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WHAT DOES "SIDDHARTHA" ENLIGHTEN US? "Siddhartha" offers us the opportunities to realize how we live our life, to recognize why our mind keeps chasing after fleeting desires, and to appreciate how difficult it is to unshackle ourselves from figments of the imagination. Siddhartha enlightens us with indescribable lessons. 1. The truth is something that is not communicable. 2. In every truth, the opposite is equally true. 3. Time is not real. 4. All sorrows, self-torments, and fears are in time. 5. Not everyone has the same view. 6. Everything in life is sacred. 7. Love is the most important thing in the world. 8. Words can never voice the truth. 9. The Om or the Buddhist Nature always rises to the surface. -Hermann Hesse WHAT DOES "SIDDHARTHA'S INSIGHTS" ENLIGHTEN US? "Siddhartha and Its Insights" offers us opportunities to contemplate why Siddhartha leaped from one lifestyle to another and how much Siddhartha suffered thirst, but he attained his enlightenment at last. 1. How could Siddhartha leave all sacrifices and supplications behind? 2. Why did Siddhartha plunge into the ascetic life with a heartfelt desire? 3. Why did Siddhartha leave the Samanas? 4. How could Siddhartha leave all doctrines and leave all teachers? 5. Why did Siddhartha leave Gotama? 6. Why did Siddhartha plunge into the worldly life with a heartfelt desire? 7. Why did Siddhartha leave the worldly life? 8. How could Siddhartha downright abandon the suicidal thought? 9. How could Siddhartha develop an inner atmosphere of respect where love and compassion could grow and thrive? 10. How could Siddhartha overcome the last hurdle brought about by the death of Kamala and by the disappearance of the boy? -Thich Nu Tri Hai