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Siddhartha: An Indian Tale - Large Print Edition
Contributor(s): Hesse, Hermann (Author), Editions, Large Print (Author)

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ISBN: 1974551679     ISBN-13: 9781974551675
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
OUR PRICE: $11.66  

Binding Type: Paperback
Published: August 2017
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Buddhism - General (see Also Philosophy - Buddhist)
Lexile Measure: 1010
Physical Information: 0.27" H x 8.5" W x 11.02" L (0.69 lbs) 128 pages
Themes:
- Religious Orientation - Buddhist
Features: Large Print
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 8672
Reading Level: 7.1   Interest Level: Upper Grades   Point Value: 6.0
 
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Publisher Description:
LARGE PRINT EDITION - featuring easy to read size 18 type font. Complete and unabridged edition with index of contents and numbered pages. In Hesse's novel, experience, the totality of conscious events of a human life, is shown as the best way to approach understanding of reality and attain enlightenment-Hesse's crafting of Siddhartha's journey shows that understanding is attained not through intellectual methods, nor through immersing oneself in the carnal pleasures of the world and the accompanying pain of samsara. It is the completeness of these experiences that allows Siddhartha to attain understanding. Thus, the individual events are meaningless when considered by themselves-Siddhartha's stay with the Shramanas and his immersion in the worlds of love and business do not lead to nirvana, yet they cannot be considered distractions, for every action and event gives Siddhartha experience, which leads to understanding. A major preoccupation of Hesse in writing Siddhartha was to cure his "sickness with life" (Lebenskrankheit) by immersing himself in Indian philosophy such as that expounded in the Upanishads and the Bhagavad Gita. 4] The reason the second half of the book took so long to write was that Hesse "had not experienced that transcendental state of unity to which Siddhartha aspires.
 
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