I’ll do this one in “verse”:
🖌 Siddharthas father was a learned man//
for religious rites was all he cared//
Siddhartha followed his fathers footsteps, but was not content//
He wanted more than dogma and finally off he went//
Into the forest and joined the ascetics //
who liked to fast and thought possessions where pathetic//
One day he met the Buddha and came to understand//
Some things can’t be taught but have to be experienced first hand//
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🖌 He went from the woods to a town and met a lady of the night//
Who introduced him to the pleasures of the flesh and its delights//
A merchant wanted to partner with Siddhartha to earn some gold//
Capitalism is the only proper way through life, at least that’s what I’ve been told!//
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🖌 Siddhartha had a good ol time with money, hoes and drink//
But creating these attachments only made him think.//
This is all so shallow, so transitory, and only from within//
Can lasting happiness be found and off he goes again//
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🖌 Back to the forest from which he came. This time he met a ferry man//
He told Siddhartha to listen to the river the best he can//
To what it had to say – with its waves, currents and foam//
The river taught them both a lot with its ringing sound of “Om”//
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Hehe, loved the book! It’s up there with my all time favorites! Such good writing, everything is so clear and concisely put. And the classic story of self-discovery that we all can relate to has never been told so elegantly.
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I end this post with a quote from GARYs Goodreads review of this book which I thought was spot on:
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⭐️ “This book is scripture posing as literature and is best read after getting what you thought you wanted.”
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5/5
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