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Siddhartha’s father
is the venerable Buddha, who has achieved enlightenment. While Siddhartha is a samana, Gautama arrives in the forest and is followed by many pilgrims seeking teaching. His voice and calm, smiling manner deeply affect Siddhartha and Govinda. But while Govinda decides to seek refuge in the Buddha's teaching, Siddhartha tells Gautama that he seeks something that can’t be taught. Gautama is gracious to Siddhartha but warns him of the dangers of knowledge-seeking. We see by the end that Gautama also followed his own path, that is how he achieved the height of wisdom.
Gautama Quotes in Siddhartha
The Siddhartha quotes below are all either spoken by Gautama or refer to Gautama. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Part 1, Chapter 3
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On all paths of the glorious grove, monks in yellow cloaks were walking; they sat here and there under the trees, absorbed in contemplation or in spiritual conversation; the shady gardens looked like a city, filled with people swarming like bees.
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I have never seen anyone gaze and smile like that, sit and stride like that, he thought. Truly, I wish I could gaze and smile, sit and stride like that, so free, so venerable, so concealed, so open, so childlike and mysterious.
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Gautama Quotes in Siddhartha
The Siddhartha quotes below are all either spoken by Gautama or refer to Gautama. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Part 1, Chapter 3
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On all paths of the glorious grove, monks in yellow cloaks were walking; they sat here and there under the trees, absorbed in contemplation or in spiritual conversation; the shady gardens looked like a city, filled with people swarming like bees.
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I have never seen anyone gaze and smile like that, sit and stride like that, he thought. Truly, I wish I could gaze and smile, sit and stride like that, so free, so venerable, so concealed, so open, so childlike and mysterious.
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