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\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 THE BRAHMIN\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44 S SON\tab \tab 
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\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 In the shade of the \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
house, in the sunshine on the river bank where the boats were, in the shade of the forest of shala trees, in the shade of the fig tree, this is where Siddhartha grew up, the brahmin\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44 
s most handsome son, the young falcon, alongside his friend Govinda, the \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 b\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 rahmin\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44 
s son.  His pale shoulders were bronzed by the sunshine on the river bank, when he was bathing, when performing ceremonious ablutions, when making holy sacrifices.  Shadow flowed into his dark eyes in the mango groves, when playing boyish games, wh
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 e\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
n his mother sang, when he talked with the wise ones.  Siddhartha spent many hours in conversation with the wise ones, he practised his skills of rhetoric with Govinda, practised the art of thought with Govinda, in order to achieve mystic contemplation.  
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 H\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
e was already able to utter the holy word, Om, in silence, the word of words, in silence to utter it and draw it in with his breath, in silence to utter it and send it out with his breath, his mind collected, his brow surrounded with the light of the clea
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 r\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 -thinking soul.  He was already able to understand, in his innermost being, the nature of Atman, indestructible, at one with the universe. 
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\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Joy sprang up in his father\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44 s heart when he saw his son, the learned one, the one with a thirst for knowledge, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 joy \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 sprang up w}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 hen he foretold that he would grow into a wise man and a priest, a prince among the brahmins.  
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Bliss sprang up in his mother\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44 s breast when she saw her son, when she saw him walk, when she saw him sit down and stand up, Siddhartha, the strong o\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
ne, the handsome one, walking on his slender legs, when}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 , }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 with perfect decorum}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 ,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  he her }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 offered her his greetings}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 .
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Love was stirred in the hearts of the brahmins\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44  daughters when they saw Siddhartha walk through the streets of the town, his luminous brow, th\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
e eyes of a king, his narrow hips. 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 But the one who loved him more than all the others was Govinda, his friend, the brahmin\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44 s son.  He loved Siddhartha\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44 
s eyes and his noble voice, he loved his walk and the perfect grace of his movements, he loved everythi\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
ng that Siddhartha did or said, and most of all he loved his soul, his lofty and fiery thoughts, the bright glow of his will, his lofty vocation.  Govinda knew that Siddhartha would never become a mediocre brahmin, no lazy officiator of sacrifices, no gre
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 e\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 dy peddler of magic spells, no rhetorician of vain and empty speech, no sly or malevolent priest, and also never }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 become }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
a good but stupid sheep in the flock of many.  No, and he too, Govinda, had no wish to become one such, not one of those brahmans that a\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
re numbered in their thousands.  He wanted to be a follower of Siddhartha, the beloved, the noble.  And if Siddhartha ever became a god, if he ever went to join the luminous ones, then Govinda would follow him, as his friend, as his companion, as his serv
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 a\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 nt, as his spear carrier, his shadow.  
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Everyone loved Siddhartha in the same way. To everyone he brought joy}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 .}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 To himself, though, Siddhartha did not bring joy. Wandering between the roses in the fig garden, sitting in the bluish shade in the grove of co\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
ntemplation, washing his limbs in his daily act of atonement, performing sacrifice in the dark shade of the mango wood, all his movements as they should be, loved by all, joy to all, he nonetheless carried no joy in his own heart.  Tears came to him, rest
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 l\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
ess thoughts came to him from the water of the river as it flowed, from the stars of the night as they sparkled, from the rays of the Sun as they blazed, dreams came to him and a restlessness of the soul, from the smoke of his sacrifices, from the verses 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 o\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 f the R}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 i}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 g Veda as he breathed them, from the teachings of the ancient brahmins as they seeped into him.
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\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx959\tx1918\tx2877\tx3836\tx4795\tx5754\tx6713\tx7672\tx8631\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Siddhartha had begun to nurture discontent in himself.  He had begun to feel that his father\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44 s love, and his mother\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44 
s love, and the love of his friend, Govinda, would not always and for all time bring him happiness, calm him, satisfy him, be enough for hi\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 m\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
.  He had begun to see that his venerable father and his other teachers, the wise brahmins, had already given him almost all of their wisdom, all the best of their wisdom, that their fullness had already been poured into his vessel, receptive and ready to
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
accept it, and that the vessel was not full, the spirit was not satisfied, the soul was not quieted, the heart was not at peace.  The washings were good, but they were water, they did not wash sins away, they did not assuage the thirst of the soul, they d
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 i\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
d not dispel the pain of the heart.  Most important of all were the sacrifices and the call of the gods - but was that all?  Did the sacrifices bring happiness?  And how did the gods feel about that?  Was it really Prajapati who had created the world?  Wa
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 s\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
 it not Atman, him, the only one, the all-in-one?  Were the gods not forms that had been created like you and me, subject to time, mortal?  So was it good to make sacrifice to the gods, was it proper, was it a meaningful and elevated act?  Whom else would
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
you make sacrifice to, whom else should you offer your veneration to other than Him, the one and only, Atman?  And where was Atman to be found, where did He live, where did His eternal heart beat, where else but in the Self, in the Deepest, in the Indestr
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 u\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
ctible that every man carried in himself?  But where, where was this Self, this Deepest, this Ultimate?  It was not made of flesh and bone, it was not thought or consciousness, that is was the wisest men taught.  Where, where was it then?  To pierce throu
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 g\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
h to the Self, to me, to Atman - was there any other way worth seeking out?  But no-one showed him this way, no-one knew it, not his father, not his teachers or the wise men, not the sacred songs of sacrifice!  They knew everything, the brahmins and their
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
holy books, knew everything, they had made great efforts into everything and into more than everything, the creation of the world, the origins of speech, food, breathing in and breathing out, the hierarchy of sins, the acts of the gods - their knowledge w
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 a\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 s boundless - but was it worth knowing all of this when there was one single thing they did not know, the thing of highest importance, the only thing of importance?
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 It was true that many verses in the holy scriptures, magnificent verses}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 such as the Upanis\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 hads of the Samaveda, spoke of this deepest and ultimate thing}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 .}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44   }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Your soul is the entire world,}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  was written there, and it was written that man in his sleep, deep sleep, enters into his deepest part and lives in Atman.  Great wisdom was written in these v\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
erses, all the knowledge of the wisest was collected here and presented in words of magic, as pure as the honey collected from the bees.  No, the enormous amount of knowledge here, assembled and preserved through countless generations of wise brahmins, wa
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 s\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  not to be under-valued. - }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 bu}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
t where were the brahmins, where were the priests, where were the wise men and the penitents who had succeeded not only in learning this deepest wisdom but in living it?  Where was the gifted one who, by his magic, would draw t
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 he essence of Atman out of its sleep and make it }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 alert}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
, something that was alive in its coming and going, in word and deed?  Siddhartha knew many venerable brahmins, most of all he knew his father, the pure one, the learned one, the most venerable of all. \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
 His father was an admirable man, quiet and noble in his manner, pure his life, wise his words, in his brow lived fine and noble thoughts - but even he, who had so much knowledge}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ;}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 D}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
id he live in holiness, was he at peace, was he, too, not just another seek\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
er, just another thirsty one?  Did he not, over and again, need to go to the well to assuage his thirst, did he not need to make sacrifice, read books and debate his beliefs with the brahmins?  Why did he, the immaculate one, need to wash his sins away ev
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 e\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 ry day, strive to become pure every day, every day again and again?  Was Atman not a part of him, did the source not flow into his heart?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2061646 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44   }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
The source of all things had to be found, the source within us all, it had to be taken into ourselves!  All else was \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 mere seeking, mere straying from the path, mere delusion. 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 These were the thoughts of Siddhartha, this was his thirst, this was his sorrow. 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 He would often recite the words from one of the Chandogya Upanishads: }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Forsooth, the name of Brahman is Satyam - \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
forsooth, he who knows such things goeth daily into the world of Heaven}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid16412751 .}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
  The world of Heaven often seemed near to him, but he had never quite been able to reach it, never been able to quench the ultimate thirst.  And from all the wise men he knew, even f\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
rom the wisest of all, whose teachings he enjoyed, there was not one who ever had quite reached it, the world of Heaven, which would have quenched the ultimate thirst for him. 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Govinda,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  said Siddhartha to his friend, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Govinda, dear friend, come with me \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
under the banyan tree, we have to nurture our skill of contemplation}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid16412751 .}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44   
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 They went to the Banyan tree, they sat down beneath it, Siddhartha here and}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 ,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  twenty paces awa}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 y, sat }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Govinda.  As he sat down in preparedness to utter the word \hich\f44 \lquote \loch\f44 Om}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid16412751 ,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44  Siddhartha repeat\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
edly muttered the verse:
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ai\af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid15814103 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44   }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ai\af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521\charrsid15814103 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Om is the bow, the arrow is the soul,
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ai\af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid15814103 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44   }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ai\af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521\charrsid15814103 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Brahman is the arrow\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44 s goal,
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ai\af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid15814103 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44   }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ai\af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521\charrsid15814103 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 The goal to reach directly. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 After they had practised contemplation for their usual length of time Govinda stood.  The evening had come, it was time to wash in preparation for the evening.  He called out Siddhartha\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44 
s name.  Siddhartha gave no answer.  Siddhartha sat deep in contempla\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 t\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
ion, his eyes were fixed on a greatly distant object, the tip of his tongue protruded slightly from between his teeth, he seemed not to be breathing.  So he sat, engrossed in contemplation, his mind fixed on Om, his soul as the arrow sent out to Brahman. 

\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
One day samanas came through the town where Siddhartha lived, travelling ascetics, three men wizened and close to death, neither old nor young, their shoulders were bloody and dusty, they were nearly naked and they were scorched by the }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 s}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 un, an air of lone
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 liness about them, alien to this world and the enemy}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  of the }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
world, strangers, emaciated jackals in the empire of man.  The odour of quiet suffering blew in from behind them, of service that destroyed, of pitiless loss of self.  
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 That evening, after their \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 hour of contemplation, Siddhartha said to Govinda, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 
\loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Tomorrow morning, my friend, Siddhartha will go to the samanas.  He will become a samana.}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 When Govinda heard these words and saw the unshakable resolution in his friend\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44 s face he turned pale.  Siddharth\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
a could no more be dissuaded from his course than the arrow speeding from the bow.  Just as soon as he saw this, Govinda knew that this was where it started, Siddhartha would now go on his way, now his destiny would begin to grow, and with Siddhartha
\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44 s de\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 s\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 tiny so would Govinda\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44 s.  And he became as pale as a dried banana skin.
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Oh, Siddhartha,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  he exclaimed, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 will your father allow that?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 
\loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Siddhartha looked back at him as one who was awakeni\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 ng.  With the speed of an arrow he saw the fear, saw the resignation in Govinda\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44 s soul.
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Oh, Govinda,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  he said gently, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 let us not waste words. Tomorrow, at the break of day, I will embark on the life of a samana. Let us talk no more about it.}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Siddharth\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 a went into the room where his father sat on a raffia mat and stood behind him until his father could feel that he was there.  The brahmin said, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
Is that you, Siddhartha?  Say what it is you have come to tell me.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Siddhartha answered, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 If you will allow i\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
t, father, I have come to tell you that I have been called on to leave your house in the morning and to go among the ascetics.  It is my vocation to become a samana.  I hope my father will not be opposed to this.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 The brahmin was silent, and remained sile\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
nt so long that, before the silence in the room came to an end, the stars outside the little window had moved across the sky and formed new shapes.  His son remained there, speechless and immobile, his arms crossed, the father sat there on the mat, speech
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 l\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 ess and immobile, while the stars made their way across the sky.  Finally, Siddhartha\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44 s father spoke.  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
It is not seemly for a brahmin to speak loud and angry words, but my heart is moved to oppose this.  I do not want to hear this request from your mouth \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 a second time.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Slowly, the brahmin got to his feet, Siddhartha stood in silence, his arms crossed.
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 What are you waiting for?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  his father asked. 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Siddhartha said, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 You know }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 what I am waiting for}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 .}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Displeased, his father left the room, displeased he we\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 nt to his bed and lay himself down. 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 An hour passed, as no sleep came to his eyes, the brahmin stood up, paced to and fro, left the house.  He looked in through the little window of the room, there he saw Siddhartha standing, his arms crossed, unchanged. 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  His upper clothing shone palely.  Unease in his heart, Siddhartha\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44 s father went back to his bed. 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Another hour passed, as no sleep came to his eyes, the brahmin stood up again, paced to and fro, went to the front of the house, saw that the }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 m}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 oon had risen
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 .  He looked in through the little window of the room, there he saw Siddhartha standing, resolute, his arms crossed, moonlight reflecting from his bare legs.  With worry in his heart, Siddhartha\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44 
s father went back to his bed. 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 He came again after an hour,\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
 and came again after two hours, looked in at the little window, saw Siddhartha standing there, in the moonlight, in the starlight, in the darkness.  He came again hour after hour, in silence, looked into the room, saw the resolute one standing there, it 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 f\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 illed his heart with anger, filled his heart with anxiety, filled his heart with doubts, filled it with sorrow.  
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 And in the last hour of the night, before the day began, he went back again, entered the room, saw the young man standing there}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 .  He }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 seemed g\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 reat to him}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 ,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  and like a stranger. 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Siddhartha,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  he said, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 what is it you are waiting for?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 
\loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 You know }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 what I am waiting for}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 .}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Will you persist in standing like this and waiting until day comes, midday comes, evening comes?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 
\loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 I will stand and wait.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 You will become tired, Siddhartha.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 I will become tired.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 You will fall asleep, Siddhartha.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 I will not fall asleep.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 You \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 will die, Siddhartha.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 I will die.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 And would you rather die than do as your father tells you?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Siddhartha has always done as his father has told him.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 So will you give up this idea?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Siddhartha will do as his father says.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 The first rays of daylight fell into the room.  The brahmin saw that Siddhartha\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44 s knees were trembling slightly.  He saw no tremble in Siddhartha\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44 
s face, his eyes fixed on the far distance.  Then his father realised\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  that Siddhartha was no longer with him in his native country, that he had already left him. 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 His father touched Siddhartha\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44 s shoulder.  
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 You will go into the woods and become a samana,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  he said.  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 If you find holiness in the woods come and teach me abo\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
ut holiness.  If you find disappointment come back and we can make sacrifices to the gods together again.  Now go and kiss your mother, tell her where you\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44 
re going.  For me, it is time now to go down to the river and start the first washing of the day.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 H\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 e took his hand off his son\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44 
s shoulder and went out.  Siddhartha staggered to one side as he tried to walk.  He forced his limbs to do as he wanted, bowed to his father and went to his mother to do as his father had told him. 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 The town, in the light of ea\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 rly morning, was still quiet as Siddhartha walked out of it, moving slowly on his stiff legs}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 .  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
As he passed the last hut a shadow rose from where it had been crouching and approached the pilgrim - Govinda.  
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 You have come,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  said Siddhartha with a smile.
\par 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx959\tx1918\tx2877\tx3836\tx4795\tx5754\tx6713\tx7672\tx8631\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12138908 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 
\loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 I have come,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  said Govinda. 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx959\tx1918\tx2877\tx3836\tx4795\tx5754\tx6713\tx7672\tx8631\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 AMONG THE}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  SAMANAS
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
They reached the samanas that evening, the emaciated samanas, and offered them their company and their obedience.  They were accepted.
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Siddhartha had given his coat to a poor brahmin on the way there.  A\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
ll he wore now were his loin cloth and an earth coloured, untailored cloak.  He ate just once a day and never had cooked food.  He fasted for fifteen days.  He fasted for twenty-eight days.  The flesh disappeared from his limbs and his cheeks.  Feverish d
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 r\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 eams flickered from his bulging eyes, the nails grew long on his }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid4063391 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 desiccated}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  fingers, a dry, unkempt beard.  When he encounter\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
ed a woman his eyes became icy; his mouth twitched with contempt when he entered a town and saw the people in their fine clothes.  He saw businessmen doing business, he saw noblemen go hunting, he saw the bereaved grieving }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 for }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
their dead, whores offering }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 t\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 heir bodies}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
, doctors taking care of the sick, priests saying when to sow crops, lovers loving, mothers feeding their babies - and none of this was worth a glance from him, all was lies, everything stank, everything stank of lies, everything made a pretence
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  of good sense and happiness and beauty, all was in decay and none could see it.  The world tasted bitter.  Life was a torment.
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
Siddhartha had but one objective: to empty himself, to empty himself of thirst, of desire, of dreams, empty himself of joy and sorrow.  To die away from himself, to no longer be himself, to find peace by emptying his own heart, to stand open to the miracl
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 e\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
 by alienating his own thoughts, that was his objective.  Once the whole of his self had been overcome and destroyed, once every need and every drive of his heart was silent, that was when the ultimate had to wake, the deepest part of his being, that whic
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 h\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  is no longer the self, the great secret.
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Siddhartha stood silent in the vertical glare of the Sun, aglow with pain, aglow with thirst, and he stood there till he no longer felt pain nor thirst.  He stood silent in the time of rains with the water flowing
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
 from his hair onto his icy cold shoulders, over his icy cold hips and legs, and the penitent remained standing there till his shoulders and his legs no longer felt icy cold, till they became silent, till they were at peace.  He crouched silent in the tho
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 r\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
ny bushes, blood dropping from his burning skin, pus dropping from his wounds, and Siddhartha remained rigid, remained motionless, till the blood no longer flowed, till the thorns no longer pierced his skin, till nothing more burned him.
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Siddhartha sat up\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
 straight and learned to control his breath, learned to need little air, learned to stop his breath.  He learned, starting with his breath, to still the beats of his heart, learned to reduce the beats of his heart till they became fewer and then till ther
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 e\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  were almost none.  
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Siddhartha was taught by the eldest of the samanas, he trained in losing the self, he trained in contemplation, learned new samana rules.  A heron flew }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 out }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
of the bamboo forest - and Siddhartha took the heron into his soul, he flew ov\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
er the woods and mountains, he was a heron, he ate fish, he hungered as a heron hungers, he spoke the heron language, he died the death of a heron.  A dead jackal lay on the sand by the water, and Siddhartha\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44 
s soul slipped into the corpse, he was entirely\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
a jackal, he lay on the shore, he bloated with gas, he stank, he decayed, he was torn apart by hyenas, he lost his skin to the vultures, he became a skeleton, became dust, blew in the wind that crossed the meadows.  And Siddhartha\hich\f44 \rquote 
\loch\f44 s soul came back to him,\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
died, decayed, crumbled, it had tasted the dark inebriation of the circle of life, again endured thirst like the hunter in the wasteland where the circle of life might be left behind, where cause and effect ended, where eternity without pain began.  He br
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 o\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
ught death to his senses, brought death to his memory, slipped out of his own self and into a thousand alien forms, he was an animal, was carrion, was stone, was wood, was water, and each time found himself ever more aware, light of }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 s}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 un or }{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 m}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
oon, became aga\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 in himself, swang in the circle, felt thirst, overcame the thirst, felt the thirst anew. 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Among the samanas Siddhartha learned many things, he learned many ways to leave his self behind.  He learned the way of self-alienation by pain, by voluntary sufferi\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
ng and how to overcome pain, hunger, thirst, fatigue.  He travelled on the way of self-alienation by medi}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 t}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 ation, by removing from his thoughts any sense }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 that he was perceiving }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 what presented itself to him.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
 This he learned, and he learned many other ways t\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
o travel, he left his self behind a thousand times, he persisted in the not-self for hours, for days.  But although these ways led him away from his self they always, at the end, led }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 him }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
back to it.  Siddhartha fled from his self a thousand times, spent ti\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
me in nothingness, in the animal, in a stone, but he was never able to prevent his return, the hour of his return was not avoidable, and he would find himself, once again, in the light of the }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 s}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 un or the }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 m}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
oon, in shade or in rain, and Siddhartha and his sel\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 f were there once again, once again the suffering of the circle of life was placed upon him.  
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 At his side lived Govinda, his shadow, travelling the same road, undergoing the same }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 trials}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 . }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 They seldom spoke to each other}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 , only}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  when it was needed for their\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
 service and their exercises.  At times they would go together to the villages in order to beg for food for themselves and their teachers. 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 What do you think, Govinda,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  Siddhartha once asked him as they were on their way to beg}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 . }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 
\loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 D}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 o you think we have ma\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 de any progress?  Have we reached any of our targets?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 
\loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Govinda answered, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
We have learned things, and we continue to learn.  You will be a great samana, Siddhartha.  You have learned every exercise very quickly, and the old samanas have been amazed at you\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
.  One day, Siddhartha, you will be a holy man.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Siddhartha said, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
That is not how I see it, my friend.  All that I have learned so far I could have learned much faster and much easier in any bar where the whores are, my friend, among all the cheats and \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 the gamblers.}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Govinda said, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
That is what you say, my friend, but you know that Siddhartha is not some cattle driver, and that a samana is not some drunkard.  The drunk can numb his senses, he can find escape and rest for a short time, but then he comes 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 back from his stupor and finds that all is as it was before.  He makes himself no wiser, he has gathered no knowledge any sort, he has climbed not one step higher.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Siddhartha smiled and said, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 I don\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44 t know, I\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44 ve never been a drunkard.  But I do know that\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
 in all my exercises and contemplations I have only ever found a brief respite from suffering, and remained just as far away from wisdom and liberation as a child in its mother\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44 s womb.  I do know that, Govinda, I do know that.}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Another time, when Siddhart\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 ha and Govinda came out of the woods together and down to the village to beg for food for their brothers and teachers, Siddhartha began to speak and said, }{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 What about now, Govinda, do you think we are on the right path?  Are we getting any closer to knowle\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
dge?  Are we getting any closer to liberation?  Or are we just going round in circles - we, who are trying to escape the circle of life?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 
\loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Govinda said, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 We have learnt many things, Siddhartha, and there is still a lot more to learn.  We are not going roun\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
d in circles, we are mounting higher, the circle is a spiral, we have already climbed up many steps.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Siddhartha answered, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 How old do you think our eldest samana is, our venerable teacher?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 
\loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Govinda said, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 He must be about sixty, our eldest samana.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 
\loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 And Siddhartha, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
He has reached the age of sixty, and he still has not reached Nirvana.  He will be seventy, and then eighty, and you and me, we will become old in the same way and we will do our exercises, and we will fast, and we will meditate.  But we will never reach 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 N\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
irvana, he will not, we will not.  Govinda, of all the samanas that there are, I do not think any one of them is likely to reach Nirvana.  We find consolation, we find respite from pain, we learn the skills with which we deceive ourselves.  But that which
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 is essential, the way of ways, that is what we are not finding.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 
\loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par \tab 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Do not utter such shocking words, Siddhartha!}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  said Govinda.  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 We are among so many learned men, so many brahmins, so many strict and venerable samanas, so many seekers, so many who strive
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  with such effort, so many holy men; how could it be that none of these finds the way of ways}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid6060371 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
\hich\f44 ?\'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 But Siddhartha replied in a voice that was sad as much as it was mocking, a gentle voice, a somewhat sad voice, somewhat mocking, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Soon now, Govinda, your frie
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
nd will be leaving the way of the samanas along which he has travelled so far with you.  I suffer from thirst, Govinda, and my thirst has not become any the less on this long way of the samanas.  I have always been thirsty for knowledge, always been full 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 o\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
f questions.  I questioned the brahmins year after year, I sought knowledge in the holy vedas year after year, and I put questions to the pious samanas year after year.  Perhaps, Govinda, it would have been just as good, just as clever and just as healing
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
to go and put questions to the rhinoceros birds or the chimpanzees.  I have taken much time to learn this, Govinda, and I am still not at the end of it, I have learned that learning is impossible!  I believe that in fact there is nothing in anything that 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 w\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 e could call \hich\f44 \lquote \loch\f44 learning}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid15814103 .}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \rquote }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
  There is only a kind of knowledge that is everywhere, my friend, and that is Atman.  Atman is in me and in everything else that has existence.  And so now I am begi}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 n}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
ning to believe that this knowledge has no worse enemy than the p\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 ursuit of knowledge, than learning}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid15814103 .}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 At this, Govinda stopped walking, raised his hands and said}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid15814103 ,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
Siddhartha, please do not make your friend anxious with talk like this!  What you are saying really does make me anxious in my heart.  Think what you are sa\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
ying; where would that leave the holiness of prayer, where would that leave the dignity of being a brahmin, where would that leave the holiness of the samanas if it were as you say, if it were not possible ever to learn?!  Siddhartha, where would that lea
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 v\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 e anything on Earth that is holy or valuable or venerable?!}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 
\'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Govinda quietly muttered a verse, a verse from one of the Upanishads:
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ai\af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid15814103 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44   }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ai\af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 The }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ai\af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 purest}{\rtlch\fcs1 \ai\af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\i\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  soul that deeply thinks and sinks itself in Atman,
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ai\af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid15814103 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44   }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ai\af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 His blessed heart will have no words to tell it to the wo\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 rld. 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
Siddhartha, though, remained silent.  He thought about the words that Govinda had just said to him, he thought about the words to their end. 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Yes, he thought as he stood there with his head lowered, what would be left of all the things that seem ho\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 ly to us?  What would remain?  What would be preserved?  And he shook his head. 

