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is a wise Brahmin and tries to teach his talented son, but Siddhartha soon outgrows the Brahmin teaching and needs to follow his own path. His father is reluctant to let him go, but when he sees how stubborn Siddhartha is, he sends him away, in the knowledge that Siddhartha can return if he does not find the truth he seeks. When Siddhartha reaches the final stages of his wisdom, it is through realizing the cycle he is part of, and how his love and sacrifice for young Siddhartha is the same love and sacrifice that his father showed him in his youth.
Siddhartha’s father Quotes in Siddhartha
The Siddhartha quotes below are all either spoken by Siddhartha’s father or refer to Siddhartha’s father. 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 1
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He had begun to sense that his venerable father and his other teachers, that the wise Brahmins, had already imparted to him the bulk and the best of their knowledge, that they had already poured their fullness into his waiting vessel, and the vessel was not full, his mind was not contented…
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Siddhartha’s father Quotes in Siddhartha
The Siddhartha quotes below are all either spoken by Siddhartha’s father or refer to Siddhartha’s father. 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 1
Quotes
He had begun to sense that his venerable father and his other teachers, that the wise Brahmins, had already imparted to him the bulk and the best of their knowledge, that they had already poured their fullness into his waiting vessel, and the vessel was not full, his mind was not contented…
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