work that deals with the quest that we all undertake in some way or another, to define our lives in an environment of conflicting dualities and ultimately find spiritual awareness.

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Its an amazing story that I had read the book and came back to re listen to the audio. The narration unfortunately butchers the pronunciations and takes away a lot of the impact the audiobook would have had otherwise.
This book is a classic and must be re recorded if I were to make a suggestion.

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Siddhartha

It has been a long time since I have enjoyed a book so much that I could not wait to continue listening to it. I would wait for my work breaks to go back to read it & I felt like it should go on and on. Looked forward to every chapter and every note, which left me feeling energized and vibrant.
Such was the flow of this book; Like a river flowing ceaselessly and giving so many gifts heard and unheard, seen and unseen ❤️
Thank you Herman Hesse .

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Good book

I liked the book. Story was good but the audio was too fast. I had to reduce the speed to .9.

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