\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 At an earlier time, when the two young men had lived with the samanas}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 ,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 and}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  perform}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ed}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  their exercises together}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 for about three years, th\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 ere came to them through many ways and turnings a message, a rumour}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 , }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
saying; One has appeared that will be called Gotama, the noble one, the buddha.  He will have overcome the pain of the world in himself and brought the wheel of rebirth to a halt.  With h\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 is followers he travel}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 s}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
 through the land, teaching as he goes, without property, without a home, without a wife, wearing the yellow garb of an ascetic but with joy on his brow, a holy man, and brahmans and princes bow their knee to him and bec}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 o}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 me his pupil
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 s. 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
This legend, this rumour, this folk tale sounded out, raised itself like a scent far and wide, brahmins spoke of it in the cities, samanas spoke of it in the woods, the name of Gotama, the buddha, was repeated over and again in the ears of the young, 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 in the good and in the evil, in praise and in contempt.
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 As when the plague is raging through a country and a rumour arises that somewhere there is a man, a wise man, a knowledgeable man whose word and whose breath alone is enough to heal anyone afflicted 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 with it, when this rumour spreads through the land and all are talking of it, many believe it, many doubt it, but many set themselves straight on the road to seek out this wise man who can help them, so it was with the }{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 fragrant}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  rumour of Gotama, the buddha\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
, the wise man from the line of the sakyas.  He possessed, so the believers said, the highest enlightenment, he remembered his previous lives, he had attained nirvana and would never more come back to the cycle of rebirth, never more submerge in the dark 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 w\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 aters that carried the forms }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 of the lower world}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 . }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
Many things majestic and incredible were reported of him, he had performed miracles, had overcome the Devil, had spoken with the gods.  His enemies, however, and those who did not believe}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 ,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  said that this Go\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
tama was a vain seducer, he spent his days in comfort, despised the acts of sacrifice, was without learning and performed neither exercise nor }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 self-}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 castigation. 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
Sweet was this legend of the buddha, magical was the aroma of these rumours. Diseased was the world, hard to bear was life - and look, there appeared to flow water from a new spring, a call of good news seemed to be heard, reassuring, mild, and full of no
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 b\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
le promises.  Everywhere that the rumour of the buddha was heard, in every part of the lands of India, the young men listened, felt longing, felt hope, and every pilgrim or stranger who came to the sons of brahmins in the towns and villages with news of h
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 i\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 m, the noble one, the sakyamuni, was welcome. 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 This legend even penetrated into the woods where the samanas lived, even to Siddhartha, even to Govinda, slowly, drop by drop, each drop laden with hope, each drop laden with doubt.  They seldom spoke of it, 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
as the eldest of the samanas was no friend of this legend.  He had been taught that anyone who seemed to be a buddha had first become an ascetic and lived in the woods, and only then returned to the world of comfort and gaiety, and he had no faith in this
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Gotama at all. 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Siddhartha,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  said Govinda to his friend one day.  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 
\'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 I was in the village today and a brahman invited me into his house, and in his house was a brahmin\hich\f44 \rquote 
\loch\f44 s son from Magadha who had seen this buddha with his own eyes and listened to his teachi\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 ngs.  At that, the very breath in my }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 lungs }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 truly caused me pain}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
and I thought: I too would like, both of us, Siddhartha and I, would like to experience these teachings, to learn from the mouth of one who had attained perfection!  Tell me, my friend, should\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
 we not go and learn from the mouth of this buddha himself?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Siddhartha answered, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
Oh, Govinda, I had always thought Govinda would stay with the samanas, it was always my belief that it was his objective to live to the age of sixty or seventy and always p\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
ractise the arts and exercises that the samanas display.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
 But look at me now, I did not know Govinda well enough, I knew little of his heart.  But now, dear friend, now you want to set out on a new path and go there, where the buddha spreads his teachings.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Govinda answered, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
You like to laugh at me.  I hope you always keep laughing, Siddhartha!  But do you not also feel the desire to hear these teachings rising within you, the wish to hear what is said?  And did you not once say to me that you would not s
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 tay for long among the samanas to follow their way?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 At this Siddhartha laughed, in his way of laughing that took on a shadow of sorrow and a shadow of mockery, and said, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 
\loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Quite right, Govinda, what you say is quite right, you have remembered it rightly. 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
But maybe you should also remember something else you heard from me, that I had become tired and mistrustful of teachings and learning, and that my beliefs have little faith in the words that come to us from teachers.  But anyway, my friend, I am willing 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 t\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 o come and hear these teachings - even though, in my heart, I think we have already tasted the best fruits of them.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Govinda answered, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Your readiness brings joy to my heart.  But tell me, how can that be possible?  How could the teachings of Gotama have \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
given us their best fruits even before we have tasted them?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Siddhartha answered, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
Let us enjoy these fruits and wait to see what happens, Govinda!  But we can already be thankful to Gotama in that his fruits are calling us away from the samanas!  Perhaps\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
 he has other fruit to offer, and better fruit my friend.  Let us keep peace in our hearts and wait to see if this is so.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 That very day Siddhartha told the eldest of the samanas of his decision to leave him.  He told him with all the humility and modesty\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
 as befits a junior and a pupil.  The samana, however fell into a rage at the young men\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44 s decision to leave, he raised his voice and used foul language. 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Govinda was shocked and embarrassed, but Siddhartha put his mouth to Govinda\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44 s ear and whispered, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 
\loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 No\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
w I will show the elder that I have learned something from him.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Siddhartha stood close in front of the samana, gathered his own spirit, captured the gaze of the old man with his own gaze, and thereby did he enthrall him, made him dumb, deprived him of hi
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
s will, subjected him to his own will, and without a word he ordered him to do as he commanded.  The old man was unable to speak, unable to move his eyes, unable to direct his own will, his arms hung loose, he became powerless and was subject to the magic
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 worked by Siddhartha.  Siddhartha\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44 
s thoughts overpowered those of the samana, he had to carry out whatever commands they gave him.  And so the old man bowed down several times, performed gestures of blessing and humbly stammered out wishes for a good jour\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 n
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 ey.  And the young men replied by thanking him for his prostrations, thanked him for his good wishes and with those greetings made their departure. 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 On the way Govinda said, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Oh Siddhartha, you learned more from the samanas than I had realised.  It is not\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
 easy, not easy at all, to bewitch an ancient samana.  I am sure that if you had stayed with them you would soon have learned to walk on water.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 
\loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Why would I want to walk on water?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  said Siddhartha.  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 If the ancient samanas want to do tricks like that the\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 y can keep them!}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 GOTAMA
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 In the city of Savathi every child knew the name of the noble buddha, and every house was ready to fill the begging bowls of Gotama\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44 
s disciples when they made their silent requests.  Near the city was the grove of Jetavana.  This wood had been given to Go\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 t\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
ama and his followers by Anathapindika, a rich businessman who was}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 devoted to the noble one, and it was the place that Gotama liked to visit most.
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 All the stories and all the answers that the two young ascetics had heard in their search for Gotama had dir\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
ected them to this place.  When they arrived in Savathi they stood at the door of the first house silently begging for food, which was given them.  Siddhartha asked the woman who had offered them the food:
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Generous lady, we would like to learn where the \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 most venerable}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  one
}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 , the buddha}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 ,}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  spends his time, for we are two samanas from the woods and have come to see him, the perfect one, and to hear the teachings from his mouth.}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 The woman said, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 You have certainly arrived at \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
the right place, samanas from the woods.  You should know that Jetavana, the garden of Anathapindikas, is where the noble one spends his time.  You will be able to spend the night there, pilgrims, as there is even enough room there for the countless many 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 w\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 ho flood to this place to hear the teachings from his mouth.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 
\'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 This was pleasing news to Govinda, and full of joy he declared, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 That is good, so we have reached our destination and our journey is at its end!  But tell us, mother of pilgrims, do you know hi
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 m, the buddha, have you seen him with your own eyes?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 The woman said, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
Many have seen him, the noble one.  Many times I have seen him as he went on his way through the streets and alleys, silent in his yellow robes, silent as he showed his begging bowl at\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  the doors of houses}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  and}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
, as he left those places, his begging bowl full.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Govinda listened with joy and wanted to put many questions and to hear more.  But Siddhartha urged that they should go on their way.  They said thank}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 you and left}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 ,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  and had hardly a\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
ny need to ask the way for many pilgrims were on their way to Jetavana, as well as monks from Gotama\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44 s community.  They arrived there in the night}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
time, there was a continuous flow of visitors arriving, calling to each other, talking about who was looking \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
for shelter and who had found it.  The two samanas, used to life in the woods, found a place to rest quickly and quietly and remained there till morning.  
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 When the }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 s}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 un rose they were astonished to see the size of the crowd, believers or the curious, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 who }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
had spent the night here.  Monks in their yellow robes wandered along all the paths of the beautiful grove, here and there under the trees sat people deep in meditation or engaged in spiritual discussion.  The shady garden was like a city, full of people}
{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 s
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
warming like bees.  Most of the monks were leaving with their begging bowls in order to collect food for midday, when they would have their only meal of the day.  Even the buddha himself, the enlightened one, made a habit of going out to beg each morning.
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Siddhartha saw him, and as quickly as if he had been pointed out by a god, he knew who it was.  He saw him, a slight man in a yellow cloak, making his quiet way with his begging bowl in his hand. 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Govinda, look!}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  whispered Siddhartha.  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Just there, tha\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 t is the buddha.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Govinda stared at the monk in the yellow robe, indistinguishable from the hundreds of other monks there.  And soon Govinda could see it too: it was him.  And they followed him and kept him in their sight.  
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 The buddha followed his path with humility and deep in thought, the peaceful expression on his face was neither gay nor sad, it seemed to show a gentle inward }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 contentment}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
.  With a hidden smile, quiet, peaceful, not unlike a healthy child, the buddha wander\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
ed on, wearing his robes and placing his feet in the same way as all his monks, in the way that was prescribed.  But his face, his gait, his quiet lowered eyes, his hands hanging quietly from his arms, and even every finger on his quietly hanging hands sp
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 o\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 ke of peace, spoke of perfection, sought nothing, copied nothing, breathed gently with a peace that could not fade, in a light that could not fade, a peace that could not be touched. 

\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 So, Gotama walked on slowly towards the town where he would gather alms\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
, and the two samanas knew him simply from the perfection of his peace, the stillness of his form where no searching, no desire, no imitation, no striving could be seen, only light and peace.  
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Today, we will hear the teachings from his own mouth,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  said \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Govinda.  
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Siddhartha made no answer.  He had less curiosity about the teachings, he did not believe they would teach him anything new, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 even }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 though, like Govinda, he had }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 heard many times about what the }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
 teachings }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 of this}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  buddha }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 contained}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 , albeit from the \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 reports he had heard at second or third hand. But he looked attentively at Gotama\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44 
s head, at his shoulders, at his feet, at his hand as it hung there without moving, and it seemed to him that every part of every finger of that hand held a lesson, spoke, b\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 r\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
eathed, was fragrant and shone with truth.  This man, this buddha, was truthful down to every movement of every finger.  This man was holy.  Siddhartha had never }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 felt such}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  veneration for anyone, he had never loved anyone as much as this man. 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 The two of t\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 hem followed the buddha into the town and then they quietly turned back, as they too hoped to obtain food for themselves before the end of day.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
 They saw Gotama as he too came back, saw him surrounded by his followers as they took their meal - what he ate \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 was not enough to feed a bird - and they saw him withdraw into the shade of the mango trees. 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 But when evening came, when the heat of the day had lessened and everyone in the camp became more active and gathered together, they heard the buddha speak.  The\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
y heard his voice, and even that was a thing of perfection, of perfect stillness, of complete peace.  Gotama taught the lesson of suffering, of the origin of suffering, of the way that leads to the removal of suffering.  His speech flowed on, calm, peacef
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 u\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 l and clear}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 ,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
 it was.  Life was sorrow, the world was full of suffering, but release from suffering could be found: release would be found by him who followed the way of the buddha.  The noble one spoke in a voice that was gentle but firm, he taught of the 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 four principal doctrines, he taught of the eight-fold path, the circle of reincarnation, his voice, clear and quiet, remained above his listeners like a light, like a star in the firmament.  
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Night had fallen before the buddha came to the end of his speec\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 h.  Many pilgrims came forward and asked to be accepted into his community, sought refuge in the teaching}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 s}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
.  Gotama did accept them, with the words, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 You have ingested the teachings well, they were conveyed to you well.  Come, then, among us and walk in ho\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
liness, that you may prepare an end to all sorrow}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid10241213 .}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 
\loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Then Govinda, too, the shy one, was seen to come forward and he said, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 I, too, seek refuge with the noble one and his teachings,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
 and asked to be accepted among the buddha\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44 s followers, and he was accepte\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 d. 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Soon thereafter, as the buddha had withdrawn for his night\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44 s rest, Govinda went to Siddhartha with great enthusiasm and said, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 I}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  am not entitled to reproach you for }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 anything}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 .}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44   We have both heard the noble one, we have both received his teachings.  Gov\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
inda heard the teaching, he has taken refuge in them.  But you, revered one, will you not take the path of liberation?  Will you delay, will you continue to wait?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 When he realised what Govinda had said Siddhartha woke as if he had been sleeping.  Then, g\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 ently and with no mockery in his voice, he said, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Go\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
vinda, my friend, now you have taken the first step, now you have chosen your path.  You have always been my friend, Govinda, you have always followed me one step behind.  I have often asked myself whether Govinda would one day take a step of his own, wit
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 h\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 out me, from his own soul.  Now see, you have become a man and chosen your own way.  I hope you will follow it to its end, my friend!  I hope you will find liberation!}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Govinda still did not fully understand, and impatiently repeated his question: }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Speak,\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
 dear friend, I beg of you, speak!  Tell me what cannot be different, tell me my learned friend that you too will take refuge with the noble buddha!}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 
\loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Siddhartha lay his hand on Govinda\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44 s shoulder.  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid10250700 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 You have failed to hear my deepest wish for you, Govinda\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
.  I will repeat if for you: I hope you will follow your path to its end, my friend!  I hope you will find liberation!}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 At that moment Govinda saw that his friend had left him, and he began to weep. 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Siddhartha!}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  he implored. 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Siddhartha\hich\f44 \rquote \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 s reply was friendly.  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
Govinda, do not forget that you now are one of the samanas of the buddha.  You have forsaken your home and your parents, forsaken origins and possessions, by your own free will you have forsaken friendship.  This is what is said in 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 the teachings, this is what is said by the buddha.  This is what you have chosen for yourself.  Tomorrow, Govinda, I will leave you.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 The two friends wandered long among the trees, long they lay but found no sleep.  And Govinda asked his friend over and o\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
ver again why he would not take refuge in the teachings of Gotama, what fault could he find in these teachings.  But Siddharth always rejected his insistence and said, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
Learn to be in peace, Govinda.  The teachings of the noble one are very good.  How shou\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 ld I find any fault in them?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 
\loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 As morning was breaking one of the buddha\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44 s followers, one of his eldest monks, went through the garden and summoned all them who had newly chosen to take refuge in the teachings}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 .  They were to}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
 put }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 on}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  their yellow robes and }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 r\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 eceive their first }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 instruct}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ion}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  in the}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
teachings and duties of their new status.  Govinda ran to Siddhartha, embraced his childhood friend on more time, and went to join the ranks of the novices.  
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Siddhartha, however, wandered among the trees, deep in tho\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 ught. 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 While he was there he came across Gotama, the noble one.  Siddhartha greeted him with veneration.  There was so much peace and goodness to be seen in the buddha\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44 
s eyes that the young man took courage and asked the venerable one\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44 s permission to spea\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 k to him.  The noble one gave his assent with a silent nod. 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Siddhartha said, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
Noble one, I was yesterday privileged to hear your wonderful teachings.  I had come here from afar with a friend to hear them.  My friend now will stay among your followers and\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
 take refuge with you.  I, however, will start my }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid10250700 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 pilgrimage}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  anew.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 You }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 are free to}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  do as you wish,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  said the noble one politely. 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 In speaking to you I have been more bold than I should have been,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  Siddhartha continued, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93
}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 but I would not want to depart \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
from the noble one without having given him my sincere thoughts.  Would the noble one be willing to give me another moment of his time to hear me?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 
\loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 The buddha gave his assent with a silent nod. 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Siddhartha said, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 There is something, most venerable one, t\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
hat I admired most of all in what you said.  Everything in your teachings is perfectly clear and supported with proof; you depict the world as a perfect chain, never broken anywhere on its length, an eternal chain made up of causes and effects.  This has 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 n\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
ever been made so clear, never set out so irrefutably; the heart of every brahman must surely beat at a higher level when he has heard your teachings and first sees the world of perfect coherence, without omissions, as clear as crystal, not dependent on c
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 h\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 ance, not dependent on any gods.  This could be good or bad, could bring joy or sorrow to life, but }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 it is not something }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 we need }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 to}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
 consider, it could well be that it is not of basic importance - but the unity of the world, that all events are inter-related\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
, the flow of existence that embraces all things great and small, the law of cause and effect, existence and death, all these things shine brightly out from your noble teachings, o perfect one.  But there is a place in your own teachings where this cohesi
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 o\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
n, this sound argument that governs all things is interrupted, there is a small hole where something strange, something new, something not previously there flows into this world, it is something that cannot be shown, cannot be proved: this is your teachin
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 g\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  about }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 not being }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 overcom}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 e}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 by }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 the world, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 your teaching about 
}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
liberation.  With this tiny hole, with this tiny intrusion the entire coherent and eternal world-order is once again broken down and cannot be maintained.  I hope you will forgive me for voicing t\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 his objection.}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Gotama had listened to him still and unmoving.  Now, with his benevolent voice, with his clear and polite voice, the perfect one spoke: }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
You have listened to the teachings, brahmin\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44 s son, and it is good that you have thought so deeply abou\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
t them.  You have found a gap in them, a mistake.  I hope you will continue to think about the teachings, you have a thirst for knowledge, but you should be warned of the thickets of beliefs and of quibbles around words.  Beliefs are not important, they c
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 a\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
n be beautiful or ugly, clever or foolish, anyone can stay attached to them or throw them away.  But the teachings that you heard from me are not beliefs and I was not trying to explain the world to them who have a }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 t}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 hirst for knowl
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 edge.  I was attempting something quite different, I was attempting to show how to gain liberation from suffering.  This is what Gotama teaches, nothing else.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 I hope you will not be cross with me, noble one,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  the young man said.  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 I have no wish to argu\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
e with you but to argue about words, this is why I have spoken to you in this way.  You are certainly quite right, beliefs alone are not of great importance.  But allow me to say one thing more: I have never for a moment had any doubts about you.  I have 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 n\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 ever for a moment doubted that you are a buddha, that you have reached the end of your path, the highest objective that so many thousands of brahmins and brahmins\hich\f44 \rquote 
\loch\f44  sons pursue.  You have found liberation from death.  You have attained this by your own sea\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 r\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
ching, by travelling your own path, by thought, by meditation, by knowledge, by enlightenment.  You have not attained it by listening to the teachings of others!  And - this is what I have come to believe, noble one - nobody can ever attain liberation by 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 l\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
istening to the teachings of others!  Nobody, venerable one, will come to understand what happened to you in the hour of your enlightenment by hearing your words and your teachings!  The enlightened one, the buddha, teaches many things about how to live a
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
good and honest life and how to avoid evil, but the teaching that is so clear, that is so noble, is not there: the noble one does not give teaching about the secret that he alone has experienced, he alone out of hundreds of thousands.  This is what I thou
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 g\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
ht, what I perceived, when I heard your teachings.  This is the reason I will continue in my wanderings - not to find other teachings which may be better, for I know there are none, but to abandon a}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 l}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
l teachings and all teachers and either to attain my goal\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  alone or to die.  But, noble one, I will often think back to this day and this hour, for my eyes have seen a man of great holiness.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 The buddha looked quietly down at the ground, the buddha\hich\f44 \rquote \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 s face, peaceful but inscrutable, shone with perfect serenity.
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 I hope your thoughts,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  the venerable one said slowly, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
are not mistaken!  May you arrive at your objective!  But tell me: have you seen how many samanas I have, how many brothers who have tak\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
en refuge in my teachings?  And do you think, samana from a foreign place, do you think all of these would be better off if they abandoned the teachings and went back to life in the world with all its enjoyments?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Such a thought is far from me,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  Siddhart\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 ha exclaimed.  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 
\loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
I hope they will all remain with the teachings, I hope they will reach their goal!  It is not up to me to judge how others lead their lives.  I can only judge my own life, I must choose for myself, must reject for myself.  We samanas seek l
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
iberation from our selves, noble one.  I fear, venerable one, that if I were one of your followers I might only seem to bring my self to peace, that my liberation would be illusory and my self would in fact continue to exist and grow bigger, as then I wou
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 l\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 d have the teachings, would have my followers, would have my love for you, would have the community of monks and all this I would have made into my self!}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 With a half-smile, with unshakeable clarity and friendliness, Gotama looked the stranger in the eye \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 and took his leave of him with barely noticeable gesture. 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 You are clever, samana,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  the venerable one said. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Your arguments, my friend, are very clever.  Take care that you do not become too clever!}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 The buddha walked slowly away, and his look and his h\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 alf smile remained forever engraved in Siddhartha\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44 s memory.
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 I have never before seen anyone look and smile, sit and walk, like this man, he thought to himself.  I truly hope that I, too, will be able to look and to smile, to sit and to walk as he does, so
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  free, so venerable, so hidden, so open, so child-like and }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 private}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
.  It is only the man who has penetrated to his innermost self who is truly able to look and to walk in this way.  I, too, will do my utmost to penetrate to my innermost self.
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 I have seen o\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
ne man, Siddhartha thought, just one, to whom I had to lower my eyes.  I will not lower my eyes to any other man, not anyone.  I will not be drawn into any teachings, as I was not drawn into the teachings of this man.  
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 I was robbed by this buddha, Siddha\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
rtha thought, he robbed me, but he gave me much more.  He robbed me of my friend, of him who had faith in me and now has faith in him, of him who was my shadow and is now the shadow of Gotama.  But he made the gift to me, to Siddhartha, of myself.  

\par 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 AWAK\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 ENING
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
As Siddhartha left the grove where the buddha, the perfect one, remained behind, where Govinda remained behind, he felt that he was also leaving behind his life so far, that it was separating itself from him.  This sensation filled him completely, a
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
nd he thought about it as he slowly walked on.  He pondered deeply as if sinking through deep water, he allowed himself to drop to the bottom of this feeling to the place where its causes lay, as it seemed to him that identifying causes was to think, and 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 t\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 hat is the only way to make sensations into knowledge and avoid losing them altogether, the only way to make the}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 m}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
 substantial, the only way to make them shine and show what they contain.  
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 He pondered as he walked slowly on.  He concluded that he was no l\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
onger a youth but had become a man.  He concluded that something had left him like a snake that sloughs its skin, that something within him was no longer there for him, something that had been with him all through his youth and had belonged to him: the wi
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 s\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
h to have a teacher and to hear teachings.  He had even departed from last teacher who had come to him on his way, the highest and wisest of teachers, the holiest of them all, the buddha, he had had to separate himself from him, he had been unable to acce
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 p\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 t his teachings.  
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
Siddhartha continued to ponder as he walked, and his movement became slower as he asked himself: But what was it that you wanted to learn from the teachers?  What was it that those teachers who spent so much time giving you their lesson
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
s were nonetheless unable to teach you?  And Siddhartha found an answer: What I wanted to learn was my self, I wanted to learn the meaning and the essence of my self.  I wanted to be rid of my self, wanted to overcome my self.  But I was not able to overc
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 o\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
me it, was able only to cheat it, was able only to flee from it, to hide from it.  There is truly nothing in the world that has occupied my thoughts as much as this self of mine, this puzzle that I am alive, that}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  I am}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
 separate from one and all, severed fro\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 m them, that I am Siddhartha!  And there is nothing in the world that I know less about than myself, about Siddhartha!
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Siddhartha walked more slowly as\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
 he pondered and then, gripped by these thoughts, came to a stop.  And at that moment a new thought sprang out from them: There is a reason why I know nothing about myself, a cause for Siddhartha remaining so strange and unfamiliar to me, just one cause; 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 I\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
 was in fear of myself, I was in flight from myself!  I sought Atman, I sought Brahman, I had resolved to break my self apart, to flay it apart so that in its innermost, least known part I could find the kernel }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 within}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
 all shells, Atman, life, the divine, t\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 he ultimate. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 But in the process I lost myself.
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Siddhartha suddenly opened his eyes and looked around him, a smile covered his face, and a profound sense of waking from a long period of dreams flowed through him all the way down to his toes.  And as soon 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 as he began to walk on he walked quickly, like a man who knows what he has to do. 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 He took in a deep breath and thought to himself: }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid14943894 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 I will not let Siddhartha get away from me now!  I will no longer let my thoughts and my life begin with Atman and the suf\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
fering of the world.  I will no longer kill myself and dismember myself in order to see behind the ruins and find a secret there.  I will no longer take teachings from yoga-veda, nor from atharva-veda, nor the ascetics nor any other kind of teaching.  I w
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 i\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 ll learn by myself alone, be a student of myself, learn to know myself, the secret of Siddhartha.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 He looked around him as if seeing the world for the first time.  The world was beautiful, filled with many colours, strange and puzzling was the world!  Blu\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
e here, yellow here, green here, sky and river flowed, trees and hills reached upwards, everything beautiful, everything puzzling and magic, and in the middle of it all was he, Siddhartha, the awakening one, on the way to himself.  All this, all this yell
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 o\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
w and blue, river and wood, entered into Siddhartha through his eyes for the first time, it was no longer the sorcery of Mara, no longer the veil of maya, no longer the meaningless and random diversity of the world of delusion that the deep thinking brahm
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 i\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 n despises, that the deep thinking brahmin scorns in his search for unity.  Blue was blue, river was river, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 this was where the }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 divine lived hidden}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 , }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
the blueness and the river }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 lay }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 within Siddhartha }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 but}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 this was how the}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  divine }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
showed itself and it was noneth\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 eless one; }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
yellow here, blue here, the sky there, the woods there, and here to be Siddhartha.  Meaning and essence were not somewhere behind things, they were within them, in everything.
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 I have been so deaf, so dull-witted!}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  he thought as he hurried forw\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 ard.  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 
\loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
When a man reads scripture in pursuit of its meaning he does not despise the ciphers and letters, calling them deceitful, random or meaningless shells, he reads it, he studies it and loves it, letter by letter.  But I, who wanted to read the book of
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  the world and the book of my own essence, I did despise the ciphers and letters for the sake of a meaning I thought I knew beforehand, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 when I saw the world, when I touched the world, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 I called }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 it }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 delusion, I called my eye and\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
 my tongue random and worthless appearances.  No, this is in the past now, I have awoken, I have truly awoken and today I am born for the first time.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 
\loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 As Siddhartha had this thought he suddenly stopped walking again, as if there lay a snake in front of hi\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
m on the path, he also awoke to this insight: I am not now that which I once was, I am no longer an ascetic, I am no longer a priest, I am no longer a brahmin.  So what should I do at home in the house of my father?  Study?  Perform sacrifices?  Cultivate
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 meditation?  All this lies now in the past, all this is no longer on my path.
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
For suddenly there was something else that had become clear to him: He, who had in fact become like one awoken or newly born, he would have to start his life anew and from its v\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
ery beginning.  That very morning, as he left the grove of Jetavana, the grove of the noble one, already awaking, already on the way to himself, it was his intention, an intention that seemed to be natural and a matter of course, that he would }{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 bring }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
his ye\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 ars of living as an ascetic }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 to an }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 end}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
and return home to his father. But now, only now at this moment when he stopped walking as if a snake lay on the path in front of him, he awoke also to this insight: I am no longer the person I once was, I am no longer\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
 an ascetic, I am no longer a priest, I am no longer a brahmin.  So what should I do if I go back home to my father?  Study?  Perform sacrifices?  Cultivate meditation?  These things are all in the past, these things no longer lie before me on my way.

