Siddhartha Blog

 I believe hat in the book Siddhartha, there are many spiritual scenes that relate to everyday life and religion today. Firstly, in life, I believe that if you want something, you have to work for it. Siddhartha says "I will stand and wait" to his father after he tells his father what he really wants is to leave home and join the Samanas (page 11). Siddhartha really wants to leave and go with the Samanas and he works for that want against his father by standing and waiting and being patient, which is used a lot throughout the story and can relate to everyday life because you won't just get what you want you have to work for it. Secondly, in religion I believe that you need to not care what other people think about it. Siddhartha says to Govinda "Tomorrow at daybreak I will begin the life of the Samanas. Let us not discuss it again" (page 10). Govinda and Siddhartha are both sons of Brahmins and they have known each other their entire lives and when Siddhartha suddenly says that he wants to leave for his religion, Govinda doesnt want him to leave but Siddhartha is planning on leaving with or without Govinda because he doesn't care if people judge him about his religion which is important about religion today.Besides these two examples from the book Siddhartha about life and religion, there are many more throughout the rest of the story.