\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Sid\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
dhartha stood there motionless, and for one moment, for one intake of breath, his heart remained frozen, he felt it freezing in his breast inside him like a small animal, a bird or a hare, as he saw how alone he was.  For many years he had been without a 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 h\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 ome and had not felt it.  Now he did feel it.  Until now, even when immersed in the deepest meditation, he had been his father\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44 
s son, a brahmin, a man of high status, a spiritual man.  Now he was merely Siddhartha, the awoken one, nothing more.  He drew i\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 n\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
 a deep breath, and for a moment he froze and shuddered.  No-one was as alone as he was.  No nobleman who did not belong among noblemen, no handworker who did not belong among handworkers }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 but}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  found refuge among them, }{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 sharing}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
 his life with theirs and }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 speaki\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ng}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  their language.  No brahmin who did not count as a brahmin and lived among them, no ascetic who }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 found no }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
refuge in his status as a samana, and not even the hermit lost deepest in the woods was single or alone, even he was surrounded by the things he bel\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
onged to, even he belonged to a certain condition that made that place his home.  Govinda had become a monk and had a thousand monks as his brother}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 s}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 , }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 he }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
wore his robes, believed his beliefs and spoke his language.  But he, Siddhartha, where did he belong? \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  Whose life would he share?  Whose language would he speak?
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 From this moment on, when the world around him was melting away, when he stood alone like a star in the sky, from this moment of coldness and despair, Siddhartha }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 always }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 rose up more his self than
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
 he had been, more concentrated than he had been.  He felt: This was the final spasm of awakening, the last cramp of his birth.  And he immediately stepped out again, began to walk quickly and impatiently, no longer going home, no longer going to his fath
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 e\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 r, no longer going back.  
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 PART TWO
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Dedicated to Wilhem Gundert, my cousin in Japan.
\par 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 KAMALA
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 As }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
Siddh}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 a}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 rtha }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 went on his way }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 the world was transformed and his heart was enchanted}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 , and w}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 ith every step}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  he }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 learnt 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 something new.  He saw the }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 s}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 un rise above the trees on the mountains and saw it set behind distant palmy beaches.  At night he saw the stars ranged across the sky and the crescent }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 m}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
oon like a boat swimming in a sea of blue.  He saw trees, stars, animals, c\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
louds, rainbows, crags, herbs, flowers, streams and rivers as they flowed, morning dew that glistened in the bushes, lofty mountains blue and pale in the distance, birds and bees both gave their song, the wind blew}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 ,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  soughing in the silver fields of rice.  
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 All of this, bright with colour everywhere, had always been there, the }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 s}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 un and }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 m}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
oon had always shone, rivers rushed and bees did buzz, but for Siddhartha until then all of this had been nothing but a fleeting and delusory veil before his eyes, something to\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
 be mistrusted, something to be pierced and destroyed by the intellect, for it was something that did not exist, for existence lay beyond that which could be seen.  But now his eye was free, it lingered on this side of what could be seen, it looked and it
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
acknowledged what could be seen, it sought its home in this world, no longer sought the essence, did not strive for the beyond.  Seen in this way, without searching, so simple, so child-like, the world was beautiful.  The }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 m}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
oon and stars were beautiful, riv\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
ers and shores were beautiful, woods and crags, goats and beetles, flowers and butterflies.  Beautiful and lovely it was, so to go through the world, so child-like, so awake, so open to the things around him, so without mistrust.  The }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 s}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
un burnt on his head\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  differently}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 ,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
 the shade of the woods cooled him differently, the streams and ponds tasted differently, marrow and banana tasted differently.  The days were short, the nights were short, every hour flew swift away like a sailboat on the water, the sailboat 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 full of treasure, full of joy.  Siddhartha saw a }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 troop }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
of monkeys travelling in the branches of the forest canopy, he heard their wild and greedy song.  Siddhartha saw a ram pursue the ewe and mating with her.  In a lake of reeds he saw the pike pursue his\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
 prey to still his evening hunger, the school of young fish who, in fear, rushed anxiously, flapping and flashing above the water, strength and passion forced their scent from the rapid-swirling water, from the fierce tumult worked up by their pursuer.

\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Al\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
l these things had always been, and he had not seen them; he had not been with them.  Now he was with them, he belonged to them.  Light and shade ran through his eyes, through his heart ran star and }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 m}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 oon.
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 On his way Siddhartha al}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 s}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 o thought about all the t\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
hings he had experienced in the garden of Jetavana, the teachings he had heard there, the divine buddha, the farewell from Govinda, his conversation with the noble one.  He thought again about the words that he had himself said to the noble one,  remember
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 e\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 d every word, and was astonished to suddenly realise that he had said things he had not known till then.  What he had said to Gotama: his own, the buddha\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44 
s, treasures and secrets, these were not the teachings, the ineffable was the teaching, something tha\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 t\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
 could not be taught, what he experienced at the moment of his enlightenment - yes, this was the thing that he was now striving for, what he was only now beginning to experience.  The thing that he had to experience now for himself.  He had probably long 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 k\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
nown that he was his own Atman, the same eternal essence as Brahman.  But it was something he had never really found for himself because he had tried to capture it with the web of thought.  The body too, could certainly not be the thing he sought, nor pla
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 y\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
ing games with thinking, not thought, not understanding, not the wisdom that has been learned, not the art that has been learned that allows you to draw conclusions and spin new thoughts from the ones already spun.  No, even this world of thoughts was sti
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 l\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
l on this side and it led nowhere to kill the random self of the senses, only to cram the random self full of thoughts and doctrines.  Both of them, thoughts and senses, were very beautiful but both of them hid the ultimate sense, both of them were worth 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 l\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
istening to, worth playing with, neither should be either despised or over-valued, both of them offered to let you hear the secret voice of the innermost.  There was nothing he strove for other than what the voice told him to strive for, nothing he would 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 d\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
well on other than where the voice told him to dwell.  Why had Gotama sat under the bo tree at that moment of moments where enlightenment came upon him?  He had heard a voice, a voice in his own heart which told him to seek rest under this tree, he had no
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 t\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
 chosen rather to mortify his flesh, to perform sacrifice, ablution nor prayer, he had not sought food nor drink nor sleep nor dreams, he had done as the voice told him.  This obedience was the one thing needed, not any command from outside himself, just 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 t\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 he voice, to be ready, that was good, that was needed, nothing else was needed. 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 In the night, while he slept by the river in the ferry man\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44 s straw hut, Siddhartha had a dream: Govinda stood before him in the yellow robes of the ascetic.  Govinda looked s
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 ad, and sadly he asked, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Why have you abandoned me?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
 At this Siddhartha embraced Govinda, threw his arms around him, and as he drew him to his breast and kissed him it was Govinda no longer, it was a woman, and from the woman\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44 s robe welled out her full br
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
east at which Siddhartha put his mouth and drank, sweet and strong was the taste of the milk from this breast.  It tasted of woman and man, of sunshine and forest, of beast and flower, of every fruit, of every joy.  It made him drunk and unaware of himsel
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 f.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2451939 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44   }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 When Siddhartha }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 woke,}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
 the pale river shimmered with light that came in through the door of the hut, and from the forest came the deep, dark, distinct call of an owl. 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 At the start of day Siddhartha asked his host, the ferry man, to take him across the river.  The ferry man pu\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
t him on his bamboo raft and took him across the river as the red light of morning shimmered on the expanse of water.  
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 This is a beautiful river,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  he said to his companion.
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Yes,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  said the ferry man, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 it is a very beautiful river, I love it above all e\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
lse.  I have many times listened to what it has to say, many times looked into its eyes, and it has always had something to teach me.  There is a great deal that you can learn from a river.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Thank you for your help,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  said Siddhartha as he stepped onto th\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 e other shore.  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
I have nothing I could give you for your hospitality, my friend, nothing I could pay you.  I have no home to live in, I am the son }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid3540463 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 o}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 f a brahmin and a samana.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 That was easy to see,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  said the ferry man, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 and I never did expect any payment\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
 from you, no gift for my hospitality.  You can give me something another time.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 You think so?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  said Siddhartha with a laugh. 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Certainly.  That too is something I have learnt from the river: everything comes back again!}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid3540463 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  }{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Even you, samana, you will be ba\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
ck again.  So, farewell!  My fee can be your friendship.  Think of me always when you make sacrifice to the gods.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Smiling, they took their leave of each other.  Smiling, Siddhartha was glad of the friendship and the friendliness of the ferry man.  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 He is
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  so like Govinda,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  he smiling thought, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
everyone I come across on my ways is like Govinda.  Everyone gives me thanks, although it is they who have the right to receive thanks from me.  Everyone is humble, everyone wishes to be my friend, everyone wishes to\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
 obey me and to think little.  People are like children.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Around midday he was walking through a village.  In the stre\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
et and in front of its mud huts there were children running about, playing with marrow seeds and mussels, they shouted and played rough games with each other, but when this strange samana appeared they became timid and ran away.  As it left the village th
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 e\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
 path led across a stream and there was a young woman kneeling at the bank of the stream washing clothes.  As Siddhartha greeted her she raised her head and looked up at him with a smile so that he could see the sparkling whiteness of her eyes.  He }{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 declare\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 d}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  a blessing on her, as is usual among }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid15485313 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 traveller}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid1592724 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 s}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
, and asked her how far it still was till he would reach the big city. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 At that, \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
she stood up and went up to him, her face looked young and the light sparkled appealingly on her moist lips.  She exchanged a few jokey words with him, asked if he was hungry, and whether it was true that samanas sleep alone in the woods and are not allow
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 e\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
d to have any women with them.  As she said this she placed her left foot on his right foot and made the kind of movement a woman makes when she is leading a man into that sort of amorous pleasure which the books call }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 climbing a tree}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid3825463 .}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44   Siddhartha felt hi\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
s blood become warm, and as his dream came back into his mind at that moment he leant down slightly towards the woman and, with his lips, he kissed the brown tip of her breast.  When he looked up he saw the smile on her face, full of desire, and that her 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 n\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 arrowed eyes yearned for him. 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
Siddhartha also felt desire and felt the source of his gender as it began to move; but he had never touched a woman until then and he hesitated a moment before his hands were ready to reach out for her.  And in that moment h
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 e shivered as he heard a voice from deep within him, and the voice said no.  Then all the charm faded from the young woman\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44 
s smiling face, all he saw was the damp gaze of a woman impelled by lust like an animal.  He remained friendly, stroked her cheek, t\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 u\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
rned away from her and disappeared nimbly into the bamboo forest, leaving her disappointed.  
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Before the day had passed into evening, Siddhartha reached a big city, and he looked forward to having human company.  He had lived long in the forests, the stra\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
w hut of the ferry man where he had slept the previous night was the first time he had slept under any roof for a long time.
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Before he ente}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 re}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 d the town, near a pleasant wood}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 enclosed within a fence}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 , the wanderer met with a group of servants laden with bas\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
kets.  In the middle of them was their mistress on a decorated palanquin borne by four men, she was seated on red cushions and protected from the }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 s}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 un under a brightly coloured roof. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
Siddhartha remained at the entrance to the wooded pleasure garden and wat\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
ched the procession as it passed, saw the servants, the maids, the baskets, the palanquin, and on the palanquin saw the lady.  Under a high tower of black hair he saw a face that was very fair, very tender and very wise, he saw a mouth that was pink like 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 a\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  freshly opened fig, eyebrows that were carefully tended and painted into tall arches, eyes that were intelligent and dark, a tall, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 a }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
fair neck that rose up from the green and golden clothing around it, fair hands that lay at rest, long and slender with wi\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 de gold rings over the joints.  
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Siddhartha saw how beautiful she was, and his heart laughed.  He bowed deeply as the palanquin came near, and as he righted himself he looked into that fair and noble face, into the intelligent eyes with their arched brows
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 , he breathed in a fragrance he did not know.  The beautiful woman smiled and briefly nodded to him before she disappeared into the wood, followed by her servers.  
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 That is a good portent for the city I am now entering, thought Siddharth}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 a}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 .  He felt the ur\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
ge to go into the wood but then thought better of it, and only then did he become aware of how the servers and maids at the entrance had looked at him, with what contempt, with what mistrust, with what dismissal.  
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 I am still a samana, he thought, still a\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 n ascetic and a beggar.  I will not, as such, be allowed to stay, not be allowed into the wood.  And he laughed. 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 As soon as he met someone on the road he asked about the wood and what the name of that woman was.  He learned that it was the grove of Kamal\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 a, the famous }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid14708118 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 courtesan}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
, and that she owned a house in the city as well as the wood.
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Siddhartha then made his way into the city.  Now he knew where he should go. 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 In order to arrive there he allowed the city to drink him in, followed the crowds in the st\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
reets, stood still in the city squares, rested on the stone steps beside the river.  As evening fell he made friends with a barber\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44 
s assistant whom he had seen at work in the shade of a dome.  He came across him later that day as he prayed in a temple of \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 V\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
ishnu, and told him the stories about Vishnu and Lakshmi.  He slept that night among the boats on the river and then, early in the morning}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 ,}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  before the first customers arrived in his shop, he had the barber\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44 
s assistant shave him, cut his hair, comb his hair\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  and dress it with fine oil.  Then he went down to bathe in the river.  
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Late that afternoon when the beautiful Kamala was approaching her grove on her palanquin she found Siddhartha waiting at the entrance.  He bowed to her and accepted her greeting}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  to h\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 im}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
.  When the train of servants had nearly passed him he caught the attention of the last of them and asked him to inform his mistress that there was a young brahmin who wished to speak with her.  Siddhartha waited, after a while the servant came back, inv
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 ited him to follow him, led him in silence into a }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid3547231 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 pavilion}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  where Kamala lay on a }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 couch }{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 and left him alone with her.  
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Was it not you who stood outside there yesterday and offered me greeting? Kamala asked.
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Indeed, I did see you yesterday and offer you \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 greeting.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 But did you not have a beard yesterday, and long hair and dust in your hair?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 You observed well, you saw everything.  You saw Siddhartha, the brahmin\hich\f44 \rquote \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
s son who left his home to become a samana and spent three years as a samana.  Now, though, I have left that path and come to this city, and you were the first to greet me her, even before I had set foot in it.  I can say that it is to you that I have com
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 e\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 , o Kamala!  You are the first woman with whom Siddhartha has spoken without his eyes lowered.  I will never again lower my eyes when I meet with a beautiful woman.}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Kamala smiled and played with her fan of peacock feathers.  And she asked, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 And has Siddh\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 artha come to me just to say this?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44   
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 To say this and to give you my thanks for your beauty.  And if it will not displea\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
se you, Kamala, I should like to ask you to be my friend and my teacher, for I still know nothing of the arts in which you are so expert.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 
\loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 At this Kamala laughed out loud. 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 This has never happened to me before, my friend, a samana comes to me out of the\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
 woods and wants to learn from me!  It has never happened to me that a long-haired samana in a ragged loin cloth has come to me!  There are many young men who do come to me, some of them are even the sons of brahmins, but they come wearing beautiful cloth
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 e\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 s and expensive shoes, they have perfumed hair and a purse full of money.  That is what the young men look like who come to me, samana.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Siddhartha said, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 I am only beginning to learn from you.  But I already learned from you yesterday.  I have had my bea\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
rd nicely removed, I have combed my hair and have oil in }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 it}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
.  The things I lack are the things least important, most excellent lady: fine clothes, fine shoes, money in a purse.  Do be aware that Siddhartha has undertaken much harder tasks than trifles like\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
 that, and has achieved them.  Why should I not now achieve the task I undertook yesterday?  To be your friend and to learn the pleasures of love from you!  You will see what a good student I am, Kamala, I have learned many thing that are harder than what
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 you have to teach me.  Do you say, then, that Siddhartha is not good enough for you as he is, with oil in his hair but without clothes, without shoes, without money?}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Kamala laughed out loud and said, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 No, worthy young man, he is not good enough!  Not yet\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
!  He must have clothes, beautiful clothes, shoes must he have, fine shoes, he must have plentiful money in his purse, and he must bring presents for Kamala.  Do you understand now, samana from the woods?  Do you see?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 I see it well,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5143603 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  Siddhartha }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 exclaime
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 d.  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
How could I have failed to see what has just come from a mouth such as this?  Your mouth is like a fig freshly broken open, Kamala.  My mouth, too, is red and fresh, it will suit your mouth well, you will see.  But, beautiful Kamala, are you not at al
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 l afraid of this samana from the woods who has come to you to learn the arts of love?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Why should I be afraid of a samana, a stupid samana, come from the woods where the jackals }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 live}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  and who still has no idea of what women are?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 The samana is strong, t\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 hough.  He fears nothing.  He would be able to force you, handsome girl.  He could rob you.  He could hurt you.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 No, samana, I\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44 m not afraid of that.  Has a samana or a brahmin ever been afraid that someone might come and attack him and rob him of his lea\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
rning, his piety or his deep understanding?  No, for those things belong to him alone, and he gives them to others only when he wants to give and to whom he wants to give.  It is just the same for Kamala and the joys of love.  Kamala\hich\f44 \rquote 
\loch\f44 s mouth is red and lo\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 v\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 ely, but if you try to kiss it agains}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid12587130 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 t}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  Kamala\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44 
s will you will have not a drop of sweetness from it, even though it knows how to give so much sweetness.  Siddhartha, you want to learn, so here is something for you to learn: You can beg for love, buy love, r\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
eceive love as a gift, you can find it on the street, but you cannot steal love.  This way that you have invented for yourself is wrong.  No, and it would be such a pity if a charming young man such as yourself grabbed for it in a way that is so mistaken.
}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Siddhartha smiled and bowed to her.  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
Yes, Kamala, you are quite right!  It would be a pity.  It would be an awful pity.  No, I do not want any drop of sweetness from your mouth to be wasted on me, nor any drop of mine wasted on you!  Only one option rem\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
ains for us.  Siddhartha must come back when he has the things that, at present, are lacking: }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 c}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 lothes, shoes, money.  But, noble Kamala, tell me, can you not give me just one more piece of advice?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 A piece of\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  advice  Why not?  Who would not be happy to give a piece of advice to a poor and innocent samana, just come down from the woods where the jackals }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 live}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 ?}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 So tell me, dear Kamala, tell me where I should go so that I can obtain these three things as quickl\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 y as possible?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
There are many who would like to know that, my friend. You will have to do what you have learnt to do, and take money for it, and clothes, and shoes.  There is no other way for a poor man to obtain money.  What can you do then?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 I can think.  I can wait.\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44   I can fast.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Is that all?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 That is all. Wait, I can write poetry too.  Will you give me a kiss in exchange for a poem?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94
}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx959\tx1918\tx2877\tx3836\tx4795\tx5754\tx6713\tx7672\tx8631\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12587130 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 
\loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Yes, I will give you a kiss, if I like the poem.  What is the title of this poem then?}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid12587130 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid12587130 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx959\tx1918\tx2877\tx3836\tx4795\tx5754\tx6713\tx7672\tx8631\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Siddhartha thought about it for a momen\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 t, and then he spoke these verses:
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521\charrsid12587130 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\sa200\sl276\slmult1\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\rtlch\fcs1 \ai\af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid12587130 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0   }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ai\af0\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521\charrsid12587130 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 The shadowy grove where went the lovely Kamala,
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ai\af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid12587130 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0   }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ai\af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521\charrsid12587130 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 The entrance there, where stood the brown-skin\hich\f0 \rquote \loch\f0 d samana,
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ai\af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid12587130 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0   }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ai\af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521\charrsid12587130 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 There bowed he deep, he saw the lotus flower, 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ai\af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid12587130 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0   }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ai\af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521\charrsid12587130 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 And Kamala thanked him with smiles and graciousness.  
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ai\af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid12587130 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0   }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ai\af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521\charrsid12587130 
\loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \lquote \loch\f0 Ti\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 s lovely, thought he, to offer praise to gods,
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ai\af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid12587130 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0   }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ai\af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521\charrsid12587130 
\loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \lquote \loch\f0 Tis lovelier still to sacrifice all for her.
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ai\af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid12587130 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0   }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ai\af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521\charrsid12587130 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 The lovely Kamala clapped her bangled hands.
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx959\tx1918\tx2877\tx3836\tx4795\tx5754\tx6713\tx7672\tx8631\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521\charrsid12587130 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Your verses are lovely, brown samana, and indeed I have nothing to lose if I let you have a kiss for them.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 
\loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 With a gesture of her eyes she drew him to herself, he leant his face to hers and put his mouth on her mouth, which was like a fig newly broken ope\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 n.  Kamala\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44 
s kiss was long, and Siddhartha felt deep astonishment at how she taught him, at how wise she was, at how she mastered him, pushed him away and drew him back, and at how this first kiss would be followed by many more, a long, well ordered, well-
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 tested series of kisses, each of them different from }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 the last}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 , that awaited him.  He remained standing\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
, breathing deeply, and at that moment he was amazed at the fullness of knowledge, the fullness of things worth knowing, that promised themselves to him in front of his eyes. 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Your verses are lovely,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  Kamala declared, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid7484014 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 if I were rich I would give you a p\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 i}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 e}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
ce of gold for them.  Though you will find it very hard to gather as much money as you need by making up verses.  You will, after all, need such a lot of money if you want to be the friend of Kamala.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Th..the way you kiss, Kamala!}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  Siddhartha stammered.
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Yes, I am good at that, aren\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44 
t I.  That is why I am never short of clothes and shoes and jewelry and all those nice things.  But what will become of you?  Can you think of nothing else but thinking and fasting and making up verses?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 I know the songs \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 for performing sacrifice, too,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  said Siddhartha, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 
\loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
though I no longer wish to sing them.  I know magic spells, too, though I no longer wish to }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 cast}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  them.  I have read the scriptures ...}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 
\loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Stop,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  Kamala interrupted him.  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 You can read?  And write?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 
\loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Of cou\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 rse I can.  There are many who can.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Most people cannot.  Even I cannot.  It is very good that you can}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 read and write, very good.  You will even be able to put the magic spells to good use.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 At that moment a servant girl came running and whispered somet\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 hing into her mistress\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44 s ear.
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 I have a visitor,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  Kamala declared.  You must go Siddhartha, quickly, you need to be aware that no-one should ever see you here!  I will see you again tomorrow.}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid7484014 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 But she ordered the maid to give the pious brahmin a white sh\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
irt.  Before he knew what was happening to him the maid had led Siddhartha away through indirect paths to a summerhouse, given him the shirt, drawn him into the undergrowth and emphasised to him that he should leave the grove as quickly as possible and wi
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 t\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 hout being seen by anyone.
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
He was content to do as he had been told.  He was used to the woods and made his way out of the grove and over the hedge without a sound.  He was content to make his way back into the town, the shirt, rolled into a bundle, under his arm.  He went to the d
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 o\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 or of a }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid15485313 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 traveller}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid6109746 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 s\hich\f44 \rquote }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
 hostel and asked silently for food, and silently accepted a piece of rice cake.  This is probably the last day, he thought, when I will ever beg for food.  
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Pride suddenly flamed up in him.  He was no longer a samana, it was no longer \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 appropriate for him to beg.  He gave the rice cake to a dog and, himself, went without food.  
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Life here in the world is simple,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  Siddhartha thought.  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
There are no difficulties.  When I was still a samana everything was difficult, it took much effort and, in the end, it was without hope.  Everything is easy now, the lesson in kissing that Kamala gave me was easy.  I need clothes and money, that is all, 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 a\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 nd aims like that are petty and close at hand, no-one would lose any sleep about them.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 
\loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 He had long since discovered where Kamala\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44 
s house in the city was, and the following day he arrived at its door.  
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
It is going well,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  she called out to him.  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 You ar\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
e expected by Kamaswami, and he is the richest businessman in the city.  If he likes you he will take you into his service, so do be clever, won\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44 
t you, brown samana.  I have had others tell him all about you.  Be friendly to him, he is very powerful.  But\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
do not be too modest about yourself!  I do not want you to be just one of his servants, you will have to be his equal, or else I wil}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid6109746 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 l}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
 not be happy with you.  Kamaswami is getting old, he is becoming complacent.  If he likes you he will place a lot of trust\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  in you.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Siddhartha thanked her and laughed, and when he told her he had eaten nothing that day or the previous day she had bread and fruit brought for him to eat.
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 You have been lucky,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  she told him as he left, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 one door after another is opening up for\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
 you.  How could that be possible?  Are you performing magic?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Siddhartha said, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
Yesterday I told you I know how to think, to wait, and to fast, but you thought that would be of no use.  But it is very useful, Kamala, you will see.  You will see that the \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
stupid samanas in the wood learn to know and to do many nice things that you do not know how to do.  Two days ago I was just a ragged beggar, one day ago I had already kissed Kamala, and soon I will be a businessman with money and with all the things that
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 you think are important.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 I expect you will,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  she conceded.  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 But where would you be without me?  What would become of you if Kamala did not help you?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Dear Kamala,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  said Siddhartha, standing up straight, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 
\loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 when I came to you in your grove it was }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 I}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  who \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
made the first step.  I was resolved to learn the art of love from this most beautiful of women.  From the very moment when I formed this resolution I also knew that I would succeed in it.  I knew that you would help me, I knew it from the moment I first 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 g\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 limpsed you at the entrance to the grove.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 What if I had not wanted to?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 You did want to.  Kamala, listen: if you throw a stone into water it drops quickly to }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 the}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  bottom by the fastest route it can.  Siddhartha does nothing, he waits, he thinks, he fas\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
ts, but he goes through the things of the world like a stone through water without doing anything, without making any effort; he is drawn, he lets himself fall.  His objective pulls him to itself, for he allows nothing into his soul that might work agains
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 t\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
 his objective.  That, Kamala, is what Siddhartha learnt among the samanas.  That, Kamala, is what fools call magic in the supposition that it is performed by demons.  Nothing is ever performed by demons, there are no demons.  Anyone can perform magic, an
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 y\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 one can attain his objectives if he is capable of thought, if he is capable of waiting, if he is capable of fasting.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Kamala listened to him.  She loved his voice, she loved the look in his eyes. 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Maybe, my friend,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  she said quietly, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid13914312 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
you are right in what you say.  Maybe it is also true that Siddhartha is an attractive man, that the look of him will appeal to women, maybe that is what brings him all his luck.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 With a kiss, Siddhartha took his leave.  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 I hope you are right, my teacher.\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44   I hope the look of me will always please you, I hope you will always bring me luck!}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 AMONG THE CHILDLIKE PEOPLE}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
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\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Siddhartha went to see Kamaswami the businessman, he was shown into a house of opulence, servants led him past costly carpets into a chambe\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 r where he waited for the master of the house.  

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\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Kamaswami entered, a fast-moving, nimble man with very grey hair, with very clever and cautious eyes and an acquisitive-looking mouth.  Master and guest offered friendly greetings to each other. 
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\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 I am tol\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 d,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  the businessman began, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
that you are a brahmin, a man of learning, but you seek a position in the service of a businessman.  Have you fallen into need then, brahman, is that why you seek a position of service?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 No,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  said Siddhartha, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 I have not falle\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
n into need and I never have had difficulties.  You should be aware that I come from the samanas, among whom I lived for a long time.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 
\loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 How can you not be in need if you have come from the samanas?  Do samanas not live completely without possessions?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 
\loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 I\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  am without possessions,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  said Siddhartha, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
if that is what you mean.  Certainly, I am without possessions.  But I am without possessions by my own free will, so I am not in need.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 
\loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 What do you think you will live on if you have no possessions?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 I have \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 never thought about that, sir.  I have been without possessions for more than three years, and have never given a thought to what I should live on.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 You have lived on the possessions of others then, have you?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 That is w\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 hat some would say.  But a businessman, too, lives on the possessions of others.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 
\loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Well said.  But he does not take the possessions of others for nothing; he gives them his goods for them.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 
\loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par \tab 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 That does indeed seem to be their relationship.  Each takes, e\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 ach gives, that is life.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 
\loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 But, if I may ask: if you have no possessions what do you have to give?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Each gives what he has.  The warrior gives strength, the businessman gives goods, the teacher gives teaching, the farmer gives rice, the fisherman gives \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 fish.  
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\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Very well.  And what is it, then, that you have to give?  What is it that you have learnt to do?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid1657185 
\loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 I can think.  I can wait.  I can fast.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Is that all?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 I think that is all!}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 A\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 nd what is the good of that?  Fasting, for instance, what is the good of that?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 
\loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 It is a lot of good, sir.  If a man has nothing to eat then fasting is the cleverest thing of all that he can do.  If, for instance, Siddhartha had never learnt to fast he wo\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
uld now have to }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 perform }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 some kind of service, be it }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 for}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  you or }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 anyone}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
 else, for hunger would force him into it.  But now Siddhartha can wait in peace, he knows no impatience, he knows no urgency, he can long withstand the siege of hunger and can laugh in i\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
ts face.  That, sir, is the good of fasting.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 You are right, samana.  Wait a moment.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Kamaswami went out and came back with a roll of paper which he handed to his guest, asking, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 
\'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Can you read this?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 
\loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Siddhartha looked at the roll on which a business contract was written and began to read out what it said.
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Excellent,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  said Kamaswami.  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 And now will you write something on this sheet for me?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 He gave him pen and paper, and Siddhartha wrote and gave the\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  sheet of paper back.  
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Kamaswami read, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Writing is good, thinking is better.  Cleverness is good, patience is better.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 You can write very well,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  the businessman praised him.  We will have a lot to talk about together.  For today, though, I ask you to b\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
e my guest and to take up residence in this house.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Siddhartha thanked him and accepted his offer, and now he lived in the merchant\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44 
s house.  Clothes were brought to him, and shoes, and a servant prepared his bath for him every day.  Twice a day a copious\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
 meal was brought in, but Siddhartha ate only once a day and he neither ate flesh nor drank wine.  Kamaswami told him about his business, showed him his goods and his warehouses, let him see his accounts.  Siddhartha learned many new things, he listened m
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 u\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 ch and spoke little.  He remembered the words of Kamala and was never the merchant\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44 
s subordinate, he forced him to see him as his equal, even to treat him as more than his equal.  Kamaswami took great care over his business, often even }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 showing}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  passion }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 for \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 it}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
, but Siddhartha saw it all as a game}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 .  He}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 made}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  the effort to learn the rules of the game, but the content of the game did not touch his heart.  
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Siddhartha had not been long in Kamaswami\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44 s house before he took part in its owner\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44 s business affairs.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2061646 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44   }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Eve\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
ry day, but at the time she stipulated, he would visit the beautiful Kamala, wearing fine clothes, fine shoes, and he soon began also to bring her presents.  He learned a lot from her red and skillful mouth.  He learned a lot from her gentle and supple ha
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 n\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
d.  In matters of love Siddhartha was still a child, he was inclined to throw himself blindly and insatiably into his pleasures as if into a bottomless pit, but Kamala taught him from the very basics, she taught him that you cannot receive pleasure withou
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 t\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
 giving pleasure, that every gesture, every stroke, every touch, every look, every tiny part of the body has its secret, and waking those secrets will bring happiness to whoever knows about them. She taught him that lovers should never separate immediatel
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 y\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  after the celebration of their love, not without each admiring the other, not without having conquered and having been conquered, so that neither will feel over}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid14383078 -}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 sated }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 or abandoned or cross}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 ,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  or fe\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
el that one has misused the other or feel to have been misused.  The hours he spent with this clever and beautiful artist were a time of wonder, he became her student, her lover, her friend.  The value and meaning of his life now lay here with Kamala, not
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 with the business affairs of Kamaswami.  
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 The businessman delegated the writing of important letters and contracts to him, and formed the habit of seeking his advice on all important decisions.  He saw quickly that Siddhartha knew little about rice and wo
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 ol, about shipping and commerce, but he saw that }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 what he did brought good luck}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 , he saw that Siddhartha knew far more than he about peace and equanimity, about the art of listening}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid10494511 ,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  and }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 saw }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
his acumen in understanding strangers.  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 This brahmin,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  he said to \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 a friend, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
is not a proper businessman and he never will be, his soul never goes into affairs with any passion.  But he has the secret of people to whom success comes of itself.  Maybe it is because he was born under a good star, maybe it is magic, and may
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
be it is something he learned when he lived with the samanas.  He only ever seems to be playing at business, business never seems to penetrate him, never to be his master, he never fears failure and he is never bothered by making a loss.}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 The friend advis\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 ed the businessman, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
Give him a third of the profit of all the business he does for you, and let him bear the same proportion of the losses when they happen.  That will make him more enthusiastic.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Kamaswami followed this advice.  But Siddhartha seemed li\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 ttle bothered by it.  If he made a profit he accepted it with indifference; if he made a loss he would laugh and say, }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
Oh look, that did not go well!}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 

\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 It did indeed seem that he was indifferent to affairs of business.  One day he went out to a village to \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
buy up a large harvest of rice, but when he arrived the rice had already been sold to another handler.  Siddhartha nonetheless remained for several days in the village, making the farmers his guests, giving copper coins to their children, attended a weddi
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 n\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 g ceremony, and came back from his journey entirely happy and content.  Kamaswami accused him of squandering time and money by not having come straight back.  Siddhartha answered, }{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Do not tell me off, my friend!  Nothing has ever been achieved by telling a\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
nyone off.  If I have caused you to make a loss just let me bear it.  I am very satisfied with this journey.  I met many new people, a brahmin is now my friend, children played on my knees, farmers showed me their fields, no-one treated me there like a bu
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 s\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 inessman.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 That sounds all very nice,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  exclaimed Kamaswami grudgingly, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 but I should have thought that a businessman is what you actually are!  Or did you go out there just for your own pleasure?}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Certainly,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  laughed Siddhartha, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 certainly it was for m\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
y own pleasure that I went there.  Why else would I have gone there?  I have met new people, seen new places, enjoyed trust and friendliness, found friendship.  Listen my friend, if I were Kamaswami I would have hurried back as soon as I saw that my attem
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 p\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
t to purchase was in vain, I would have been full of annoyance, and in that case then time and money really would have gone to waste.  As it is I have spent several days well, I have learned things, I have enjoyed the company of friends, I have done no ha
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 r\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
m to myself or anyone else either by getting cross or by being in too much of a hurry.  And if I ever go there again, to buy a harvest in advance for instance or for any other reason, I will have a friendly welcome from cheerful people, and I will congrat
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 u\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 late myself for not having been rushed or bad tempered this time.  So leave things well enough alone, my friend, don\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44 
t harm yourself by telling me off!  If the day ever comes when you see that Siddhartha has brought you any harm then just say the word and\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
Siddhartha will go on his way.  But till then let us just be content with each other as we are.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 The businessman tried to persuade Siddhartha by saying he was eating his, Kamaswami\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44 
s, bread, but this too was in vain.  It was his own bread that he ate, or rather both of them ate the bread of others, the bread of everyone.  Siddhartha never had an ear \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 f\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 or Kamaswami
\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44 
s worries, and Kamaswami made many worries for himself.  If a deal was in process that might go badly, if goods dispatched seemed to have been lost, if a debtor seemed unable to pay, Kamaswami was never able to convince his co-worker that it 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 w\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 ould be of any use to speak words of anger or concern, to furrow one\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44 s brow, to lose any sleep.  One time when Kamaswami reproached Siddhartha}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  the claim}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
 that everything he knew he had learned from him, Siddhartha replied, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Don\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44 t be so ridiculous!  What I h\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
ave learnt from you is the price of a basket of fish and how much interest you can exact for money you lend.  Those things are your kind of knowledge.  You have never taught me to think, my dear Kamaswami, it might be better if you wanted to learn }{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 thinking}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 from }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 me.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 It was true that Siddhartha\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44 
s heart was not in business.  Business was good for him to obtain money for Kamala, and he obtained much more than he needed.  Moreover, Siddhartha was only concerned with people.  Their business, craft, worries, ple\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
asures and follies had earlier been as strange and distant as the }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 m}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 oon, but now he took an interest in them.  He had no difficulty in talking with everyone, to live with everyone, to le}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 a}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 rn from everyone,}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
but the easier this was the more he became aware tha\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 t there was something that separated him from them, and that was because }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 he had been }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 a samana. He saw how people lived their lives in a way }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 that}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
 was like children or animals, something he both loved and despised.  He saw their strivings, saw their suf\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
ferings and saw them turn grey about things that seemed to him not worth that price, about money, about petty pleasures, matters of petty honour, he saw them shouting and insulting each other, he saw them lamenting for pains which a samana would merely sm
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 i\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 le at, and for losses which a samana does not feel. 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 He was open to everything that these people brought him.  The businessman was welcome who brought canvas for him to buy, the debtor was welcome who came asking for a loan, the beggar was welcome who spe
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 nt an hour to tell him the story of his poverty but who was not half as poor as any samana.  He behaved toward the rich foreign businessman in the same way as to the servant who shaved him }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 or}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  the street seller, }{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 and would allow}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  him to cheat him of a few pet\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
ty coins when he bought bananas.  When Kamaswami came to him to lament his troubles or to accuse him of having handled a deal badly he listened to him with cheerful interest, wondered about him, tried to understand him, acknowledged that he was right on s
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 o\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
me small points when he had to, and then he would turn away to the next person who wanted his attention.  And there were many who did want it, many who came to do business with him, many who came to cheat him, many who came to obtain information from him,
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 many who wanted his pity, many who wanted his advice.  He gave advice, he}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 showed pity, he gave}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  advice}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
, he allowed himself to be cheated, slightly, and all this game}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 ,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  and all the passion with which all these people played it}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 ,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  occupied his thoughts just as m\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 uch as, at one time, thoughts about the gods and about Brahman.
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 From time to time he would feel, deep in his breast, a }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 faint and tender}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  voice that gently admonished, gently complained, so gentle he was hardly aware of it.  Then he would become aware for a\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
n hour of what an odd life he was leading, that he was doing all these things just as a game, that although he was cheerful and felt moments of pleasure his real life was flowing past without touching him.  He played with his business affairs and the peop
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 l\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 e he came into contact with in the same way as a }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 sportsman }{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
plays with his ball, he watched them and found fun in so doing; in his heart, in the source of his being, he was not present.  There was a place where that source flowed, but how far that place was\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
 from him, flowing and flowing out of sight, no longer had anything to do with his life.  And there were times when he was alarmed at thoughts of this sort, and he wished he too could be granted a passion for all the childish to activity of the day, to ta
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 k\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
e part in it with his heart, truly to live, truly to do, truly to enjoy life instead of just standing at one side of it as an onlooker.  But he always went back to the beautiful Kamala, learned the art of love, practised the cult of lust by which, more th
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 a\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 n anywhere else, giving and taking become the same thing, he talked with}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 her, learned from her, gave }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 her}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
 his advice, accepted her advice.  She understood him better than Govinda once had, she was more like him than Govinda had been. 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 One day he said to he\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 r, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
You are like me, you are different from most people.  You are Kamala, nothing else, and deep inside you there is peace and a refuge where you can go at any time and feel that that is your place, just as I can.  Few people have that, though all people c
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 ould have it.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Not all people are clever,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  said Kamala. 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 No,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  said Siddhartha, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
that is not what it is about.  Kamaswami is just as clever as I am, but he has no place of refuge within himself.  Others have one, people whose understanding is like that \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
of a small child.  Most people, Kamala, are like a leaf falling through the air }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 and}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  is blown from side to side, it twists, it staggers, till it }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 hits}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  the ground.  There are others, though not many, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 who }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
are like the stars, they follow a fixed course, no wind\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
 blows them, they have their laws and their path set within themselves.  All the learned men and all the samanas - and I have known many of them - had one of this sort among them, a perfect one, and I can never forget him.  He is Gotama, the noble one who
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
disseminated that teaching.  Thousands of young men listen to his teachings every day, they follow his precepts every hour of every day, but each one of them is a falling leaf, they do not have law and teachings within themselves.}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Kamala looked at him wi\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 th a smile.  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 You are talking about him again,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 
\loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  she said, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
you have your samana thoughts again.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Siddhartha was silent, and they played the game of love, one of the thirty or forty different games that Kamala knew.  Her body was as supple as a jaguar\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44 s, a\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
nd as the bow of a hunter; whoever learned the art of love from her came to know many joys, many secrets.  She played long with Siddhartha, she drew him close, pushed him back, manipulated him, enveloped him: he enjoyed his mastery until he had been defea
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 t\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 ed and then, exhausted, he would rest at her side.  
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 The courtesan leant over him, looked long into his face, into his now tired eyes. 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 You are the best lover,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  she said thoughtfully, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 I have ever }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 known}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 .  You are stronger than the others, more supple, m\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
ore willing.  You have learnt my art well, Siddhartha.  One day, when I am older, I would like to have a child from you.  But, my love, you have never stopped being a samana, and that means you do not love me, there is no-one whom you love.  Am I right?}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 You might well be right,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  said Siddhartha, tired.  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
I am like you.  You do not love either - if you did, how could you carry on with love making as a craft?  Perhaps people like you and me cannot love.  The childlike people can; that is their secret.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 S\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 ANSARA
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Siddhartha had spent a long }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 time}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  in the world of pleasure, though without being a part of it.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2061646 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44   }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 In his years as }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 a}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 devoted}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
 samana he had put his senses to death but now they woke anew, he had tasted riches, tasted voluptuousness, tasted power; but in his heart he had remained a samana throughout this lengthy time, just as Kamala, clever Kamala, had seen.  His life had been d
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 i\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
rected by the art of thinking, of waiting, of fasting, and it continued to be so.  The people of the world, the childlike people, continued to be strangers for him, just as he was a stranger for them.
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 The years went by and Siddhartha, wrapped in affluence\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 , barely noticed how each }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 of them passed away.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
  He had become rich, he had long been the owner of his own house with servants and a garden by the river just outside the city.  People liked him, they came to him when they needed money or advice, but, apart \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
from Kamala, no-one was close to him.
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 That lofty, bright awareness that he had once experienced at the high point of his youth in the days after Gotama\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44 
s sermon, the time since the separation from Govinda, that taut expectation, that proud independence wi\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 thout teachings and without a teacher, that readiness to hear the voice of the divine }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 from many sources, including }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
his own heart, all this had slowly turned into mere memories, had become something ephemeral; the source of holiness that had once been near \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
to had him become something distant, something whose murmurings had become quiet, though it had once murmured within him.  It was true that much of what he had learned from the samanas, that he had learned from Gotama, that he had learned from his father 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 t\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 he Brahmin, had remained within in him through this time: a modest life, the joy of thinking, hours in meditation, secret knowledge}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  of}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
 his self, the eternal self which is neither body nor awareness.  Much of it remained within him, but the rest had little \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 by little sunk down and become covered in dust.  Like the potter\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44 
s wheel that, once set turning, will continue long to turn, and only slowly will tire and lose its motion, the wheel of asceticism in Siddhartha\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44 s soul, the wheel of thinking, the wheel of d\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 i
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
scernment, continued to turn and was still turning, but it turned slowly and hesitantly and was close to stopping.  Slowly, like damp that soaks into the trunk of a dying tree, slowly filling it and making it decay, the world and apathy had insidiously so
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 a\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 ked into Siddhartha\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44 
s soul, slowly filling it and making it heavy, making it tired.  His senses, though, gained vigour, for they had learned much, experienced much.  
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid13119446 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Siddhartha}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  had learned how to do business, how to }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid13119446 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 exercise}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  power over people, to have pl\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
easure with women, he had learned to wear nice clothes, to give orders to servants, to bathe in perfumed water.  He had learned to eat dainty and carefully prepared foods, even to eat fish and meat and fowl, spices and sweet things, to drink wine that mak
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 e\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
s you weary and forgetful.  He had learned to play with dice and on the chess board, to observe dancers, to be carried on a litter and to sleep on a soft bed.  But he had always felt he was different from others, superior to them, he always looked on them
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
with a touch of laughter, with a touch of jeering contempt, with that very contempt that a samana always feels for people of the world.  When Kamaswami was in a bad mood, when he became quarrelsome, when he felt he had been treated badly, when he felt ove
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 r\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
-burdened with the worries of business, Siddhartha had always found it laughable.  But slowly and imperceptibly, as harvest times and rainy seasons came and went, his contemptuous laughter became more tired, his sense of superiority became }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 subdued}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 .  Only s
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
lowly, there among his increasing wealth, Siddhartha had taken on something of the character of the childlike people, something of their naivety, something of their anxiety.  And yet he envied them, and the more like them he became the more he envied them
.\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
  He envied them for the one thing he did not have and they did have, he envied them for the importance they attributed to their lives, he envied the passion they felt in their joys and sorrows, envied the worried but sweet happiness they had in their nev
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 e\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
r-ending loves.  Their love for themselves, for women, for their children, for money or honours, for hopes and plans, these people were always in love with something.  But it was not from them that he learned this, especially not their childlike joys and 
}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid918787 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 c\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 hildlike}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
 follies; what he learned from them was the unpleasant things, the things he himself despised.  More and more often, in the morning after spending the evening with friends he would lie long in bed feeling dull and tired.  When Kamaswami bored him w
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 ith his worries he would become irritable and impatient.  When he lost a game playing at dice he would laugh much too loudly.  His face was still cleverer and more spiritual than others\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44 
 but it seldom laughed, and one by one it took on the features so oft\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 e\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
n seen in the face of rich people, features of discontent, of poor health, of surliness, of apathy, of indifference to others.  Slowly, the sickness of the soul seen in rich people took hold of him.  
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Weariness sank over Siddhartha like a veil, like a lig\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
ht mist that with every day became a little heavier, every month a little thicker, every year a little heavier.  As when a new garment becomes old with time, loses its bright colours with time, gathers stains, gathers creases, becomes worn at its hems and
,\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  here and there, begins to show places that are worn and threadbare, so Siddhartha\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44 
s new life that he had begun when he took his leave of Govinda had become old, with the quickly passing years it had lost its colour and its sheen, it had gathered stains a\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 n\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 d creases}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 . This ugly sight was}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  hidden at the base of it but here and there it }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 could already be seen,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  disappoint}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ment}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  and disgust lay in wait for him.  Siddhartha did not notice.  He noticed only that the bright and certain voice of his inside which once had
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  woken within him and had led him through his years of splendour had now become silent.  
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 The world had taken possession of him, fun, lust, apathy, and lastly that very vice that he had }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
most }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 despised}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 and for }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 which he had }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 had }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 the }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 most contempt because }{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 o}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 f i
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
ts folly, greed.  Even property, the owning of riches, had finally taken hold of him, it was no longer a frivolous game, it had become his chains and his burden.  It was an odd and insidious path that had led Siddhartha into this final and most contemptib
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 l\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
e of dependencies, playing dice.  To be exact, as soon as, in his heart, he had ceased to be a samana, he had begun to gamble for money and dainty luxuries.  He had previously despised these things, he had previously taken part in them with laughing indif
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 f\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
erence as one of the things done by the childlike people, but now he took part with growing aggressivity and passion.  Other gamblers viewed him with fear, few would dare to play against him because the stakes he laid down were so high and audacious.  Som
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 e\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
thing in his heart compelled him to gamble, money was something miserable and when he lost, when he threw it away, it brought him a haughty pleasure, there was no more ostentatious way, no more contemptuous way that he could display his }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 disdain}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  for riches,
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  the idol of businessmen.  So he gambled high and without reserve, he hated himself for }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 t}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
his, he despised himself for it, he threw it in by the thousand, threw it away by the thousand, he lost money, lost jewelry, lost a country house, then he won again, t\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
hen he lost again.  The anxiety, every terrible and oppressive anxiety he felt while throwing the dice for worryingly high stakes was something he loved, he always sought to renew it, always to raise it, always to tickle it a little higher, for it was in 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 t\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 his feeling alone that he could feel something like happiness, something like inebriation, something like a higher kind of life in among the sated, lukewarm, insipid life he led.  
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Every time he lost a large amount he thought of gaining new riches, threw \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 himself into business with new vigour}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  and}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 pressed }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 his debtors}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  harder}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  to }{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 make them }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 pay, for he wished to gamble again, he wanted to squander again, wanted, again, to display the contempt he had for riches.  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Siddhartha no longer had}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  the indifference he had h\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
ad when he lost, he }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 no longer had}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  the patience he had shown for bad debtors, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 no longer had}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  the goodwill he had practised toward beggars, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 no longer had}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
 the joy he had felt when he made gifts or lent money to them who asked, knowing it would not be repaid.  \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
He would stake ten thousand on a throw of the dice and laugh when he lost it, but in his business affairs he became stricter and pettier, and at night he sometimes dreamt of money!  Whenever he awoke from this vile enchantment, whenever he looked in the m
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 i\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 rror on the bedroom wall and saw his face changed and uglier, whenever he felt beset by shame}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  and}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
 disgust, then he would flee from it, he would flee into new games of chance, flee into the numbness of lust, the numbness of wine, and from there flee back in\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
to piling up more possessions.  He ran around in this meaningless circle until he was tired, until he was old, until he was ill.  
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Until he was admonished in a dream.  He had spent the evening hours with Kamala in her gorgeous pleasure garden.  They had s\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
at talking under the trees, and Kamala offered some well-considered words, words with sorrow and tiredness hidden behind them.  She had asked him to tell her about Gotama and could not hear enough about him, the clarity of his eyes, the quiet beauty of hi
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 s\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  mouth, the benevolence of his smile, the peace of his walk.  He had to tell her about the noble buddha for great lengths of time, and Kamala would sigh and say, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
One day, perhaps one day soon, I wi\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 ll go and follow this buddha too.  I will give my pleasure garden to him and take refuge in his teachings}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid6309460 .}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44   But then she would tease him, she would lead him into playful lovemaking, she would chain him to her with a passion that was painful, with biting, 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
with tears, as if she wanted, just once more, to press the last drops of sweetness out of this life of vain and short-lived fun.  Never had it been so exceptionally clear to Siddhartha how close lust is to death.  Then he would lie at her side and Kamala
\hich\f44 \rquote \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 s\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
 face would come close to his, and, clearer than ever before, he would read a message of anxiety under her eyes and at the corners of her mouth, a script of fine lines, of slight wrinkles, a script reminiscent of Autumn and of growing old just as Siddhart
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 h\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 a was himself}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  growing old}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 , for he was now in his forties and had noticed grey hairs here and there among the black ones.  Tiredness could be read on Kamala\hich\f44 \rquote }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 s}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
 beautiful face, tiredness from traveling a long road that has no happy ending, tiredness and the s\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
tart of her decline, and hidden there, not yet spoken of, was an anxiety that she was not yet aware of: fear of old age, fear of the Autumn, fear of the certainty of death.  He had taken his leave of her with a sigh, his soul full of lethargy, full of con
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 c\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 ealed anxiety. 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 One time, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 when }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Siddhartha had spent an evening at home with wine and dancing girls, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 when }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 he had played the superior with his peers, though he no longer was their superior, }{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 when }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
he had drunk a great deal of wine and}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 ,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  tired but excited}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 , he h\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ad }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 not gone to seek his rest}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 until long after midnight, he }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 found himself in a state of}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  despair and }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 was }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 close to tears}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 .  H}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
e waited long in the vain pursuit of sleep, his heart full of a sorrow that he thought he could no longer bear, full of disgust that se\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
emed to permeate every part of him like the vile taste of lukewarm wine, like the over-sweet and vapid music, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 like }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 the over-soft smiles on the dancers\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44  faces, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 like }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
the over-sweet scent on their hair and their breasts.  But what disgusted him more than anyt\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
hing else was himself, his perfumed hair, the smell of wine in his mouth, the tired slackness and the dullness of his skin.  Just as one who has eaten or drunk too much will endure his vomiting and even feel glad at the relief it brings, so }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Siddhartha, una\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ble to sleep, felt a gush of monstrous disgust and }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
wished to be relieved of these pleasures, these habits, this entire life of meaninglessness.  It was only when the first light of morning came, and the activities in the street in front of his house began \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
to wake, that he drowsed, for a few moments felt some slight assuagement of his anguish, found something resembling sleep.  And that was when he began to dream:
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Kamala had a small and rare songbird that she kept in a golden cage.  It was of this songbird \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
that he dreamed.  He dreamt: the bird had become silent, though it had formerly always sung in the morning time, and when he noticed this he went to the cage and looked in.  There he saw the little bird lying dead and stiff on the floor.  He took it out, 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 h\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
eld it for a while in his hand and then threw it away, out into the street.  At that moment he felt horror at what he had done and felt such pain in his heart as if he had thrown out everything of any value, everything of any good about himself when he th
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 r\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 ew this bird out.  
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
Waking from this dream he felt himself possessed by a deep sorrow.  Worthless, it seemed to him, worthless and meaningless was the life he had been leading; nothing living, nothing that was in anyway beautiful or worth keeping had rema
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 ined with him.  He stood there alone and empty, like a castaway on the shore.  
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 In low spirits, Siddhartha betook himself to one of the pleasure gardens he owned, he locked the gate, sat down under a mango tree, felt the death in his heart and bleakness i\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
n his heart, he sat and felt how something in him was dying, wilting, coming to its end.  Gradually he gathered his thoughts together and}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 ,}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  in his mind, walked once more along the whole of his life\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44 
s path, beginning at the first day when he was able to thin\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
k.  When was it that he had ever been happy, felt any real joy?  Oh yes, he had experienced these things many times.  He had tasted that joy when, as a boy, he had been praised by the brahmins and he felt it in his heart, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
There is a path that follows from\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  recitation of holy scripture, from argument with the learned ones, from }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 excelling when}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  assist}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ing}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  in }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 the }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 perform}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ance of }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 sacrifice}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 ,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  Then, what he felt in his heart was, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 
\loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 There is a path for you to follow, the path to which you are called, the gods are expe
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 cting you}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid11038144 .}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 
\loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44   And again when he was a young man}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  because }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 his thoughts rose ever higher}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 , they}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
 tore out and away from the commonplace many who had the same objectives, because he }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 was in accord }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 with the sufferings and the meanings of Brahman, because }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 when }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 he at\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 tained new wis}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 d}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 om }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 it }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
would only arouse thirst for more knowledge, because, held in this thirst, held in the pain of this self, he had always again felt, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 
\loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Forward!  Forward!  You have received the call!}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
 He had accepted this call when he left home and chose the life of a samana, and again when he left the samanas and sought the path of perfection, although that was also a path into the }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid11038144 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 unknown}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
.  How long was it, now, that he had not heard that voice, how \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
long was it since he had attained any new heights, how level and barren had his path become?  It had been many years, years without any higher objective, no thirsting, no rising, content with petty pleasures and nonetheless never satisfied!  Throughout al
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 l\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
 these years, without knowing it himself, he had striven to be a person like these masses, he had longed for it, to be like these children and in the process had made a life for himself that was much more poor and miserable than theirs, for their objectiv
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 e\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
s were not his objectives, nor were their worries his worries, all this world of people like Kamaswami had been just a game for him, a dance to be looked at, a comedy.  Kamala alone was dear to him, was something he valued - but was she still?  Did he sti
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 l\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 l need him, or he her?  Were they not playing a game with}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 o}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 ut end?  Was it necessary to live a life for that?  No, it was not necessary?  The name of this game was sansara, a children
\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44 s game, a game that it was good to play one, twice, ten times - but over \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 and over again?
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Then Siddhartha came to see that the game was at its end, that he was no longer able to play it.  A shudder ran down his body, in his innermost parts, as he felt that something had died.  
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
All that day he sat under the mango tree thinking of his father, thinking of Govinda, thinking of Gotama.  Had he really had to leave these people and become a Kamaswami?  He still sat there as night began to fall.  When looked up and saw the stars he tho
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 u\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 ght, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Here I am, sitting under my own mango tree, in my own pleasure garden}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid13728066 .}
{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44   A faint smile came to his face - was it necessary, then, was it proper, was it not a foolish game to be the owner of a mango tree, to be the owner of a garden?
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 He put an end to\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
 this too, this too died within him.  He rose, took his leave of the mango tree, took his leave of the pleasure garden.  He had not eaten all day and so felt very hungry, he thought of his house in the city, of his chambers there and his bed, he thought o
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 f\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  the table laden with food.  With a weary smile he shook his head and took his leave of these things.  
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 There and then, at that hour of the night, Siddhartha left his garden, left the city and never returned to them.  Kamaswami had his servants search lon\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
g for him, he thought he had fallen into the hands of bandits.  Kamala did not send anyone to se}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 a}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 rch for him.  She was not surprised when she heard of Siddhartha\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44 
s disappearance.  Was it not something she had always expected?  Was he not a samana, a pilgri\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
m without a home?  And she had felt it most of all when she was last with him, and deep within her pain at losing him she was glad, glad that she had drawn him so deep into her heart that last time she saw him, glad that she had once more felt so entirely
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 possessed and pervaded by him.  
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 When she first received the news of Siddhartha\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44 
s disappearance she crossed to the window, where she kept a rare songbird captive in a golden cage.  She opened the door of the cage, took the bird out and let him fly away.  \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
She looked long after him as he flew.  From that day on she received no more visitors and kept her house closed.  But some while later she became aware that }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 her}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  last }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 meeting }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
with Siddhartha had left her pregnant. 
\par 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 BESIDE THE RIVER
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Siddhartha wandered th\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
rough the woods, already far from the city, and he knew just one thing, that he could never go back, that this life that he had lived through many years was ended and gone, he had tasted its joys, sucked out its pleasures, till it disgusted him.  The song
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 b\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
ird he had dreamt of was dead.  The songbird in his heart was dead.  He had been entangled deep in sansara, he had drawn death and disgust into himself from every side, like a sponge sucking in water till it is saturated.  He was full of weariness, full o
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 f\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  misery, full of death, there was nothing more in the world that could appeal to him, could give him pleasure, could give him reassurance.  
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 He yearned to know nothing more about himself, to have peace, to be dead.  If only a thunderbolt would come and st\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
rike him down!  If only a tiger would come and eat him!  If only he had wine, poison, that would numb his senses, oblivion and sleep, never more to wake!  Was there any kind of filth left with which he had not already besmirched himself, was there any kin
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 d\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  of sin or folly that he had not com}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 m}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 itted, any}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
thing he had not done that for his soul was entirely fruitless?  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
Was it even possible still to live?  Was it possible to draw in breath, let out breath over and over again, to feel hunger, once more to eat, on\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
ce more to sleep, once more to lay with a woman?  Was this circle not, for him, exhausted and closed off?
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Siddhartha arrived at the great river that flowed through the wood, the same }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 river}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  that the ferryman had taken him across when he was a young man and\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  had just }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 departed}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  from Gotama}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \rquote \loch\f0 s community}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 .  On the bank of this river he stopped and }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 he stood}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  there, uncertain what to do.  He was weak from tiredness and hunger, and why should he go on, where to, what for?  No, he had no objectives any more, there was n
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 othing but the deep and sorrowful yearning to shake all this barren dream from himself, to pour away this stale wine}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid16333419 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 , t}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 o put an end to this pitiful and shameful life.  
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 There was a tree }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 that hung}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  over the river bank, a coconut tree.  Siddhartha leant his \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 shoulder against it, put his arm}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 s}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
 around the trunk and looked down into the green water as it continued to flow beneath him.  He looked down into it and found himself possessed with the wish to let go of the tree and to perish in the water.  A grisly empti
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
ness was reflected back at him from the water, a reflection that showed the awful emptiness of his soul.  Yes, he had come to the end.  There was nothing more for him than to extinguish himself, than to strike down the picture of deformity that was his li
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 f\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
e, to throw it down at the feet of the gods who laugh at him in contempt.  This was the great breakthrough that he had longed for: death, the destruction of the form he hated!  The fish could come and eat him, Siddhartha the dog, the deluded, the decayed 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 a\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 nd putrid body and the flaccid and abused soul!  The fish and the crocodiles could come and eat him, the demons could dismember him!
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 His}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
 face distorted}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  into a scowl }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 he stared into the water, saw his }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 distorted }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 face mirrored back }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 at him, }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 and he spat at it. \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
 Deep in tiredness he loosened his arm from the tree trunk and twisted round slightly so that he would fall vertically and finally go under.  With eyes closed he sank down to meet his death. 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 From some distant place his soul began to twitch, from some tim\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
e past in his tired life came a sound.  It was one word, one syllable which he uttered to himself without a thought and with voice that mumbled, the ancient word that formed the beginning and the end of any brahmanist prayer, the holy word }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 OM}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 , meaning }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 p\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 erfection}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 
\loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 or }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 completion}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid3480735 .}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
  And at the moment when the sound of }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Om}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  touched Siddhartha\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44 s ear his dormant spirit suddenly awoke and saw the folly of what he was doing.  
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Siddhartha was deeply shocked.  So this was the state he had come to, this was how lost he was, how confused.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2061646 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44   }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
He was so forsaken by any kind of wisdom that he was able to seek death, that this whim, this childish whim, could have grown within him: to find\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
 peace by extinguishing his body!  All that he had recently suffered, all the disillusionment, all the doubts, none of these things had the effect on him that Om had at that moment as }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 it}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
 entered his consciousness: and he became able to see his misery and h\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 is folly.  
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Om! he said to himself: Om!  And he knew of Brahman\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 , knew that life could not be destroyed, knew once more everything about the divine that he had forgotten. 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 All this, however, lasted for just one moment, just a flash.  Siddhartha sank down at the foot of the coconut tree, lay down exhausted, and mutteri\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
ng Om he laid his head on the root of the tree and sank into a deep sleep. 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Deep was his sleep and free of dreams, he had not known sleep like this for a long time.  Many hours later when he woke it seemed to him that ten years had gone by, he heard the g\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
entle flow of the water, did not know where he was or who had brought him there, abruptly he opened his eyes and was amazed to see trees and the sky above him, and then he remembered where he was and how he had arrived there.  This process took a long tim
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 e\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
, though, and the past seemed to him to have had a veil thrown over it, it was infinitely far, it lay at infinite distance, infinitely meaningless.  He knew only that his previous life (at first as he came back to his senses, this previous life seemed lik
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 e\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
 something lying long in the past, an earlier incarnation, an early birth of his present self), that his previous life was something he had left behind, that, full of disgust and misery, he had even wanted to throw his life away, that instead he had regai
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 n\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 ed consciousness at the side of a river under a coconut tree with the holy word Om on his lips, that he had then slept and now }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 had }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 woken and }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 he }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
looked at the world as a new person.  Quietly, he spoke the word Om to himself, as he had done while he was fall\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 ing asleep, and it seemed that all }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 the}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
 time that he had been asleep had been nothing but a long immersion into saying Om, into thinking Om, a submersion and }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5261004 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
envelopment}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  in Om, in the nameless, in the perfect.  
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 It had been such a wonderful sleep!  Sleepin\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
g had never before left him so refreshed, so renewed, so rejuvenated!  Could it be that he really had died, had gone under and now been reborn in a new form?  No, he knew himself, he knew his hand and his feet, knew the play where he lay, knew this self i
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 n\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
 his breast, this Siddhartha, the headstrong, the odd, this Siddhartha however was transformed, renewed, he had slept remarkably well and now he was remarkably alert, joyful and inquisitive. 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Siddhartha sat up straight and saw a man facing him, a strange \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
man, a monk in yellow robes with shaven head and in a position of meditation.  He looked at the man, who had hair neither on his head nor his face, and he had not looked at him for long before he saw that this monk was Govinda, his childhood friend, Govin
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 d\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
a who had taken refuge with the noble Buddha.  Govinda had changed, just as he had, but he still bore the old features in his face that spoke of zeal, of loyalty, of searching, of fastidiousness.  Govinda felt now that Siddhartha was watching him, opened 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 h\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
is eyes and returned his gaze.  Siddhartha saw that Govinda did not recognise him.  Govinda was glad to see that he had woken, he had clearly long been sitting here waiting for him to wake even though he did not know him.  
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 I have been sleeping,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  said Si\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 ddhartha.  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 
\loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 What has brought you here?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 You have been sleeping,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  Govinda answered.  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
It is not good to sleep in places such as this where there are many snakes and where the beasts of the forest follow their paths.  I, sir, am a follower of the noble Go\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
tama, of the buddha, of the Sakyamuni, and when I and a number of members of our movement were travelling along this path in pilgrimage I saw you lying there asleep in a place where to sleep is dangerous.  I therefore tried to wake you, sir, and as I saw 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 t\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
hat your sleep was very deep I remained behind my colleagues and sat beside you.  And then, it seems, I fell asleep myself despite my wish to watch over you as you slept.  I performed my task badly, tiredness overcame me.  But now, now that you are awake,
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 please allow me to leave you and catch up with my brothers.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 
\'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5261004 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Thank you for watching over my sleep, samana,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  said Siddhartha.  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 You followers of the noble one are helpful.  You are free to go.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 I will go, sir.  May you always fare well.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Thank you, sa\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 mana.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Govinda made the gesture of greeting and said, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Farewell}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid9268749 .}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Farewell, Govinda,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  said Siddhartha. 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 The monk remained where he was.
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Sir, may I ask how you know my name?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Siddhartha smiled. 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid9268749 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 I know you, Govinda, I know you from your father\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44 s hut and from the brahmins\hich\f44 \rquote \loch\f44 
 school, I know you from the sacrifices we performed and from our journey to join the samanas, I know you from that time when, in the grove of Jetavana, you took refuge with the \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 n\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 oble one.}
{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 You are Siddhartha!}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  exclaimed Govinda out loud.  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
Now I recognise you, and I cannot understand why I did not recognise immediately.  Welcome, Siddhartha, it is a great joy for me to see you again.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 
\loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 And it is a great joy for me too to see yo\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
u.  It was you who watched over me as I slept, and I thank you again for it, although I had no need of anyone to do so.  Where are you going, my friend?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 
\loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 I am not going anywhere.  We monks are always travelling}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 ,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  except }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 in}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  the rainy season, we always move\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
 from place to place, we live according to our rules, we spread out teachings, accept alms and then we move on.  It is always so.  But you, Siddhartha, where are you going?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Siddhartha said, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 It is the same with me as with you, my friend.  I am not going \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 anywhere.  I am simply travelling.  I am on a pilgrimage.}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Govinda said, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
You say you are on a pilgrimage, and I believe you.  But, Siddhartha forgive me, you do not look like a pilgrim.  You wear the clothes of a rich man, you wear the shoes of a man of \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
elegance, your hair smells of scented water and it is not the hair of a }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid9268749 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 pilgrim}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 , not the hair of a samana.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Yes, my friend, well observed, your sharp eye sees }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid9268749 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 everything}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 .  But I did not tell you I am a samana. I said I am on a pilgrimage, and that is wha\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 t I am, on a pilgrimage.}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 You are on a pilgrimage,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  said Govinda.  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
I have been going on pilgrimage for many years, but I have never come across a pilgrim like this.  There are not many who go on pilgrimage in clothes like this, or in shoes like this or \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 with hair like this.}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
I believe you, my friend.  But now, today, you have just a pilgrim like this, in shoes like this, with clothes like this.  Remember this, my friend: The world of forms is transitory, our clothes are highly transitory, just like the 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
way we have our hair and the hair itself and our bodies themselves.  I am wearing the clothes of a rich man, you are quite right about what you have seen.  I am wearing them because I was a rich man, and my hair is like the hair of a libertine or men of t
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 h\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 e world, because I was a libertine and a man of the world.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 
\'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 And now, Siddhartha, what are you now?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 I do not know, I do not know it any more than you do.  I am on a journey.  I was a rich man and now I am not; and nor do I know what I will be tomorrow.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Did you lose all your riches?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 I lost them, or they lost me.  I no longer have them.  The wheel of forms spins fast, Govinda.  Where is\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 
 Siddhartha the brahmin?  Where is Siddhartha the samana.  Where is the wealth of Siddhartha?  Things that are transitory change fast, Govinda, you know that.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 
\loch\af44\dbch\af31505\hich\f44 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 Govinda stared long at his childhood friend, his eyes full of doubt.  Then, using words that we\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 re very polite, he said goodbye and went on his way. 
\par 
\par \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44 With a smile on his face, Siddhartha watched him as he went, he loved him still, faithful Govinda, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
conscientious}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af44\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f44\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  Govinda.  And how, at that moment, at that magnificent time after such a wonderful sleep
\hich\af44\dbch\af31505\loch\f44  permeated with Om, how could he not have loved someone and something?  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
This was the very magic that had taken place in him by the power of Om while he was sleeping, he loved everything, he was filled with joyful love for everything he saw.  It was also th\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
e reason, it seemed to him now, why he had earlier been very ill and unable to love anything or anyone.
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 With a smile on his face, Siddhartha watched the monk as he went.  He felt much stronger after his sleep, but he was nonetheless painfully hungry as he\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 had not eaten for two days and the time was long past when he had been hardened against hunger.  With some sorrow, but also with laughter, he thought about that time.  In those days, he remembered, he had boasted of three things to Kamala, three noble an
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 d\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 invincible arts that he had mastered: fasting, waiting, thinking.  These were his possessions, his power and his skill, his firm and trusty staff, these three arts were what he had learned in the hard-working and arduous years of his youth, these and no 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 o\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
thers.  And now he had abandoned them, not one of them was in his possession any longer, not fasting, not waiting, not thinking.  He had thrown them away for the most miserable of desires, for the most short-lived, for sensual pleasure, for affluence, for
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 riches!  They had rarely done him any good.  And now, it seemed, he really had become one of the childlike people.
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Siddhartha thought about his position.  Thinking came hard to him, there was nothing in him that wanted to do it, but he forced himself. 
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 N\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
ow, he thought, as all these transitory things have slipped away from me, now I stand here under the sun again as I did before when I was a small child, there is nothing that belongs to me, there is nothing I can do, nothing I am capable of doing, there i
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 s\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 nothing I have learnt.  This is wonderful!  Now, when I am no longer young, when my hair is already half-grey, when my strength is beginning to fade, now is the time for me to start again from the beginning and be a child again!  His fortunes had indeed 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 b\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
een odd!  He had been on a downward path and now he stood in the world once again penniless and naked and stupid.  But he was unable to feel any concern about this, no, he even felt a strong urge to laugh, to laugh at himself, to laugh at this bizarre, ri
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 d\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 iculous world.  
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 You
\hich\f0 \rquote \loch\f0 re on a downward path!}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
  he said to himself, and laughed about it, and as he spoke his glance fell on the river, and he saw that the river was on a downward path too, always migrating downwards and, as it did so, it sang and was gay.\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
  He found that very pleasing, and he gave the river a friendly smile.  Was this not the river in which he had wanted to drown himself, some time in the past, a hundred years ago, or had he dreamt it?
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 My life truly has been wonderful, he thought, wonderfu\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
l are the varied courses it has taken.  As a boy I had nothing to do with anything but the gods and making sacrifices to them.  As an adolescent I had nothing to do with anything but asceticism, with thinking and meditation, I sought to find Brahman, vene
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 r\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
ated the eternal in Atman.  As a young man, though, I followed the path of penitence, lived in the forest, suffered heat and frost, learnt to hunger, taught my body to die away.  It was wonderful when, at that time, knowledge came to me through the teachi
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 n\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
gs of the great buddha, I felt knowledge of the unity of the world, felt it flow within me like my own blood.  But I had to go on my way even from the buddha and that great knowledge.  I went on and learnt the joy of love from Kamala, learned business ski
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 l\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
ls from Kamaswami, accumulated money, wasted money, learned to love my stomach, learned to flatter my senses.  It took me many years to lose my spirit, to lose the ability to think, to forget unity.  Is it not so, that I went slowly and by circuitous rout
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 e\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
s from being a man to being a child, from a thinking being to a childlike being?  This was a very good way, though, and the bird within my breast did not die.  But what a way it was!  There was so much stupidity, so much vice, so much folly, so much disgu
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 s\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
t and disappointment and misery that I had to go through before simply becoming a child again and to be able to start anew.  But it was the right way, my heart tells me yes, my eyes laugh about it.  I had to experience doubt, I had to sink down to that mo
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 s\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
t foolish of thoughts, the thought of suicide, before I could experience mercy, before I could hear Om again, before I could sleep properly again and before I could wake properly again.  I had to become a fool before I could find Atman within myself again
.\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0   I had to commit sin before I could live again.  Where will my path lead me from here?  This is a foolish path, it goes round in loops, perhaps it goes round in circles.  Whichever way it chooses to go, I will follow it.  

\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 In his breast he felt a surge o\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 f wonderful joy.
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
Where from then, he asked his heart, where from do you have this gaiety?  Could it be that it comes from that long and wholesome sleep that did me so much good?  Or from the word Om that I spoke?  Or could it be because I have escaped, th
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
at my flight is completed, that I am at last free again and stand once more under the sky as a child?  I have escaped, I have become free, and it is so good!  How pure and lovely the air is here, how good to breathe it!  There, the place whence I escaped,
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
everything smelt of ointment, of spices, of wine, of excess, of lethargy.  How I hated this world of the rich, of the world of luxury, the world of gamblers!  How I hated myself for staying so long in this dreadful world!  How I hated myself, robbed mysel
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 f\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
, poisoned and tortured myself, how I made myself old and bad tempered!  No, I will never again delude myself, as I so much used to like doing, never again think that Siddhartha is a wise man!  But this is something it was right to do, this is something t
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 h\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
at pleases me, this is something for which I should praise myself, that I have put an end to this self-hatred, to this life of folly and barrenness!  I praise you, Siddhartha, after so many years of folly you have once again had an idea, you have done som
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 e\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 thing, you have heard the bird singing in your breast and you have followed him!
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Thus he praised himself, had pleasure in himself, listened with curiosity to his stomach, which was rumbling with hunger.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid14121893 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0   }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 In the last few days, he felt, he had tasted pain, \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
he had tasted sorrow, he had tasted them completely and thoroughly, he had eaten them totally to the point of doubt and of death and then he had spat them out.  It was good, so.  He could have remained much longer with Kamaswami, making money, wasting mon
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 e\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
y, filling his belly and letting his soul go thirsty, he could have lived much longer in this soft, well-cushioned Hell if this had not happened: that moment of perfect doubt and despair, that moment when he was at such an extreme that he hung over the fl
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 o\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
wing water and was ready to destroy himself.  He had felt doubts and the deepest disgust but had not succumbed to them, the bird within him that was his voice and his source of gaiety was still living, and this filled him with joy, this brought him to lau
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 g\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 hter, this made his face, under his grey hair, beam.
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
It is good,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  he thought, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
to experience everything you need to know yourself.  I learned as a child that wealth and worldly pleasures are not good.  It is something that I have long known but only now \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
experienced.  And now I know it, I know it not only in my thoughts but with my eyes, with my heart, with my stomach.  It is good for me that I know it!}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 
\loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 He thought\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 long about his transformation, he listened to the bird as it sang for joy.  Had this bird within him not died, had he not felt its death?  No, it was something else within him that had died, something that had long been yearning for death.  Was it not th
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 i\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
s that in his earlier years of fervent penitence he had wanted to kill off?  Was it not his Self, his petty, anxious and proud Self, that he had struggled against for so many years that found victory over him again and again, that reappeared each time he 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 k\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
illed it off, each time he forbade himself pleasure, each time he was afraid?  Was it not this that today had finally found its death, here in the woods by this lovely river?  Was it not because of this death that he was now like a child, so full of trust
,\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  so without fear, so full of joy?
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Siddhartha now also began to understand why his efforts against this Self were in vain when he was a brahmin, when he was a penitent.  He had been hindered by too much knowledge, to}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid8138520 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 o}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  much of the holy verses, too many rule
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
s of sacrifice, too much castigation, too much doing and too much striving!  He had been full of pride, he had been always the cleverest, always the keenest, always one step ahead of the others, always the one who knew, the one who was spiritual, always t
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 h\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
e priest or the wise man.  His Self had crept into this priesthood, into this pride, into this spirituality, it sat firmly there and grew while Siddhartha thought he was destroying it with fasting and penitence.  Now he could see it, and he saw that the s
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 e\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
cret voice had been right, that no teacher could ever have removed this Self.  That is why he had had to go out into the world, to lose himself in fun and power and women and money, had had to be a businessman, a gambler, a drinker and to be greedy, till 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 t\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
he priest and the samana within him were dead.  That is why he had had to continue to endure these years of loathsomeness, to bear the disgust, the emptiness, the meaninglessness, of a life that was lost and barren, right till the end, till the bitter dou
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 b\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
t, till Siddhartha the sybarite, Siddhartha the greedy, was even ready to die.  He did die, a new Siddhartha awoke from that sleep.  Even he would grow old, even he would have to die one day, Siddhartha was impermanent, every form was impermanent.  But to
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 d\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ay he was young, he was a child, and the new Siddhartha was full of joy. 
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 These were his thoughts, he listened with a smile to his stomach, listened with gratitude to a buzzing bee.  He looked happily into the river as it flowed, water had never been to p\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
leasing to him as this water, he had never been so strongly aware of the beauty of water, of its voice, of what it represents.  The river seemed to have something special to say to him, something he still did not know, something still waiting for him.  Th
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 i\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
s was the river where Siddhartha had wanted to drown himself, this was the river where the old, tired, doubting Siddhartha today had drowned.  But the new Siddhartha felt profound love for this rushing water and he promised himself never again to be so ra
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 s\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 h in leaving it}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid8138520 .}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid8138520 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 THE FERRYMAN
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 I would like to remain by this river, thought Siddhartha, it is the same river that I once crossed on my way to the childlike people, that time I was taken across by a friendly ferryman, I would like to go to him.  It was f
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 rom his hut that my way once led out into a new life, a life which now has become old and dead - I hope the way I am now on, the new life that I have begun, take its starting point from there!
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 He looked tenderly into the flowing water, into that transpare\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
nt green, into the crystal lines of its drawing that was so full of secrets.  He saw pearls of light rising from its depths, peaceful bubbles of air floating on its surface, the blue of the sky reflected there.  With its thousand eyes the river looked bac
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 k\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 at him, eyes of green, eyes of white, eyes of crystal, eyes of Heavenly blue.  How he loved this water, how it delighted him, how he was grateful to it!  In his heart he heard the newly-woken voice speak, and it said to him, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Love this water!  Stay beside
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  it!  Learn from it!}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
  Oh yes, he did want to learn from it, he did want to listen to it.  Whoever understood this water and its secrets, it seemed to him, would also have understanding of many other things, many secrets, all secrets.  
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Of the river\hich\f0 \rquote \loch\f0 s sec\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
rets, however, he saw today just one, and it was understood by his soul.  He saw: this water flowed and flowed, it never ceased to flow but was nonetheless always there, it was always and for all time the same, yet each glance at it showed something new! 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Whoever could grasp this would understand it!  He understood but could not grasp it, he felt no more than the rising of some vague notion, a distant memory, voices of gods. 
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Siddhartha stood up, for the power of hunger in his body was becoming unbearable.\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
  He walked on not caring whither he went, he followed the path along the river bank as it led him upstream, he listened to its flow, listened to growling hunger in his body. 
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 When he reached the place where the ferry made its crossings he found the boat \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
lying ready and standing in it was the same ferryman who had once taken the young samana across.  Siddhartha recognised him, though he too was greatly altered.  
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
Would you like to take me across?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  he asked.  
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 The ferryman, astonished to see such an eleg\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ant man travelling alone and on foot, accepted him into the boat and pushed off from the bank.  
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
You have chosen a nice life for yourself,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  said the passenger.  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 It must be nice to have a life beside this water every day and to travel on it.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
It is ver\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 y nice, sir,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  said the oarsman, smiling as he rowed, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 just as you say.  But is not every life nice, is not every job a good job?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
You could well be right.  But I still envy you your job.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
Oh, you would soon become tired of it.  It is not a job for a gentleman in fine clothes.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Siddhartha laughed.  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 This is not the first time today that I have been judged by the clothes I wear, judged and mistrusted.  Ferryman, would you not like to take th
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ese clothes from me?  They have become burdensome to me.  And I think you already know I have no money to pay your fare.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 
\loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
The gentleman is joking with me,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  the ferryman laughed.  
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
I am not joking, my friend.  Listen, you have once before carried me acr\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 oss the water in your boat and you did it for the love of God.  Do the same today, and accept my clothes in return.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
Does the gentleman mean to continue his journey without clothes?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
Oh, most of all I would like not to continue my journey at all.  Most\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 of all, ferryman, I would like you to give me an old loincloth and take me on as your assistant, or rather as your apprentice, for I would need first to learn how to handle the boat.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 The ferryman stared long and quizzically at the stranger.
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
Now I reco\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 gnise you,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  he said at last.  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
You slept in my hut once, that was long ago, it must be more than twenty years, you were taken over the river by me and we took leave of each other as good friends.  Were you not a samana?  I can\hich\f0 \rquote \loch\f0 t think what your name is any
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  more.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
My name is Siddhartha, and I was a samana the last time you saw me.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
Welcome, Siddhartha.  My name is Vasudeva.  I hope you will again be my guest today and sleep in my hut and tell me all about where you have come from and why your fine clothe\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 s are such a burden to you.}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
They had reached the middle of the river and Vasudeva pulled harder on the oars in order to overcome the current.  He worked quietly with his powerful arms and with his eye on the bow.  Siddhartha sat and watched him and remem
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 bered how, once before, in the last days of his time as a samana, love for this man had arisen in his heart.  He accepted Vasudeva\hich\f0 \rquote \loch\f0 
s invitation with gratitude.  When they reached the bank Siddhartha helped him to tether the boat and the ferryman invited h\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 i\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
m into the hut where he offered him bread and water, and Siddhartha ate hungrily, and he ate hungrily of the mangoes that Vasudeva offered him.  
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 The sun had begun to set, and they went to sit on a tree trunk at the side of the river where Siddhartha told\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 the ferryman about where he was from and what his life had been, about how he had seen it before his eyes that day in his moment of doubt.  His story continued late into the night.  
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Vasudeva listened with great attention.  He took in all that he heard, his origin and childhood, all that learning, all that seeking, all that joy, all that suffering.  This was one of the ferryman\hich\f0 \rquote \loch\f0 
s greatest virtues: few knew how to listen as well as he.\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 Vasudeva would not say a word, but the speaker would sense how he allowed the words to enter into him, quiet, open, patient, never losing a word, never waiting impatiently for a word, never offering praise nor censure, simply listening.  Siddhartha was a
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 w\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 are of what good fortune it was to have the company of a listener such as this, one into whose heart he could sink his own life, his own searchings, his own sorrows. 
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 As Siddhartha neared the end of his story, though, as he spoke of the tree at the rivers\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
ide and of the depth of his fall, of the holy Om and of how he felt such love for the river when he woke from his sleep, then the ferryman listened with twice as much attention, totally devoted to it with his eyes shut.  
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 But when Siddhartha became silent\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  and there was a long period of stillness, Vasudeva said, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 
\loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
It is just as I thought.  The river spoke to you.  He is the friend of you also, he speaks to you also.  That is good, that is very good.  Stay with me, Siddhartha my friend.  I had a wife once, he\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
r place was next to mine, but it is long since she died, I have lived long alone.  Now you live with me, there is room here and there is food here for both of us.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 
\loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
I thank you,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  said Siddhartha, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 I thank you and I accept.  And I also thank you, Vasudeva,\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 for being such a good listener!  There are few people who know how to listen.  And I have never come across anyone who could do it as well as you.  This is something else that I shall be learning from you.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
You will learn,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  said Vasudeva, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 but not from \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
me.  It is the river that taught me how to listen, and he will teach you too.  He knows everything, the river, there is nothing you cannot learn from him.  Look, this is something else that you have already learned from the river, that it is good to striv
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 e\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 to go down, to sink, to seek out the depths.  The rich and courtly Siddhartha will become an apprentice oarsman, the learned brahmin Siddhartha will become a ferryman: this is something else that the river has told you.  And there is more that you will l
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 e\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 arn from him.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 There was a long pause, and Siddhartha said, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 What more, Vasudeva?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Vasudeva stood up.  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 It is getting late,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  he said, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 let us go to bed.  I cannot tell you what more, my friend.  You will learn, perhaps you even know it already.  I am not
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 a learned man, you see, I do not know how to give speeches, I do not know how to think.  All I know how to do is listening and saying my prayers, there is nothing else I have learned how to do.  If I could explain it to you and give lessons then that mig
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 h\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 t mean I am a wise man}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid7676966 ,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 but as it is I am just a ferryman and it is my job to take people across this river.  It could have been thousands that I have taken across and all that my river has ever been to them is something that has gotten in the way on their
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 journey.  They have been travelling for the sake of money or business, going to weddings, going on a pilgrimage, and the river was in their way and the ferryman was there so that they could get past that thing in their way as soon as possible.  Some of t
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 h\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
ose thousands though, some of them, though not many, four or five of them, for some of them the river stopped being just something in their way, they heard his voice, they listened to him, and the river became something holy for them, just like he has for
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 me.  Now let us go and take our rest, Siddhartha.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Siddhartha remained with the ferryman and learned how to operate the boat, and when there was no ferry work to do he would work with Vasudeva in the rice field, gathering wood, picking the fruits of the p
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
lantain trees.  He learned how to make an oar and how to repair the boat, he learned how to weave a basket and he was happy at all that he had learned and the days and the months passed quickly.  The river, though, taught him more than Vasudeva was able t
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 o\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
.  He learned from it without cease.  Most of all he learned from the river how to listen, to pay attention with a quiet heart, with a patient and open soul, without passion, without desire, without judgement, without opinion. 
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 He lived in friendly proxim\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
ity with Vasudeva, and they would now and then exchange a few words, a few words which had long been considered.  Vasudeva was not a friend of words, it was rare for Siddhartha to move him to speak.  
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
Have you,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  he once asked him, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 have you also learned \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 from the river the secret that there is no time?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 |
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 A bright smile spread over Vasudeva\hich\f0 \rquote \loch\f0 s face.
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
Yes, Siddhartha,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  he said.  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Is this what you are saying: that the rive\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
r is the same along his whole length, at his source and at his estuary, at the waterfall, at the ferry crossing, at the rapids, at the sea, in the mountains, everywhere the same, and that for him there is only the present, no shadow of the future?}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Yes, 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 that is right,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  said Siddhartha.  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
And when I had learned this I looked at my life and saw that it too was a river, and separating the boy Siddhartha from the man Siddhartha, and the man Siddhartha from the old man Siddhartha, there was merely a shadow, no\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
thing real.  And Siddhartha\hich\f0 \rquote \loch\f0 
s previous births too were not in the past, and his death and his return to Brahma were not in the future.  Nothing has been and nothing will be; everything is, everything has its essence and its presence.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
Siddhartha spoke with delight, this elucidation had made him deeply happy.  For was not, then, all suffering time, was not all self-torture and self-fear time, was not all difficulty, all hostility in the world expunged and overcome as soon a time has bee
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 n\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 overcome, as soon as time could be removed from our thoughts?  He spoke with gleeful passion, but Vasudeva simple gave him a bright smile and nodded agreement, he nodded in silence, touched Siddhartha\hich\f0 \rquote \loch\f0 
s shoulder and went back to his work. 
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Another time i\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 n the rainy season, and the swollen river made a mighty roar, Siddhartha said, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 
\loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
Would you say, my friend, that the river has many voices, very many voices?  Does he not have the voice of a king, and of a warrior, and of a bull, and of a bird at night, and \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
of a mother giving birth, and of a man who sighs and a thousand other voices?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
You are right,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  Vasudeva nodded, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 all the voices in creation are in his voice.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 
\'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
And do you know,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  Siddhartha, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 what word he says when you succeed in hearing all ten thousand\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  voices at once?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Happy laughter appeared on Vasudeva\hich\f0 \rquote \loch\f0 s face, he leant towards Siddhartha and into his ear he spoke the holy word Om.  And this indeed was what Siddhartha also had heard. 
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 And little by little his smile became like the ferryman\hich\f0 \rquote \loch\f0 s, became \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
nearly as beaming, nearly as permeated with happiness, just as radiant from a thousand tiny wrinkles, just as child-like, just as mature. Many travellers who saw the two ferrymen thought they must be brothers.  In the evenings they would often sit togethe
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 r\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 on the tree trunk at the riverside, they would say nothing but both would listen to the water which, for them, was not water but the voice of life, the voice of existence, of eternal becoming.  Sometimes, as the two of them listened to the river together
,\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  they would both think of the same things, of a discussion that had taken place two days earlier, of one of the }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid15485313 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 traveller}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
s whose face and whose destiny occupied them, of death, of their childhood.  Sometimes, when the river had said something good to them,\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 they would each look at the other at the same moment, both thinking the same thing, both feeling the same joy at hearing the same answer to the same question. 
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Many of the }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid15485313 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 traveller}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 s felt there was something given out from the ferry and the two ferrymen.\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0   Sometimes a }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid15485313 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 traveller}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 would look into the face of one of the ferrymen and begin to tell his life story, would tell of his sorrows, acknowledge where he had done wrong, ask for solace and advice.  Sometimes one of them would ask permission to spend the ev
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
ening with them to listen to the river.  Sometimes someone would come to them because he was curious, someone who had heard about these two wise men or magicians or holy men who lived beside this ferry.  They would ask many questions but received no answe
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 r\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
s, and they found neither magicians nor wise men, all they found were two elderly and friendly little men who seemed unable to speak and, in some special way, demented.  They would laugh, and tell their friends about how foolish and credulous those people
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 were who spread such empty rumours. 
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 The years went by and nobody counted them.  One time there came monks on a pilgrimage, disciples of Gotama, the buddha, and they asked the ferrymen to take them across the river, and the ferrymen learned that they were
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 hurrying back to their great teacher because word was spreading that the noble one was mortally ill and must soon suffer his last death as a human before going to his release.  Not long after came a new flux of monks on pilgrimage, and then another, and 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 n\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ot only the monks but most of the other }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid15485313 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 traveller}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
s and wanderers spoke of nothing but Gotama and his impending death.  There was a flow of people here from all parts as if they had been an army on campaign or were going to attend the coronation of a king, \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
they collected like ants, they flowed as if drawn by some kind of magic on their way to where the great buddha lay awaiting death, to the place where that awful event would take place and the great perfect one of an era would rise to majesty. 
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 At this tim\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
e Siddhartha thought a great deal about the wise man as he was dying, about the great teacher whose voice had admonished and who had brought hundreds of thousands to an awakening, whose voice he too had learned from and whose holy face he too had once loo
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 k\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
ed on with veneration.  He thought of him with kindness, saw his way to perfection before his eyes and, with a smile, thought of the words which he once, as a young man, had put to him, the noble one.  Those words now seemed proud and arrogant to him, and
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
he remembered them with a smile.  He had long known that there was nothing that made him different from Gotama, though he was not able to accept his teachings.  No, a true seeker would never be able to accept any teachings, not if he truly wanted to find 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 w\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
hat he sought.  But he who has found what he sought would find goodness in any teachings at all, any path, any objective, he would be in no way different from the thousands of others who lived in eternity, who breathed in the breath of the divine.  

\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 One o\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 f those days, when there were so many making pilgrimage to the dying buddha, Kamala, who had once been the most beautiful of the }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid8813938 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 courtesans}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
, also made pilgrimage to him.  She had long since withdrawn from her earlier way of life, had given her garden to Go\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 tama\hich\f0 \rquote \loch\f0 
s monks, had sought refuge in his teachings, was one of the friends and benefactors of pilgrims.  Together with her son, Siddhartha, she had heard news of Gotama\hich\f0 \rquote \loch\f0 
s impending death and set out, on foot and in simple clothes, on her way to him.  She wa\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 s\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 on her way with her little son along the river: but the lad soon became tired, he wanted to go back home, he wanted to rest, he wanted something to eat, he became difficult and whining.  
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Kamala was frequently obliged to rest with him, he was used to imp\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
osing his will on her, she had to feed him, had to comfort him, had to discipline him.  The boy was unable to understand why he had to go on this sad and arduous pilgrimage with his mother, to go to a place he did not know about, to go to a strange man wh
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 o\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  was something holy and who lay dying.  So let him die!  Why should it matter to him?
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 The pilgrims were not far from Vasudeva\hich\f0 \rquote \loch\f0 s ferry when young Siddhartha once more insisted he and his mother should stop and rest.  Kamala, too, was tired and while the la
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
d munched on a banana she sank to the ground and, with eyes half closed, rested.  Suddenly though, she gave out a piercing scream, the boy looked at her in shock and saw her face pale with horror as out from her dress emerged a small black snake which had
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 just bitten her. 
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
The two of them now ran along the path to reach people as soon as they could and were near the ferry crossing when Kamala collapsed, unable to go any further.  But the lad raised a pitiful cry as he kissed and embraced his mother, who ad
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ded her own voice to the boy\hich\f0 \rquote \loch\f0 
s loud calls for help.  The sound reached the ears of Vasudeva as he stood by the ferry and he hurried to Kamala and her son.  He took the woman by the arm and carried her into the boat, the boy also ran in, and they were all 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 s\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
oon in the hut where Siddhartha stood at the stove, lighting the fire.  He looked up and saw, first of all, the face of the boy which reminded him, in a way that was both wonderful and reproachful, of something he had forgotten.  Then he saw Kamala.  He r
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 e\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
cognised her immediately even though she lay unconscious in the arms of the ferryman, and now he realised that it was the face of his own son that had so reproached him, and his heart moved within his breast.  
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Kamala\hich\f0 \rquote \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 s wound was washed, but was already black and her body was swollen, a healing drink was poured into her.  Consciousness returned to her as she lay on Siddhartha\hich\f0 
\rquote \loch\f0 s bed in the hut, Siddhartha leant over her, he who had once had such earnest love for her.  S\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 h\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
e thought she was dreaming, and, with a smile, looked into the face of her friend, slowly began to realise where she was, remembered the snake bite, and called out anxiously for the boy. 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
He is with you.  You need not worry,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  said Siddhartha. 
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Kamala lo\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 oked into his eyes.  She spoke with a heavy tongue, made clumsy by the venom.  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 
\loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 You have grown old, my love,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  she said, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
you have gone grey.  But you are just like the young samana who once came to me in the garden with no clothes and with dusty feet.  You\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 are much more like him than you were then for you have gone away from me and Kamaswami.  In your eyes you are just like him, Siddhartha.  Oh, I too have grown old, old - did you still recognise me?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Siddhartha smiled.  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 I recognised you immediately, Kama\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 la, my love.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 
\loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Kamala pointed to her boy and said, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Did you recognise him, too?  He is your son.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 
\'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Her eyes became erratic and fell shut.  The boy wept, Siddhartha took him on his knee, let him cry, stroked his hair and, as he looked at the child\hich\f0 \rquote \loch\f0 s face, a\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 brahmanic prayer that he had once learned came to his mind, one that he had learned when he himself was a lad.  Slowly, with melodic voice, he began to say it, the words flowed into him from the past, from his childhood.  Affected by his sing-song the bo
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 y\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  became quiet, sobbed now and then, and then fell asleep.  Siddhartha put him down on Vasudeva\hich\f0 \rquote \loch\f0 
s bed.  Vasudeva stood at the stove cooking rice.  Siddhartha threw him a glance which he returned with a smile. 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 She
\hich\f0 \rquote \loch\f0 s dying,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  said Siddhartha quietly.
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Vasud\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 eva nodded, the light of the fire in the stove ran over his friendly face.  
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Kamala became conscious once again.  Her face was twisted with pain, Siddhartha\hich\f0 \rquote \loch\f0 s eye could read the pain on her mouth, on her pale cheeks.  He read it in silence, watching, wait
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ing, immersed in her suffering.  Kamala felt it, her eyes sought his.
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Looking at him, she said, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 I can see, now, that your eyes have changed.  They have become quite different.  How is it that I can still see that you are Siddhar\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
tha?  You are Siddhartha, yet you are not.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Siddhartha said nothing, his eyes looked into hers in silence.  
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
Have you achieved it?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  she asked.  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Have you found peace?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 He smiled, and laid his hand on hers.  
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
I can see it,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  she said, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 I can see it.  I will find peace too.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
You have found peace,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  said Siddhartha in a whisper. 
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Kamala looked steadily into his eyes.  She thought of how she had intended to make pilgrimage to Gotama in order to see the face of a perfect one, in order to b\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
reathe in his peace, and now instead of finding Gotama she had found Siddhartha, and it was good so, just as good as if she had seen Gotama.  She wanted to tell him so, but her tongue would no longer do as she wished.  She looked at him in silence, and he
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 saw in her eyes how her life was fading.  When her final pain filled her eyes, when the final shudder ran through her limbs, he put his finger to her eyelids and closed them.  
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 He sat there long, looking at her now lifeless face.  He looked long at her mo\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
uth, her aged tired mouth with its lips, that now had become thin, and he remembered how once, in the springtime of his years, how he had once compared this mouth with a freshly opened fig.  He sat there long, studied that pale face, those tired creases, 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 f\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
illed himself with what he saw there, saw his own face lying in the same way, just as white, just as extinguished, simultaneously saw his own face and hers with its red lips, its burning eyes, and the sense of the present and of simultaneity permeated his
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 being, the sense of eternity.  He felt it deeply, more deeply than he had ever felt it before, now in that moment of the immortality of every life, the eternity of every glance. 
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 When he raised himself Vasudeva had prepared rice for him.  But Siddhartha d\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
id not eat.  In the stall where they kept their goat the two old men prepared a beds of straw for themselves, and Vasudeva lay down to sleep.  Siddhartha, though, went outside and spent the night sitting in front of the hut, listening to the river, the pa
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 s\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
t flowing over him, all the ages of his life at the same time touching him and embracing him.  From time to time, though, he would raise himself, go to the door of the hut and listen to find out whether the boy was sleeping.  
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Early in the morning, even b\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 efore the sun had become visible, Vasudeva came out of the stall and went to his friend.  
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
You have not slept,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  he said. 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
No, Vasudeva.  I sat here listening to the river.  He told me much, he filled me deeply with the healing thought, the thought of u\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 nity.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
You have gone through pain, Siddhartha, but I can see that there is no sadness that has entered your heart.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
No, my friend, what do I have to be sad about?  I used to be rich and happy, and now I have become even richer and happier.  I have rece\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ived the gift of a son.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
Your son is also welcome.  But now, Siddhartha, let us go to work, there is much to be done.  Kamala died on the same bed as my wife did, long ago.  Let us make her pyre on the same hill where I made hers.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx959\tx1918\tx2877\tx3836\tx4795\tx5754\tx6713\tx7672\tx8631\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6034180 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 They built her pyre w\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 hile the boy still slept. 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx959\tx1918\tx2877\tx3836\tx4795\tx5754\tx6713\tx7672\tx8631\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 THE SON
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\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 At his mother\hich\f0 \rquote \loch\f0 s funeral the boy was shy and tearful, Siddhartha greeted him as his son and told him he was welcome in Vasudeva\hich\f0 \rquote \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
s hut and he was shy and gloomy as he listened.  With pale face he sat all day on the hill of the dead, refused to eat, refused to look, refused to open his heart, struggled to defend himself against fate.
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Siddhartha had respect for his grief and did noth\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
ing to change his behaviour.  He understood that his son did not know him and could not love him as a father.  Slowly, he also saw and understood that the eleven year old was spoilt, a mummy\hich\f0 \rquote \loch\f0 
s boy, as he grew he had become used to riches and fancy food, t\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 o\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 a soft bed and to giving orders to servants.  Siddhartha understood that, spoilt and grieving as the boy was, he would not become content with poverty in a strange place either quickly or with good grace.  He did not force him, he did many jobs for him, 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 a\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 lways found the daintiest food for him.  He hoped he could slowly win him over by friendliness and patience. 
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\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 He had counted himself rich and happy when the lad came to him.  But time flowed by and the boy continued to be alien and gloomy, he showed a hea\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
rt that was proud and truculent, wanted to do no work, showed no respect for his elders, robbed Vasudeva of the fruit on his trees, and so Siddhartha began to understand that it was not peace and happiness that the boy had brought with him but sorrow and 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 w\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 orries.  But Siddhartha loved him, and he }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid6034180 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 preferred}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 the sorrow and worries of love over the happiness he had enjoyed without the boy.  Since the young Siddhartha had been in the hut the two old men had taken on separate tasks.  Vasudeva had once more taken\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 on the office of ferryman by himself and, in order to be with his son, it was Siddhartha who did the work in the hut and the fields.  
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Siddhartha waited long, through many months, for his son to understand him, for him to accept his love, for him perhaps\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 to return it.  Vasudeva waited long, while he watched and waited and said nothing.  One day though, when the lad had again made his father suffer with his disobedience and bad humour and had broken both rice dishes, Vasudeva took his friend aside when ev
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 e\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ning had come and spoke to him.
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\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
Please forgive me,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  he said, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
if I say something to you, as I do so with a friendly heart.  I see that you are suffering, I see that you are worrying.  Your son, my friend, is causing you worries and he is causing me worri\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 es too.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid6034180 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
He is used to a different life, he is a young bird used to a different nest.  He did not run away from wealth and the city in weary disgust as you did, he was made to leave all this behind him against his will.  I have asked the river, my friend
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
, I have asked him many times.  But the river laughs at me, he laughs at both of us and shakes his head at our folly.  Water will be water, boys will be boys, your son is not in a place where he can flourish.  You too should ask the river, you too should 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 l\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 isten to what he says!}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Siddhartha looked anxiously at the friendly face which showed, in the many wrinkles it bore, that it was the home of constant cheerfulness.
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
Do you think, then, that I would be able to separate myself from him?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  he said gently, wi\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 th some shame.  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 
\loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
Allow me some time, my friend!  Look, I am struggling for him, I am trying to win his heart, I am trying to gain it with love and with friendly patience.  And one day the river will speak also to him, he also has a calling.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Vasudeva\hich\f0 \rquote \loch\f0 s sm\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ile became warmer.  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
Oh yes, he also has a calling, he also is part of the eternal life.  But do we know, you and I, what it is that he is called to, what path, what acts, what sufferings?  His sufferings will not be light, he has a heart that is proud and
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 hard, such as he must suffer greatly, make many mistakes, commit many injustices, burden themselves with many sins.  Tell me, my friend; are you not bringing your son up?  Do you not compel him to do what he does not want to do?  Do you not strike him?  
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 D\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 o you not punish him?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
No, Vasudeva, I do not do any of those things.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
I knew it.  You do not compel him, you do not strike him, you give him no orders, because you know that softness is stronger than hardness, water stronger than stone, love stronger than violence.  That is very good, and I praise you for it.  But are you n
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 o\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
t mistaken in thinking you should not compel him, should not punish him?  Do you not bind him in the bondage of your love?  Do you not shame him every day, making it more difficult for him with your goodness and patience?  Do you not compel this arrogant 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 a\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
nd spoilt child to live in a hut with a pair of aged banana eaters for whom even rice is a luxury, whose thoughts cannot ever be his thoughts, whose heart is old and quiet and who are following a different path from his?  Is all of this not a compulsion o
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 n\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  him, not a punishment?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Siddhartha saw that Vasudeva was right and looked down at the ground.  Gently he asked him, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 What is it you think I should do?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 
\loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Vasudeva said, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Take him to the city, take him to his mother\hich\f0 \rquote \loch\f0 
s house, the servants will still be there, give him over to them.  And if there are no servants still there then take him to a teacher, not for the sake of being taught but so that he can have the company of ot\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 h
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 er boys, and of girls, take him into the world which is his world.  Have you never thought of that?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 
\'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
You have seen into my heart,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  said Siddhartha sadly.  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 I have often thought of doing that.  But listen, how should I put him into this world when he does\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 not have a gentle heart as it is?  Will he not become extravagant, will he not lose himself in the pursuit of fun and of power, will he not repeat all the errors of his father, might he not become totally lost in sansara?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 The ferryman\hich\f0 \rquote \loch\f0 s smile shone brig\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 htly; he gently touched Siddhartha\hich\f0 \rquote \loch\f0 s arm and said, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
Ask the river about it, my friend!  Listen to him laughing about it!  Do you really think that you have gone through these follies of yours so that your son would not have to?  And can you protect your so\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
n from sansara?  How?  By teaching, by prayer, by admonishment?  Dear friend, have you entirely forgotten that story, that story of the well educated brahmin\hich\f0 \rquote \loch\f0 
s son, Siddhartha, that you once told me once on this very spot?  Who was it who held Siddhartha \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 t\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
he samana back from sansara, from sin, from greed, from folly?  The piety of his father, his teachings and his warnings, his own wisdom and his own seekings, were these things able to keep Siddhartha safe?  What father, what teacher has been able to prote
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 c\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 t him from living his own life, from soiling himself with the dirt of life, from taking guilt onto himself, from taking the bitter drink himself, from having to find his path for himself?

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\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
Do you really think, my friend, that there is anyone who is spared\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 this path?  Do you think your young son might be spared sorrow and pain and disappointed because you love him and you want to save him from those things? You could die for him ten times over, but you still would not take even the tiniest part of his dest
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 i\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ny onto yourself.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
Vasudeva had never spoken so many words before.  Siddhartha gave him his friendly thanks, then, feeling anxious, he went into the hut, but was long unable to sleep.  Vasudeva had said nothing to him that he had not already thought and k
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
nown.  But it was knowledge that he could not implement, his love for the lad was stronger than that knowledge, his affection was stronger, the fear of losing him was stronger.  Had he ever before lost his heart for anything so completely, had he ever lov
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 e\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 d anyone this much, so blindly, so passionately, so hopelessly and yet so happily?
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Siddhartha was not able to follow his friend\hich\f0 \rquote \loch\f0 s advice, his was not able to give his son up.  He allowed the boy to give him orders, he allowed him to show him contempt.  He
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 remained silent and waited, every day he would begin the wordless struggle for friendliness, the soundless war of patience.  Vasudeva, too, remained silent and waited, with friendship, with understanding, with forbearance.  Both of them were masters of p
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 a\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 tience.  
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 One time, when the boy\hich\f0 \rquote \loch\f0 s face reminded him especially of Kamala, Siddhartha suddenly remembered something that Kamala, long before had said to him when he was young; she had once said to him, }{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
you are not capable of love}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid8996573 ,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  and he had conceded th\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
at she was right.  He had been comparing himself with a star, while comparing the childlike people with falling leaves, but he had nonetheless felt an accusation in every word.  It was true that he had never been able to entirely lose himself in another p
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 e\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
rson and devote himself to them till he forgot himself, had never undergone the folly of love for another; he had never been capable of it, and it had seemed to him then that that was the great difference that divided him from the childlike people.  But n
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 o\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
w, since his son had been there, even he, Siddhartha, had become entirely childlike, feeling sorrow for someone, feeling love for someone, losing himself in love, becoming a fool for love.  It was late, but now even he felt for once in his life this stron
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 g\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 est and oddest of passions, suffered for it, suffered grievously but was nonetheless blessed, nonetheless somewhat rejuvenated, somewhat wealthier. 
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 He was well aware that this love, this blind love for his son, was a passion, something very human, aware \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
that it was sansara, a cloudy source, a dark water.  But he felt at the same time that it was not without value, that it was something necessary, that it sprang from its own essence.  Even this craving had to be paid for, even these pains had to be tasted
,\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  even these follies had to be gone through. 
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 During all this the son let him go through these follies, let him try to win him over, every day he would humiliate him with his moods.  This father of his had nothing that pleased him and nothing that he would
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 be afraid of.  He was a good man, this father, a good, good-natured and gentle man, perhaps a very pious man, perhaps a holy man - but none of these characteristics were anything that could win the boy over.  He found his father boring, keeping him priso
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 n\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
er in this miserable hut of his, he was boring, and every time he behaved badly he would respond with a smile, respond to insults with friendliness, respond to malice with goodness.  This was probably the trick of the old creep that he hated most.  The bo
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 y\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  would rather have had him threaten him and mistreat him. 
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 The day came when the young Siddhartha felt it was time to break out, and he turned against his father quite openly.  Siddhartha had given him the task of collecting firewood, but the boy did not 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 leave the hut, he stood there in angry defiance, stamped his foot, clenched his fists and burst out in a fit, screaming hatred and contempt in his father\hich\f0 \rquote \loch\f0 s face. 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
Get the firewood yourself!}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  he shouted, frothing at the mouth, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 I\hich\f0 \rquote \loch\f0 m not your servant.  I\hich\f0 \rquote \loch\f0 m \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 well aware you never hit me, \hich\f0 \lquote \loch\f0 
cause you don\hich\f0 \rquote \loch\f0 t dare to; I\hich\f0 \rquote \loch\f0 
m well aware you want to punish me a make me small with your God-fearingness and your softness.  You want me to be just like you, all pious and all gentle and all full of wisdom!  But listen!  I\hich\f0 \rquote \loch\f0 m g\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 o
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ing to make you sorry, I\hich\f0 \rquote \loch\f0 d rather be a bandit on the roads, rather be a murderer and go to Hell than be like you!  I hate you, you\hich\f0 \rquote \loch\f0 re not my father even if you\hich\f0 
\rquote \loch\f0 d been my mother\hich\f0 \rquote \loch\f0 s lover ten times over!}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 He gushed over with anger and self-pity, spat a hundred vapid and spiteful words out at his father.  Then the boy ran off and did not come back until late in the evening.
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 But by the following morning he had disappeared.  The little basket, woven of fibres\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  in two colours in which the ferrymen kept all the copper or silvers coins they received as passengers
\hich\f0 \rquote \loch\f0  fares, was also missing.  Also their boat was missing, which Siddhartha saw lying at the other side of river.  The boy had run away.  
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
I will have to \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 go after him,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  said Siddhartha, who was still shaken from the previous day\hich\f0 \rquote \loch\f0 s tirade by the boy.  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
A child cannot go through the forest by himself.  He will be killed.  We need to build a raft, Vasudeva, to get across the water.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 
\'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0   
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
We will build a raft,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 said Vasudeva, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
to fetch back our boat that the lad took away.  But you should let him go, my friend, he is not a child any more, he knows how to look after himself.  He is looking for the way to the city, and he is right, do not forget that.  He is doing 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
what you have failed to do yourself.  He is looking after himself, he is following his own path.  Oh Siddhartha, I can see that you are suffering, but the pains you are suffering are pains that could be laughed about, pains that you too will soon laugh ab
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 o\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ut.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
Siddhartha gave no answer.  He already held the chopper in his hand and had begun to build the raft from bamboo wood.  Vasudeva helped him to tie them together with rope made of grass.  Then they made the crossing, were carried far off course and, on
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  the opposite shore, pulled the raft back upstream.
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
Why have you brought the chopper with you?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  asked Siddhartha.  
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Vasudeva answered, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 It could be that the rudder of our boat will be missing.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 
\loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 But Siddhartha knew what his friend was thinking.  He was \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
thinking that the boy will have thrown the rudder away or smashed it in order to take his revenge and to make it harder to follow him.  And the rudder was indeed no longer in the boat.  Vasudeva pointed to the floor of the boat and looked at his friend wi
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 t\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 h a smile, as if he meant to say, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Do you not see what it is that your son wants to tell you?  Do you not see that he does not want to be pursued?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
  He did not, however, say this in words.  He set about making a new rudder, but Siddhartha took his leave an\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 d went to search for the fugitive.  Vasudeva did nothing to stop him.  
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid3104353 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Siddhartha}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  had long been making his way through the forest before it occurred to him that his search was pointless.  On the one hand, he thought, the boy might be a long way ahead of \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
him and had already reached the city or, on the other, if he was still on his journey he would hide himself from his pursuer.  He continued to think about this, and he found that he was not himself worried about his son for, deep within himself, he knew h
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 e\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 had neither been killed nor faced any danger in the woods.  Siddhartha nonetheless hurried on without rest, no longer in order to save his son but just because there was something he wanted, just in order to have the chance of seeing him again.  He conti
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 n\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ued to hurry forward until he was at the outskirts of the city.  
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Near by the city, on the broad highway, he reached the entrance to the beautiful pleasure garden which had once belonged to Kamala, where he had seen her for the first time carried on her l\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
itter, and there he stopped.  The memory rose up in his soul and he once more saw himself standing there, a young and naked samana, bearded and with hair full of dust.  Siddhartha stood there long, looking in through the open gate into the garden where mo
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 n\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ks in yellow robes walked about under the beautiful trees.  
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 He stood there long, thinking, seeing pictures, listening to the story of his life.  He stood there long, watching the monks, and instead of seeing them he saw the young Siddhartha, saw the youn
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
g Kamala as she moved about under the lofty trees.  He saw himself clearly, how Kamala made him her guest, how he accepted her first kiss, the pride and contempt he felt as he looked back on his life as a brahmin, the pride and greed with which he began h
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 i\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 s secular life.  He saw Kamaswami, saw the servants, saw the wild parties, the gamblers with their dice, the musicians, he saw Kamala\hich\f0 \rquote \loch\f0 
s songbird in its cage, he lived through all this once again, he breathed sansara, he was once again old and tired, felt \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 o\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
nce again the wish to extinguish himself, was healed once again by the holy Om.  
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 He stood long at the gateway into the garden until he saw that it was a foolish wish that had driven him to this place, that he was unable to help his son, that he should no\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
t stay too attached to him.  He felt his love for the fugitive deep in his heart, like a wound, and at the same time he saw that the wound had not been given to him for him to dig at it, but that it would blossom and had to shine.  
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 It made him sad that b\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
y this time the wound still had not blossomed, still did not shine.  Instead of having an objective for his wishes, the objective that had drawn him to this place in pursuit of his runaway son, he now had nothing.  Disheartened, he sat down, felt somethin
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 g\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 die within his heart, felt the emptiness, saw nothing to bring him joy, nothing to be his objective.  He sat there deep in thought and waited.  This was what he had learned at the riverside, just this: to wait, to be patient, to listen.  And he sat and l
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 i\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
stened, in the dust of the road, he listened to his sad and tired heart, he waited for a voice.  He remained there for many hours, crouched and listening, he saw no more pictures, he sank into emptiness, allowed himself to sink, and saw no path to follow.
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 And when he felt the wound burning he would silently utter Om, would fill himself with Om.  The monks in the garden saw him, for he crouched there for many hours, and on his grey hair the dust accumulated, one of them came to him and put two bananas down
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 in front of him.  The old man did not see him.  
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
He was woken from this stupor by a hand shaking his shoulder.  He recognised this gentle and tentative movement straight away, and came out of his state.  He stood up and greeted Vasudeva who had come after him.  And as he looked into Vasudeva\hich\f0 
\rquote \loch\f0 s friendly \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 f\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
ace, into those cheerful little eyes surrounded by many laughter wrinkles, he smiled too.  Now he saw the bananas lying in front of him, lifted them up, gave one to the ferryman and ate the other one himself.  Then he and Vasudeva went in silence back int
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 o\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 the wood and back to their home at the ferry point.  Neither spoke of what had happened that day, neither spoke the name of the lad, neither spoke of his flight, neither spoke of the wound.  In the hut Siddhartha lay down on his bed and a little while la
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 t\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 er, when Vasudeva came to him to offer him a cup of coconut milk, he found he was already asleep.
\par 
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 OM
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 The wound continued to cause pain.  Siddhartha had to take many travellers across the river who had a son or a daughter with them, and there was not one\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 of them whom Siddhartha did not look on with envy, and he would think, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
There are so many, so many thousands, who have this noblest of happiness - why do I not?  Even evil people, even thieves and robbers have children whom they love and who are loved by \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 them, and I alone do not have.}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
  This was the simplicity of his thoughts at that time, so lacking in understanding, so similar had he become to the child-like people. 
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 He no longer looked on people in the way he had done, less clever, less proud, but with\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 more warmth, more curiosity, more concerned.  When he carried people who were normal - child-people, businessmen, soldiers, women - these people did not seem as alien to him as they had done previously: he understood them, he shared the life they led, a 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 l\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
ife which was not directed by thoughts and insights but solely by drives and wishes, he felt he was the same as they were.  He was now near liberation, though he still suffered from the wound which was still fresh.  These people seemed to him nonetheless 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 t\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
o be his brothers, these childlike people, with all their vanities, their greed and their ridiculousness, no longer seemed ridiculous, they had become understandable, become deserving of love, even, it seemed to him, become venerable.  The blind love of a
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 mother for her child, the stupid blind pride of an over-proud father for his only little son, the vanity of a young woman who has a blind wild wish for more }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid15413791 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 jewelry}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  an
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
d for admiration in the eyes of men, all these drives, all this childishness, all these simple drives and greeds which were so foolish but so monstrously strong, strong for life, strong enough to make themselves felt.  For Siddhartha now, these drives and
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
greeds were no longer childish, he saw how they gave people life, he saw how people could achieve the infinite, how they could go on journeys, wage war, bear infinite sorrows, and he was able to love them for it, he saw life, he saw the living, he saw the
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
indestructible, he saw Brahman in all their sorrows and all their actions.  These people had a faith that was blind, blind was their strength and their tenderness, and that made them deserving of both love and of admiration.  There was nothing they lacked
,\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 there was no way that the wise man, the thinking man, was ahead of them except for one detail, one single tiny detail: consciousness, conscious awareness of the unity of all life.  And Siddhartha was often in doubt as to whether he should value this know
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 l\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
edge, these thoughts, so highly, whether he would not also like to be as childlike as the thought-people the childlike thought-people.  In all other respects the people of the world were the equals of the wise, in many respects far superior, just like ani
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 m\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 als that do what they have to do with harshness and without error, animals that can seem at many times superior to man. 
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 The realisation, the knowledge of what wisdom actually is, and of what it was that he had been seeking for so long, was slow to blosso\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
m, slow to ripen in Siddhartha.  It was nothing more than the readiness of the soul, a capability, a secret talent, to think the thought of the one at every moment, in the middle of life to feel the one, the ability to breathe the one.  This was slow to b
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 l\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ossom in him, it shone on him back from the child-like face of Vasudeva: harmony, knowledge of eternal perfection, the world, a smile, the one.  
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 The wound, however, still burned.  Siddhartha yearned bitterly for his son, he nurtured his love and tenderne\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
ss in his heart, he allowed the pain to consume him, he went through all the follies of love.  This was a flame that would not die away by itself.  
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 One day, when the wound was burning fiercely, Siddhartha, impelled by the yearning for his son, crossed th\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
e river, disembarked and wanted to go to the city to seek him out.  The river flowed with gentle smoothness, it was the dry time of year, but his voice sounded odd: it was the voice of laughter.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2061646 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0   }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
It was clearly the voice of laughter.  The river was laughin\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
g, laughing brightly and clearly at the aged ferryman.  Siddhartha stopped and bent towards the water in order to hear it better, and in the smoothly flowing water he saw the reflection of his own face, and this reflection seemed to remind him of somethin
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 g\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 , something forgotten, and as he thought about it he found it: this face was the same as another face he had once known and loved and feared.  It was the same face as his father\hich\f0 
\rquote \loch\f0 s, the face of the brahmin.  And he remembered how, long ago as a young man, \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 h\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
e had forced his father to let him go and join the penitents, how he had taken his leave of him, how he had left and never gone back.  Had his father not suffered the same grief as he now suffered for his own son?  Was his father not now long dead, dying 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 a\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
lone without ever having seen his son again?  Would he not now have to expect the same fate for himself?  Was it not a comedy, something peculiar and stupid, this repetition, this running round in circles that would lead only to his fate.
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 The river was la\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
ughing. It was true, everything came back to you that had not been endured to the end and resolved, the same pains would be suffered again and again.  But Siddhartha got back into the boat and went back to the hut, thinking of his father, thinking of his 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 s\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
on, laughed at by the river, in dispute with himself, inclined to doubt and no less inclined to join in with the laughter at himself and at the whole world.  But the wound had still not matured into blossom, his heart still struggled against his fate, the
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 r\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
e was still no merriment, no victory, shining from his suffering.  He nonetheless felt hope, and when he had arrived back at the hut he felt a wish that he could not overcome to open himself to Vasudeva, to show him all, him the master of listening, to te
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 l\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 l him everything.  
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
Vasudeva sat in the hut weaving a basket.  He no longer went out on the boat, his eyes were becoming weak, and not only his eyes; his arms and his hands were becoming weak too.  It was only his joy and the cheerful benevolence shown in
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  his face that remained unchanged and flourishing.  
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Siddhartha sat down by the old man and slowly began to speak.  He told him of things they had never before discussed, of his journey to the city, of his burning wound, of his envy when he saw a happy fa
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
ther, of his awareness of the folly of such wishes and his unsuccessful struggle against them.  He told him all, he was able to tell him all, even the most painful, all could be said, all could be shown, all could he relate.  He displayed his wound to him
,\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  even told him of his attempt to flee that very day, how he had crossed the river, fleeing like a child and wishing to walk to the city, how the river had laughed at him.  
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 He spoke long, Vasudeva listened with a quiet expression on his face, Siddhartha f\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
elt that Vasudeva listened more closely than he ever had before, he felt how his pain, his anxieties flowed over to him, how his secret hopes flowed over to him, how he came across to meet him.  To tell this listener about his wounds was the same a bathin
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 g\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 them in the river till they became cool and became one with the river.  As he continued to speak, continued to acknowledge his faults, continued to make his confession, Siddhartha felt more and more that this was no longer Vasudeva, no longer a human bei
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 n\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
g, that was listening to him, that Vasudeva as he sat motionless and listening was drawing in his confession like a tree draws up rainwater, that Vasudeva as he sat motionless was the river himself, that he was God himself, that he was the eternal himself
.\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0   And as Siddhartha ceased thinking about himself and his wounds awareness of Vasudeva\hich\f0 \rquote \loch\f0 
s changed nature took possession of him, the more he received it and  penetrated it, the less wonderful it became and he saw that all was as it should be, all was natur\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 a\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
l, he saw that Vasudeva had long been in this state, he had almost always been in this state, he saw that only he had not quite understood this, he saw that he himself was hardly separate from him.  He perceived that he now saw the aged Vasudeva in the wa
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 y\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  that people see the gods, and that this was not something that could last; he began, in his heart, to take his leave of Vasudeva.  And as he saw these things he continued to speak.  
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 When he had finally finished speaking Vasudeva raised his eyes, friendl\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
y but grown somewhat weak, to Siddhartha.  He said nothing, but in silence he remained cheerful and shone his love, his understanding, and his wisdom onto him.  He took }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid16715983 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Siddhartha\hich\f0 \rquote \loch\f0 s}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 hand, led him out to their seat at the riverside, sat down with him, and s\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 miled down at the water.  
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
You heard him laughing,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  he said.  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 But you did not hear everything.  Let us listen, you will hear more.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 
\loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
They listened.  The song of the river, sung in his many voices, was sweet.  Siddhartha looked into the water, pictures appeared to him in the water as it flowed: his father appeared to him, alone and in mourning for his son; he appeared to himself, alone 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 a\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
nd he, too, was bound in the fetters of longing for his son; his son appeared to him, also alone, as the lad hurried greedily along the burning road of his youthful desire.  Each of them was directed to his aim, each of them obsessed with his aim, each of
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 them suffering.  The river sang with a voice of sorrow, with yearning it sang, with yearning it flowed towards its aim, its voice was one of lament.
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Without speaking, Vasudeva looked at Siddhartha, and his look asked, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Do you hear?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0   Siddhartha nodded. 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
Hear better,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  Vasudeva whispered. 
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Siddhartha strained to hear better.  The image of his father, the image of himself, the image of his son flowed in and out of each other, the image of Kamala also appeared and flowed away, the image of Govinda and other
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 images appeared, flowed in and out of each other, each became a part of the river, each of them, as a part of the river, strove to reach its aim, yearning, greedy, suffering, and the voice of the river was full of yearning, full of burning pain, full of 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 i\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
nsatiable desire.  The river strove to reach its aim, Siddhartha saw it rushing, the river that was made up of him and of those who belonged to him and all the people he had ever seen, all the waves and all the water rushed in sorrow to their aim, to thei
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 r\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 many aims, to the waterfall, to the lake, to the rapids, to the sea, and all the aims were achieved, and each one was followed by another, and water became steam and rose up to the sky, it became rain and poured from the sky, it became a spring, became a
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
stream, became a river, striving for the new, flowing into the new.  But the voice of yearning had changed.  It could still be heard, full of sorrow, full of searching, but other voices came to keep it company, voices of joy and of sorrow, good voices and
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 bad voices, laughing and mourning, a hundred voices, a thousand voices. 
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Siddhartha listened.  By now he was nothing but listener, engrossed in listening, quite empty, sucking in, he felt he had now fully learned how to listen.  He had heard all these thi\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
ngs many times before, all these voices in the river, but today it sounded new.  He could no longer distinguish these countless voices, not the gay from the plangent, not the childish from the manly, they all belonged together, lamentations of yearning, l
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 a\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
ughter of the wise man, the shout of anger and the groans of the dying, all was as one, all was interwoven and conjoined, interwoven in a thousand places.  And all of this together, all the voices, all the aims, all the yearning, all the sorrows, all the 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 j\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
oys, all the good and all the bad, all of this together was the world.  All of this together was the events that happened, flowing like the river, all of this was the music of life.  And when Siddhartha listened carefully to this flow, to this river with 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 i\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
ts thousand voices, when he listened not to the sorrow or the laughter, when he bound his soul not with any one of those voices and went into it with his Self, but when he heard everything, the whole, when he perceived the unity of the whole, that was whe
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 n\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  the great song of a thousand voices was made up of a single word, the word Om: Perfection.
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Once more, Vasudeva\hich\f0 \rquote \loch\f0 s glance asked, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Do you hear?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Vasudeva\hich\f0 \rquote \loch\f0 s smile shone brightly, all round Vasudeva\hich\f0 \rquote \loch\f0 s face with all its wrinkles there was a glow of brightness\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
, just as, over and around all the voices of the river, there was the Om.  His smile shone brightly as he looked at his friend, also now, on Siddhartha\hich\f0 \rquote \loch\f0 
s face, the same smile began to glow brightly.  His wounds blossomed, his sorrow glowed, his Self had f\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 l\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 owed into the unity.  
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
It was at that moment that Siddhartha stopped struggling against his fate, stopped suffering.  On his face there blossomed the gaiety of knowledge when there is no longer any will standing against it, the knowledge known by liberati
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 on, the knowledge that is in agreement with the flow of events, with the river of life with all its shared sorrows, with all its shared joys, surrendering to the flow, belonging to the unity. 
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Vasudeva stood up from where he had been sitting on the bank o\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 f the river, he looked in Siddhartha\hich\f0 \rquote \loch\f0 
s eyes and saw the gaiety of wisdom shining there, he put his hand lightly in his careful and gentle way on Siddhartha\hich\f0 \rquote \loch\f0 s shoulder and he said, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
I have been waiting for this moment, my friend.  Now that it has come let m\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
e take my leave of you.  I have been waiting long for this moment, long have I been Vasudeva the ferryman.  It is now enough.  Farewell hut, farewell river, farewell Siddhartha!}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Siddhartha bowed deeply to Vasudeva as he took his leave.
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
I knew it,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  he s\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 aid gently.  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Will you go into the woods?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Vasudeva\hich\f0 \rquote \loch\f0 s face shone, and he said, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 I will go into the woods, I will go into the unity.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 
\loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
Still beaming he went on his way; Siddhartha watched him as he went.  With the deepest joy, with the deepest earnestness, he watched him as he went, saw his steps full of contentment, saw his head as it shone, saw his shape full of light.  
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\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 GOVINDA
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\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Govi\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 nda was spending a rest period with other monks in the pleasure garden which the }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid4460865 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 courtesan}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
, Kamala, had given to the followers of Gotama.  He heard there about an aged ferryman who lived by a river about a day\hich\f0 \rquote \loch\f0 s journey away, and whom many regarded as a wi\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
se man.  When Govinda resumed his walking he chose to take the path to the ferry, curious to see who this ferryman was.  All through his life he had lived according to the regimen of his order, and the younger monks regarded him with veneration because of
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 his age and his modesty, but there was still unrest in his heart and a searching which had not been extinguished.  
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\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 He arrived at the river and asked the old man to take him across.  On the other bank, as they stepped out of the boat, he said to the old m\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 an, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
You have been very good to us monks and pilgrims, and you have taken many of us across the river.  Could it be that you too, ferryman, are a seeker of the right path?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Siddhartha showed a smile in his aging eyes and said, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Do you call yourself a seek\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 er, venerable sir, when you are already advanced in years and you wear the robes of a monk of Gotama?}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
Yes, I am old,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  said Govinda, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 but I have never stopped searching.  I never will stop searching, this seems to be my destiny.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2061646 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0   }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 And \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
it seems to me that you, too, have been seeking.  Would you like to say a word to me, honoured one?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
What might I want to say to you, venerable sir?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  Siddhartha asked.  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Perhaps I should ask you if you are not seeking too hard.  Or ask if it is your seek\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
ing that prevents you from finding.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 

\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
How do you mean that?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  Govinda asked. 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
When someone is seeking,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  said Siddhartha, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 it is very easy for his eye to see nothing but the thing sought, that he is unable to find, unable to receive into himself anything \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
because he thinks only of that which he seeks, because he has an objective, because he is obsessed with that objective.  Seeking means having an objective, but finding means being free, being receptive, having no objective.  It could be, venerable sir, th
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 a\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 t you are indeed a seeker, for in your efforts to reach your objective you fail to see many things that are close before your eyes.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
I still do not quite understand,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  Govinda asked, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 how do you mean that?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Siddhartha said, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Once before, venerable sir, m\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
any years ago, you were beside this river, and you found there a man who was sleeping, and you sat down beside him to watch over him as he slept.  But, Govinda, you did not recognise this sleeper.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Astonished as if bewitched, the monk looked into the ferr\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 yman\hich\f0 \rquote \loch\f0 s eyes. 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
You are Siddhartha?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  he asked, in timid voice.  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
Again, I failed to recognise you!  Hearty greetings, Siddhartha, I am heartily glad to see you again!  You have changed so much, my friend - and now, you have become a ferryman?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Siddhartha gave a friendly laugh.  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
Yes, Govinda, a ferryman.  There are many who have to go through many changes, have to wear many different clothes, and I am one of them, my friend.  Welcome Govinda!  Come and stay the night in my hut.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Govinda did sta\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 y the night in the hut and he slept in the place which had formerly been Vasudeva\hich\f0 \rquote \loch\f0 
s bed.  He had many questions to put to his childhood friend, Siddhartha had to recount many episodes of his life to him.  
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 The following morning came and it was time for Go\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 vinda to resume his wandering.  Govinda said, with some hesitation, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
Before I continue my journey, Siddhartha, let me ask you one more thing.  Do you have a doctrine?  Do you have a belief or a knowledge that you follow and which helps you through life and\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  to do the right thing?}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Siddhartha said, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
My friend, you know that when I was a young man, living with you and the other penitents in the woods, that I had already begun to mistrust doctrines and their teachers, and so I turned my back on them.  I have n\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
ot changed my view.  I have nonetheless had many teachers since that time.  There was a beautiful }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid9446952 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 courtesan}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  who was my teacher for a long time, and a rich businessman was my teacher, as well as several gamblers.  One time there was even a wandering discipl
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
e of the Buddha who was my teacher; he was on pilgrimage but he sat beside me while I was asleep in the woods.  I learned from him too, and I am grateful to him too, very grateful.  But most of all, I have learned from the river here, and from my predeces
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 s\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 or, Vasudeva the ferryman.  He was a very simple man, Vasudeva, he was not a thinker but he knew the important things as well as Gotama, he was a perfect man, he was a holy man.}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
I think you\hich\f0 \rquote \loch\f0 re mocking me again, Siddhartha,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  said Govinda.  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 I believe you\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 and I both know that you have never followed any teacher.  But even if you have never followed a teacher have you not had certain thoughts, found certain kinds of knowledge yourself, knowledge which is your own and which have helped you through life?  If
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 you would like to tell me something of this it would bring joy to my heart.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 
\loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Yes,}
{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 said Siddhartha, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 there are some things that I have thought from time to time, and some things that I have seen.  There have been times when, for one hour or for one day, \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
I have felt there is knowledge within me, just as it is possible to feel life in one\hich\f0 \rquote \loch\f0 
s heart.  I have had many such thoughts, but I would find it very hard to tell you about them.  Govinda, listen, here is one of the thoughts that I have found: wisdom can\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 n\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
ot be taught.  If a wise man tries to teach wisdom it will always sound like folly.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
Are you joking now?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  Govinda asked.  
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
I am not joking.  I am saying what I have found.  Knowledge can be taught, but not wisdom.  It can be found, it can be lived, it can be what carries you, it can work wonders, but it cannot be spoken and it cannot be taught.  This is what I had already beg
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 u\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
n to suspect when I was young, this is what drove me away from the teachers.  I have found a thought, Govinda, a thought that you will again suppose is folly or a joke, but it is the best thought I have.  It reads: For every truth, the opposite is equally
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
true!  This means that a truth that is one-sided can only ever be spoken, it is encased in words.  All that is thought with thoughts and can be spoken in words will be one-sided, all will be half, all will be lacking in wholeness, in roundness, in unity. 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
When the noble Gotama spoke of the world in his teachings he had to divide it into sansara and nirvana, into delusion and truth, into suffering and liberation.  He who wishes to be a teacher has no choice in the matter, there is no other path for him to f
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 o\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
llow.  The world itself, though, that which exists around us and within us, is never one sided.  It is never a person, never an act, never the whole of sansara and never the whole of nirvana, and a person is never entirely holy and never entirely sinful. 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 It does seem so because we are subjected to delusion and believe that time is something real.  Time is not real, Govinda, that is something I have experienced many times.}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid14574297 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0   }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
And if time is not real then the gap that seems to lie between the world and eternit\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 y, between suffering and being blessed, between evil and good, is also just delusion.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
How do you mean that?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  asked Govinda, with some anxiety.
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
Listen, my friend, listen well.  The sinner, such as me, such as you, is a sinner, but he will one day becom\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 e once more Brahma, he will one day achieve nirvana, will become a buddha - but now think of this: this \hich\f0 
\lquote \loch\f0 one day\hich\f0 \rquote \loch\f0  is delusion, it is only a comparison!  The sinner is not on his way to becoming a buddha, he is not engrossed in any kind of development, eve\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 n\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 though it is not possible for our thought to imagine these things in any other way.  No, the prospective buddha is already within the sinner, now and today, his future is all already there, within him, within you, within everyone is that which will be, t
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 h\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
at which is possible, that which is the hidden buddha to be honoured.  The world, Govinda my friend, is not imperfect, nor is it trapped on a weary road to perfection: no, it has perfection in every glance of the eye, every sin contains mercy within it, e
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 v\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
ery little child has the old man within it, every suckling has death within it, every dying man has eternal life within him.  No man is able to see how far he has progressed along his path by looking at others, within the thief and within the gambler the 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 b\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
uddha is waiting, within the brahmin the thief is waiting.  In deep meditation it is possible to remove time and to see all that has been, all that is and all that will be in one moment, and in that moment all is good, all is perfect, all is Brahman.  Tha
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 t\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 is why it appears to me that all that is good, death appears to me as the same as life, sin appears to me the same as holiness, wisdom appears to me the same as folly, everything has to be thus, nothing needs anything more than my agreement, more than my
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
will, my loving involvement, and so, for me, it is good, it can only advance me and can never harm me.  I have learned through experience that I needed to sin, body and soul, I needed lust, I strove for more possessions, I was vain, and I needed only the 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 s\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
lightest doubt to teach me to give up struggling against these things, to learn to love the world, to stop comparing it with any kind of imaginary world I might have wished for or any kind of perfection I might have invented, I learned to leave the world 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 a\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 s it is and to love it and to enjoy being a part of it.  These, Govinda, are some of the thoughts that have come into my mind.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Siddhartha reached down and picked up a stone from the ground, then he weighed it in his hand.  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}
{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 This,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}
{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  he said playfully, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 
\loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 is \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
a stone, and after a certain time it might become soil, and then the soil might become a plant or an animal or a person.  But earlier I would have said: this stone is just a stone, it is worthless, it belongs to the world of maya; but through the circle o
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 f\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 metamorphoses it might become a person or a spirit, and that is why I attribute value to it.  That is what I might have thought earlier.  But now I think: this stone is a stone, it is also an animal, it is also a god, it is also a buddha, I do not venera
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 t\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
e it, I do not love it because it might one day become this or that but because it has always been everything and always will be - and that is exactly why I love it, for being a stone, because it appears to me as a stone and always will do, that is why I 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 s\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
ee value and meaning in each of its veins and each of its hollows, in the yellow, in the grey, in its hardness, in the sound it makes when I tap it, in the dryness or the wetness of its surface.  There are some stones that feel like oil or soap, others fe
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 e\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
l like leaves, others like sand, and each of them is unique and each of them prays to Om in its own way, each of them is Brahman but at the same time each of them is a stone, all the more is it a stone, it is oily or }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid13055323 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 juicy}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 , and that is what appeals to me, 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
that is what seems so wonderful to me and so worthy of worship.  But do not let continue talking about this.  Words are not good for the invisible spirit, it always instantly becomes a little different when spoken about, a little false, a little foolish -
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 and even that is something very good and something I like very much, something I fully consent to, that which one man sees as valuable wisdom will always seem to another to be folly.}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid13055323 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Govinda listened in silence. 
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 After a pause he asked, hesitantly, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Why\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  did you tell me all that about the stone?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 
\loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
It just happened.  I did not plan it.  Or perhaps I meant to say that I love this stone, and the river, and all these \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
things we think about and from which we can learn.  I am capable of loving a stone, Govinda, and also a tree or a piece of bark.  Those are things, and it is possible to love things.  But it is not possible to love words.  That is why teachings are not fo
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 r\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 me, they have no hardness, no softness, no colours, no edges, no smell, no taste, they have nothing but words.  Maybe that is what is preventing you from finding peace, maybe it is all those words.  As even redemption and virtue, even sansara and nirvana
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 are nothing but words, Govinda.  There is nothing for nirvana to be; there is only the word, \hich\f0 \lquote \loch\f0 nirvana\hich\f0 \rquote .}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Govinda said, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Nirvana is not merely a word, my friend.  It is a thought.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 
\loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Siddhartha continued, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 A thought, maybe it is.  I have to admit, my friend\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
, I do not make any great distinction between thoughts and words.  To put it simply, I do not have much respect for thoughts.  I have more respect for things.  There was a man here on this ferryboat, for example, who was my predecessor and my teacher, a h
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 o\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ly man who, for many years, believed simply in the river, and nothing else.  He had noticed that the river\hich\f0 \rquote \loch\f0 
s voice spoke to him and he learned from it, it brought him up, it helped him to develop, it taught him.  The river seemed to him like a god, for ma\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 n\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
y years he did not know that every wind, every cloud, every bird, every beetle is just as god-like as the river he venerated so much, and knew just as much, and had just as much to teach him.  By the time this holy man went off into the woods he knew ever
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 y\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 thing, he knew more than you and I, without a teacher, without books, and only because he believed in the river.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Govinda said, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 And is that what you mean by \hich\f0 \lquote \loch\f0 things}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid17956 ,}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \rquote \loch\f0  something real, something that exists?  Is that not just the delusion of maya, just a p\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
icture, just an appearance?  This stone of yours, this tree, this river, are they then reality?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
Even this question,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  said Siddhartha, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 no longer gives me much bother.  Perhaps these things are delusory and perhaps they are not, but then I too am an illu\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
sion and so they continue to be the same as me.  That is what makes them so dear and so venerable for me: they are the same as me.  That is why I can love them.  And now, here is a teaching that will make you laugh: it seems to me, Govinda, that love is t
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 h\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
e most important thing of all.  Perhaps seeing through the world, explaining the world, despising the world, is an important matter for the great thinkers, but only one thing is important for me, the ability to love the world, not to despise it, not to ha
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 t\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 e it or myself, but the ability to see it and myself and all that exists with love and admiration and honour.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid17956 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
I can understand that,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  said Govinda.  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 But this, too, is something that the noble one has recognised as delusion.  He instructs us to show be\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
nevolence, mercy, compassion, patience, but not love; he has forbidden us to tether our hearts to the world with love.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
I know it well,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  said Siddhartha, and his face shone with smile of gold.  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 I know it well, Govinda.  But now look; we find ourselves now in the middle of a thicket of meanings, we\hich\f0 \rquote \loch\f0 
re quibbling about words.  I cannot deny that my words about love contradict - or seem to contradict - the words of Gotama.  And that is the very reas\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 o\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
n I mistrust words so much, I know that this contradiction is delusory.  I know that I agree with Gotama.  For how could it be that he knew nothing of love, even he who acknowledged the transitoriness of all human existence, acknowledged it in all its not
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 h\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
ingness, but nonetheless loved mankind so much that he devoted his long and strenuous life to one thing, to help them and to teach them!  And even the things about him, about your great teacher are more important for me than his words, his actions and his
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 life are more important than what he said, the movements of his hand are more important than his beliefs.  I don\hich\f0 \rquote \loch\f0 
t see his greatness in what he said or what he thought, I see it only in his actions, in his life.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 For a long while the two old men remained \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 silent.  Then Govinda began to take his leave of Siddhartha, saying, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
Thank you for showing me something of your thoughts, Siddhartha.  Some of them are odd, and I am not able to understand them all straight away.  Be that as it may, I give you my thanks a\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 nd wish you peaceful days.}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 (Privately, though, Govinda thought to himself, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
This Siddhartha is a wonderful man, these are wonderful thoughts he expresses, his teaching sounds foolish. The pure teachings of the noble one are different, they are clearer, p\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
urer, easier to understand, and contain nothing odd or foolish or ridiculous.  But Siddhartha\hich\f0 \rquote \loch\f0 
s hands and feet seem different from his thoughts.  His eyes, his brow, his breath, his smile, his greeting, his walk, they all seem different.  Since our noble \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 o\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
ne, Gotama, went into Nirvana I have never met any one about whom I have felt, \hich\f0 \lquote \loch\f0 This is a holy man}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid4069330 .}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \rquote \loch\f0 
  He alone, this Siddhartha, is the only one I have found.  His teachings may sound odd, his words may sound foolish, but his look and his hands, his skin a\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
nd his hair, everything about him is radiant with purity, radiant with peace, radiant with gaiety and gentleness and holiness.  Not since the recent death of our noble teacher have I seen this on anyone.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid4069330 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 )
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 As Govinda was thinking these things, things whic\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 h his heart strongly resisted, he bowed to Siddhartha once again, drawn by love.  He bowed deeply as Siddhartha sat peacefully. 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
Siddhartha,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  he said, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 we have grown into old men.  It seems hardly likely that either of us will see the other in his presen\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
t form ever again.  I see, my dear friend, that you have found peace.  I admit that I have not.  Give me another word, venerated one, give me something that I can grasp, something I can  understand!  Give me something to take as I go on my way.  My way is
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 often difficult, often dark, Siddhartha.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Siddhartha remained silent and continued to look at him with the same quiet smile.  Govinda stared into his face, with anxiety, with yearning.  Sorrow and a never ending search could be read in his expression, a n
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ever ending search without finding. 
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Siddhartha saw it, and grinned.
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
Bow down to me!}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  he whispered gently into Govinda\hich\f0 \rquote \loch\f0 s ear.  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Bow down to me here!  Yes, closer!  Very close!  Kiss me on the forehead, Govinda!}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid2898627 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Govinda was puzzled but, drawn by the great love and trust he had for his friend, did as he was told, he bowed down close to him and touched his forehead with his lips, an\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
d something wonderful happened to him.  His thoughts remained with the wonderful words that Siddhartha had spoken, he strove in vain to remove time from his thoughts and to see nirvana and sansara as one, he felt even a certain disdain for his friend
\hich\f0 \rquote \loch\f0 s wo\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 r\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ds which competed with the enormous love and veneration he felt for him, and while all this was going on this is what happened to him:
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 He could no longer see his friend\hich\f0 \rquote \loch\f0 s face, instead he saw other faces, many other faces, a long sequence of them, a flowi\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ng river of faces, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid4069330 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 hundreds}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs32\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid5392521 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 of them, thousands of them, all of them came and went yet all of them seemed to be there at the same time, all of them were in continuous change yet all of them were Siddhartha.  He saw the face of a fish, a carp with its mouth 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
permanently gaping in pain, a fish that was dying as its eyes broke open, he saw the face of a new-born child, wrinkly, red and contorted in its tears, he saw the face of a murderer, saw him as he thrust the knife into his victim\hich\f0 \rquote \loch\f0 
s body - he saw, at the s\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 a\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
me moment, this criminal as he knelt in chains and how the executioner struck off his head with a blow of his sword - he saw the bodies of men and women naked and struggling in positions of fervent love - he saw corpses stretched out, still, cold, empty -
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
he saw the heads of animals, of pigs, of crocodiles, of elephants, of bulls, of birds - he saw gods, he saw Krsna, he saw Agni - he saw all these forms and all these faces connected with each other in a thousand places, helping each other, loving each oth
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 e\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
r, hating each other, destroying each other, giving birth to them anew, each of them was a death wish, a passionate torturous acknowledgement of the past, but none of them did die but only transformed itself, underwent continual rebirths, each time receiv
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 i\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
ng a new face although no time passed between one face and the next - and all these forms and all these faces rested, flowed, appeared, swam one way and flowed in between each other and above all of this there was always something thin, something that had
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 no essence but nonetheless existed, like a thin piece of glass or ice, like a transparent skin, a shell or a shape or a mask of water, and this mask was smiling, and this mask was Siddhartha
\hich\f0 \rquote \loch\f0 s smiling face which he, Govinda, was at that very moment touchi\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 n\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
g with his lips.  And so it was that Govinda saw the smile on the mask, the smile of unity over and above the forms as they rushed past, the smile of simultaneity over the thousand births and deaths, this smile of Siddhartha\hich\f0 \rquote \loch\f0 
s was exactly the same, was ex\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 a\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
ctly identical, calm, fine, impenetrable, perhaps benevolent, perhaps mocking, wise, the thousand-fold smile of Gotama, the buddha, the smile he had seen and venerated a hundred times himself.  Govinda knew that this was how the perfect ones smiled. 

\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 He n\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
o longer knew whether time existed, he no longer knew whether this vision had lasted one second or a hundred years, he no longer knew whether a Siddhartha or a Gotama or an I and you existed.  It was as if his deepest part had been struck with an arrow fr
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 o\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 m the divine, causing a wound that tasted so sweet, his innermost part was enchanted, was dissolved.  Govinda continued to stand there bent over Siddhartha\hich\f0 \rquote \loch\f0 
s quiet face, the face he had just kissed, the face that had just been the theatre for all forms, a\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 l\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
l becoming, all existence.  That face, that under its surface had shown the depths of the thousands, remained unchanged, it bore a peaceful smile, a smile that was gentle and tender, perhaps very benevolent, perhaps very mocking, just like the smile on th
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 e\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  face of the noble one.  
\par 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
Govinda bowed deeply, tears that he was unaware of ran from his eyes and over his aged face, the sense of deepest love burnt in him like a fire, the humblest veneration burnt in his heart.  He bowed deeply, touching the ground in
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  front of Siddhartha who sat motionless, whose smile reminded him of everything in his life he had ever loved, of everything in his life that had been worthwhile to him, and holy. 
\par 
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\b\f31507\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 Exceptions and Limitations}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 
 means fair use, fair dealing, and/or any other exception or limitation to Copyright and Similar Rights that applies to Your use of the Licensed Material.
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \rtlch\fcs1 \ab\af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\f31507\cf19\lang4105\langfe1033\langnp4105\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 \hich\af31507\dbch\af0\loch\f31507 e.\tab}}{\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 
\b\f31507\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 Licensed Material}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 
 means the artistic or literary work, database, or other material to which the Licensor applied this Public License.
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \rtlch\fcs1 \ab\af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\f31507\cf19\lang4105\langfe1033\langnp4105\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 \hich\af31507\dbch\af0\loch\f31507 f.\tab}}{\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 
\b\f31507\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 Licensed Rights}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 
 means the rights granted to You subject to the terms and conditions of this Public License, which are limited to all Copyright and Similar Rights that apply to Your use of the Licensed Material and that the Licensor has authority to license.
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \rtlch\fcs1 \ab\af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\f31507\cf19\lang4105\langfe1033\langnp4105\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 \hich\af31507\dbch\af0\loch\f31507 g.\tab}}{\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 
\b\f31507\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 Licensor}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827  means the individual(s) or entity(ies) granting rights under this Public License.
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \rtlch\fcs1 \ab\af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\f31507\cf19\lang4105\langfe1033\langnp4105\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 \hich\af31507\dbch\af0\loch\f31507 h.\tab}}{\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 
\b\f31507\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 NonCommercial}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827  means not primarily in
tended for or directed towards commercial advantage or monetary compensation. For purposes of this Public License, the exchange of the Licensed Material for other material subject to Copyright and Similar Rights by digital file-sharing or similar means is
 NonCommercial provided there is no payment of monetary compensation in connection with the exchange.
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \rtlch\fcs1 \ab\af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\f31507\cf19\lang4105\langfe1033\langnp4105\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 \hich\af31507\dbch\af0\loch\f31507 i.\tab}}{\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 
\b\f31507\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 Share}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 
 means to provide material to the public by any means or process that requires permission under the Licensed Rights, such as reproduction, public disp
lay, public performance, distribution, dissemination, communication, or importation, and to make material available to the public including in ways that members of the public may access the material from a place and at a time individually chosen by them.

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\b\f31507\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 Sui Generis Database Rights}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 
 means rights other than copyright resulting from Directive 96/9/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 1996 on the legal protection of databases, as amended and/or succeeded, as well as other essentially equ
ivalent rights anywhere in the world.
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\b\f31507\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 You}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827  means the individual or entity exercising the Licensed Rights under this Public License. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\af31507 
\ltrch\fcs0 \b\f31507\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 Your}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827  has a corresponding meaning.
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\sb100\sa100\sbauto1\saauto1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12924827 {\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\f31507\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 Section 2 \endash  Scope.
}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \rtlch\fcs1 \ab\af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\f31507\cf19\lang4105\langfe1033\langnp4105\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 \hich\af31507\dbch\af0\loch\f31507 a.\tab}}\pard \ltrpar
\ql \fi-360\li720\ri0\sb100\sa100\sbauto1\saauto1\widctlpar\jclisttab\tx720\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls2\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid12924827 {\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\f31507\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 
License grant}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 . 
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\lang4105\langfe1033\langnp4105\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 \hich\af31507\dbch\af0\loch\f31507 1.\tab}}\pard \ltrpar\ql \fi-360\li1440\ri0\sb100\sa100\sbauto1\saauto1\widctlpar
\jclisttab\tx1440\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls2\ilvl1\adjustright\rin0\lin1440\itap0\pararsid12924827 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 Subject to the terms and conditions of this Public Licen
se, the Licensor hereby grants You a worldwide, royalty-free, non-sublicensable, non-exclusive, irrevocable license to exercise the Licensed Rights in the Licensed Material to: 
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\lang4105\langfe1033\langnp4105\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 \hich\af31507\dbch\af0\loch\f31507 A.\tab}}\pard \ltrpar\ql \fi-360\li2160\ri0\sb100\sa100\sbauto1\saauto1\widctlpar
\jclisttab\tx2160\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls2\ilvl2\adjustright\rin0\lin2160\itap0\pararsid12924827 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 
reproduce and Share the Licensed Material, in whole or in part, for NonCommercial purposes only; and
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\lang4105\langfe1033\langnp4105\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 \hich\af31507\dbch\af0\loch\f31507 B.\tab}
produce and reproduce, but not Share, Adapted Material for NonCommercial purposes only.
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\jclisttab\tx1440\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls2\ilvl1\adjustright\rin0\lin1440\itap0\pararsid12924827 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\ul\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 Exceptions and Limitations}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f31507\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 . For the avoidance of doubt, where Exceptions and Limitations apply to Your use, this Public License does not apply, and You do not need to comply with its terms and conditions.
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\lang4105\langfe1033\langnp4105\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 \hich\af31507\dbch\af0\loch\f31507 3.\tab}}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f31507\ul\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 Term}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 . The term of this Public License is specified in Section }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f31507\ul\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 6(a)}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 .
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\lang4105\langfe1033\langnp4105\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 \hich\af31507\dbch\af0\loch\f31507 4.\tab}}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f31507\ul\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 Media and formats; technical modifications allowed}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 
. The Licensor authorizes You to exercise the Licensed Rights in all media and formats whether now known or hereafter created, and to make technical modifications necessary to do so. The Licensor waives and/or agrees not to assert any right or autho
rity to forbid You from making technical modifications necessary to exercise the Licensed Rights, including technical modifications necessary to circumvent Effective Technological Measures. For purposes of this Public License, simply making modifications 
authorized by this Section }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\ul\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 2(a)(4)}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827  never produces Adapted Material.
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\lang4105\langfe1033\langnp4105\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 \hich\af31507\dbch\af0\loch\f31507 5.\tab}}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f31507\ul\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 Downstream recipients}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 . 
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\lang4105\langfe1033\langnp4105\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 \hich\af31507\dbch\af0\loch\f31507 A.\tab}}\pard \ltrpar\ql \fi-360\li2160\ri0\sb100\sa100\sbauto1\saauto1\widctlpar
\jclisttab\tx2160\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls2\ilvl2\adjustright\rin0\lin2160\itap0\pararsid12924827 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\ul\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 Offer from the Licensor \endash  Licensed Material}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 
. Every recipient of the Licensed Material automatically receives an offer from the Licensor to exercise the Licensed Rights under the terms and conditions of this Public License.
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\lang4105\langfe1033\langnp4105\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 \hich\af31507\dbch\af0\loch\f31507 B.\tab}}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f31507\ul\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 No downstream restrictions}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 . You m
ay not offer or impose any additional or different terms or conditions on, or apply any Effective Technological Measures to, the Licensed Material if doing so restricts exercise of the Licensed Rights by any recipient of the Licensed Material.
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\lang4105\langfe1033\langnp4105\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 \hich\af31507\dbch\af0\loch\f31507 6.\tab}}\pard \ltrpar\ql \fi-360\li1440\ri0\sb100\sa100\sbauto1\saauto1\widctlpar
\jclisttab\tx1440\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls2\ilvl1\adjustright\rin0\lin1440\itap0\pararsid12924827 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\ul\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 No endorsement}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f31507\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 
. Nothing in this Public License constitutes or may be construed as permission to assert or imply that You are, or that Your use of the Licensed Material is, connected with, or sponsored, endorsed, or granted official status by, the Licensor or others de
signated to receive attribution as provided in Section }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\ul\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 3(a)(1)(A)(i)}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 .
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \rtlch\fcs1 \ab\af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\f31507\cf19\lang4105\langfe1033\langnp4105\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 \hich\af31507\dbch\af0\loch\f31507 b.\tab}}\pard \ltrpar
\ql \fi-360\li720\ri0\sb100\sa100\sbauto1\saauto1\widctlpar\jclisttab\tx720\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls2\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid12924827 {\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\f31507\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 
Other rights}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 .
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\lang4105\langfe1033\langnp4105\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 \hich\af31507\dbch\af0\loch\f31507 1.\tab}}\pard \ltrpar\ql \fi-360\li1440\ri0\sb100\sa100\sbauto1\saauto1\widctlpar
\jclisttab\tx1440\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls2\ilvl1\adjustright\rin0\lin1440\itap0\pararsid12924827 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 
Moral rights, such as the right of integrity, are not licensed under this Public Lic
ense, nor are publicity, privacy, and/or other similar personality rights; however, to the extent possible, the Licensor waives and/or agrees not to assert any such rights held by the Licensor to the limited extent necessary to allow You to exercise the L
icensed Rights, but not otherwise.
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\lang4105\langfe1033\langnp4105\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 \hich\af31507\dbch\af0\loch\f31507 2.\tab}Patent and trademark rights are not licensed under this Public License.

\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\lang4105\langfe1033\langnp4105\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 \hich\af31507\dbch\af0\loch\f31507 3.\tab}
To the extent possible, the Licensor waives any right to collect royalties from You for the exercise of the Licensed Rights, whether directly or throu
gh a collecting society under any voluntary or waivable statutory or compulsory licensing scheme. In all other cases the Licensor expressly reserves any right to collect such royalties, including when the Licensed Material is used other than for NonCommer
cial purposes.
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\sb100\sa100\sbauto1\saauto1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12924827 {\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\f31507\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 Section 3 \endash 
 License Conditions.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 
\par Your exercise of the Licensed Rights is expressly made subject to the following conditions.
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \rtlch\fcs1 \ab\af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\f31507\cf19\lang4105\langfe1033\langnp4105\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 \hich\af31507\dbch\af0\loch\f31507 a.\tab}}\pard \ltrpar
\ql \fi-360\li720\ri0\sb100\sa100\sbauto1\saauto1\widctlpar\jclisttab\tx720\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls3\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid12924827 {\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\f31507\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 
Attribution}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 .
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\lang4105\langfe1033\langnp4105\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 \hich\af31507\dbch\af0\loch\f31507 1.\tab}}\pard \ltrpar\ql \fi-360\li1440\ri0\sb100\sa100\sbauto1\saauto1\widctlpar
\jclisttab\tx1440\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls3\ilvl1\adjustright\rin0\lin1440\itap0\pararsid12924827 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 If You Share the Licensed Material, You must:
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\lang4105\langfe1033\langnp4105\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 \hich\af31507\dbch\af0\loch\f31507 A.\tab}}\pard \ltrpar\ql \fi-360\li2160\ri0\sb100\sa100\sbauto1\saauto1\widctlpar
\jclisttab\tx2160\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls3\ilvl2\adjustright\rin0\lin2160\itap0\pararsid12924827 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 retain the following if it is supplied by the Licensor with
 the Licensed Material: 
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\lang4105\langfe1033\langnp4105\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 \hich\af31507\dbch\af0\loch\f31507 i.\tab}}\pard \ltrpar\ql \fi-360\li2880\ri0\sb100\sa100\sbauto1\saauto1\widctlpar
\jclisttab\tx2880\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls3\ilvl3\adjustright\rin0\lin2880\itap0\pararsid12924827 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 
identification of the creator(s) of the Licensed Material and any others designated to receive attribution, in any reasonable manner requested by the Licensor (including by pseudonym if designated);
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\lang4105\langfe1033\langnp4105\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 \hich\af31507\dbch\af0\loch\f31507 ii.\tab}a copyright notice;
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\lang4105\langfe1033\langnp4105\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 \hich\af31507\dbch\af0\loch\f31507 iii.\tab}a notice that refers to this Public License; 
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\lang4105\langfe1033\langnp4105\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 \hich\af31507\dbch\af0\loch\f31507 iv.\tab}a notice that refers to the disclaimer of warranties;
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\lang4105\langfe1033\langnp4105\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 \hich\af31507\dbch\af0\loch\f31507 v.\tab}
a URI or hyperlink to the Licensed Material to the extent reasonably practicable;
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\lang4105\langfe1033\langnp4105\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 \hich\af31507\dbch\af0\loch\f31507 B.\tab}}\pard \ltrpar\ql \fi-360\li2160\ri0\sb100\sa100\sbauto1\saauto1\widctlpar
\jclisttab\tx2160\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls3\ilvl2\adjustright\rin0\lin2160\itap0\pararsid12924827 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 
indicate if You modified the Licensed Material and retain an indication of any previous modifications; and
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\lang4105\langfe1033\langnp4105\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 \hich\af31507\dbch\af0\loch\f31507 C.\tab}
indicate the Licensed Material is licensed under this Public License, and include the text of, or the URI or hyperlink to, this Public License.
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li1440\ri0\sbauto1\saauto1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin1440\itap0\pararsid12924827 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 
For the avoidance of doubt, You do not have permission under this Public License to Share Adapted Material. 
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\jclisttab\tx1440\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls3\ilvl1\adjustright\rin0\lin1440\itap0\pararsid12924827 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 You may satisfy the conditions in Section }{\rtlch\fcs1 
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 in any reasonable manner based on the medium, means, and context in which You Share the Licensed Material. For example, it may be reasonable to satisfy the conditions by providing a URI or hyperlink to a resource that includes the required information.

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If requested by the Licensor, You must remove any of the information required by Section }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\ul\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 3(a)(1)(A)}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 
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\par Where the Licensed Rights include Sui Generis Database Rights that apply to Your use of the Licensed Material:
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\jclisttab\tx720\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls4\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid12924827 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 for the avoidance of doubt, Section }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f31507\ul\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 2(a)(1)}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 
 grants You the right to extract, reuse, reproduce, and Share all or a substantial portion of the contents of the database for NonCommercial purposes only and provided You do not Share Adapted Material;
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\lang4105\langfe1033\langnp4105\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 \hich\af31507\dbch\af0\loch\f31507 b.\tab}if You include all or a substantial portion of
 the database contents in a database in which You have Sui Generis Database Rights, then the database in which You have Sui Generis Database Rights (but not its individual contents) is Adapted Material; and
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\ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\ul\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 3(a)}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827  if You Share all or a substantial portion of the contents of the database.
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12924827 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 For the avoidance of doubt, this Section }
{\field\fldedit{\*\fldinst {\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827  HYPERLINK "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode" \\l "s4" }}{\fldrslt {\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f31507\ul\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 4}}}\sectd \ltrsect\linex0\sectdefaultcl\sftnbj {\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 
 supplements and does not replace Your obligations under this Public License where the Licensed Rights include other Copyright and Similar Rights. 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\sb100\sa100\sbauto1\saauto1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12924827 {\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\f31507\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 Section 5 \endash 
 Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitation of Liability.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \rtlch\fcs1 \ab\af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\f31507\cf19\lang4105\langfe1033\langnp4105\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 \hich\af31507\dbch\af0\loch\f31507 a.\tab}}\pard \ltrpar
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Unless ot
herwise separately undertaken by the Licensor, to the extent possible, the Licensor offers the Licensed Material as-is and as-available, and makes no representations or warranties of any kind concerning the Licensed Material, whether express, implied, sta
t
utory, or other. This includes, without limitation, warranties of title, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, absence of latent or other defects, accuracy, or the presence or absence of errors, whether or not known or disco
verable. Where disclaimers of warranties are not allowed in full or in part, this disclaimer may not apply to You.
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To the extent possible, in no event will the Licensor be liable to You on any legal theory (including, without limitation, negligence) or othe
rwise for any direct, special, indirect, incidental, consequential, punitive, exemplary, or other losses, costs, expenses, or damages arising out of this Public License or use of the Licensed Material, even if the Licensor has been advised of the possibil
ity of such losses, costs, expenses, or damages. Where a limitation of liability is not allowed in full or in part, this limitation may not apply to You.
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\lang4105\langfe1033\langnp4105\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 \hich\af31507\dbch\af0\loch\f31507 c.\tab}}\pard \ltrpar\ql \fi-360\li720\ri0\sb100\sa100\sbauto1\saauto1\widctlpar
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The disclaimer of warranties and limitation of liability provided above shall be interpreted in a manner that, to the extent possible, most closely approximates an absolute disclaimer and waiver of all liability.
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 Term and Termination.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\lang4105\langfe1033\langnp4105\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 \hich\af31507\dbch\af0\loch\f31507 a.\tab}}\pard \ltrpar\ql \fi-360\li720\ri0\sb100\sa100\sbauto1\saauto1\widctlpar
\jclisttab\tx720\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls7\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid12924827 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 
This Public License applies for the term of the Copyright and Similar Rights licensed here. However, if You fail to comply with this Public License, then Your rights under this Public License terminate automatically.
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\lang4105\langfe1033\langnp4105\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 \hich\af31507\dbch\af0\loch\f31507 b.\tab}
Where Your right to use the Licensed Material has terminated under Section }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\ul\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 6(a)}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 
, it reinstates:
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\jclisttab\tx1440\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls7\ilvl1\adjustright\rin0\lin1440\itap0\pararsid12924827 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 
automatically as of the date the violation is cured, provided it is cured within 30 days of Your discovery of the violation; or
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\lang4105\langfe1033\langnp4105\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 \hich\af31507\dbch\af0\loch\f31507 2.\tab}upon express reinstatement by the Licensor.
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\sbauto1\saauto1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid12924827 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 
For the avoidance of doubt, this Section }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\ul\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 6(b)}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 
 does not affect any right the Licensor may have to seek remedies for Your violations of this Public License.
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\lang4105\langfe1033\langnp4105\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 \hich\af31507\dbch\af0\loch\f31507 c.\tab}}\pard \ltrpar\ql \fi-360\li720\ri0\sb100\sa100\sbauto1\saauto1\widctlpar
\jclisttab\tx720\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls7\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid12924827 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 For the avoidance of doubt, the Licensor may also offer the Licensed M
aterial under separate terms or conditions or stop distributing the Licensed Material at any time; however, doing so will not terminate this Public License.
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\lang4105\langfe1033\langnp4105\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 \hich\af31507\dbch\af0\loch\f31507 d.\tab}Sections }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f31507\ul\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 1}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 , }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\ul\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 5}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f31507\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 , }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\ul\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 6}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 , }{\field\fldedit{\*\fldinst {
\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827  HYPERLINK "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode" \\l "s7" }}{\fldrslt {\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 
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\f31507\ul\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 8}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827  survive termination of this Public License.
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\sb100\sa100\sbauto1\saauto1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12924827 {\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\f31507\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 Section 7 \endash 
 Other Terms and Conditions.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\lang4105\langfe1033\langnp4105\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 \hich\af31507\dbch\af0\loch\f31507 a.\tab}}\pard \ltrpar\ql \fi-360\li720\ri0\sb100\sa100\sbauto1\saauto1\widctlpar
\jclisttab\tx720\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls8\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid12924827 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 
The Licensor shall not be bound by any additional or different terms or conditions communicated by You unless expressly agreed.
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Any arrangements, understandings, or agreements regarding the Licensed Material not stated herein are separate from and independent of the terms and conditions of this Public License.
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\sb100\sa100\sbauto1\saauto1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12924827 {\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\f31507\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 Section 8 \endash 
 Interpretation.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \rtlch\fcs1 \af31507 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31507\cf19\lang4105\langfe1033\langnp4105\insrsid12924827\charrsid12924827 \hich\af31507\dbch\af0\loch\f31507 a.\tab}}\pard \ltrpar\ql \fi-360\li720\ri0\sb100\sa100\sbauto1\saauto1\widctlpar
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For the avoidance of doubt, this Public License does not, and shall not be interpreted to, reduce, limit, restrict, or impose conditions on any use of the Licensed Material that could lawfully be made without permission under this Public License.
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To the extent possible, if any provision of this Public License is deemed unenforceable, it shall be automatically reformed to the minimum extent necessary to make it enforceable. I
f the provision cannot be reformed, it shall be severed from this Public License without affecting the enforceability of the remaining terms and conditions.
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No term or condition of this Public License will be waived and no failure to comply consented to unless expressly agreed to by the Licensor.
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Nothing in this Public License constitutes or may be interpreted as a limitation upon, or waiver of, any privileges and immunities that apply to the Licensor or You, including from the legal processes of any jurisdiction or authority.
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