Siddhartha

"Over them all there was something stretched across them, like thin glass or ice, and that was Siddhartha's smiling face"
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"Over them all there was something stretched across them, like thin glass or ice, and that was Siddhartha's smiling face"
a smile of unity like that of the Buddha, Siddhartha is like the Buddha, reflecting the unity of life
"I am indeed old, but I have never ceased seeking"
Govinda speaking and admitting to his friend that he is not as far along as his friend
"We may never see each other again in this life. I see you have found peace; I have not yet."
-- Govinda acknowledging that Siddhartha has achieved what they have both been searching for. Has Govinda reached enlightenment from the kiss? Would that be cheating? Not reached enlightenment but is on the path
"He no longer saw the face of his friend Siddhartha... many faces... all continually changed..."
--this is what happened to Govinda when he kisses Siddhartha's head, he is changed by this vision
"Nirvana is not only a word, my friend, it is a thought"
-- Govinda telling Siddhartha that Nirvana is more of a state than an achievement
"It seems to me that everything that exists is good, death as well as life"
-- everything in life is necessary
"When someone is seeking, he only sees the thing he is seeking and is unable to find: seeking means to have a goal, but finding means to be free, receptive"
-- sometimes having a goal keeps you from reaching it
"A stone will be soil, become a plant, animal or man..."
-- a stone changes from throughout it's life; something as simple as a stone can change and become something wonderful
"Knowledge can be communicated but not wisdom"
-- the whole time Siddhartha is searching for wisdom and learns from experience, not from a teacher
heron/jackal significance
-hasn't achieved inner peace yet
-wants to reach nirvana which requires you to go through the life cycle a lot, he is attempting to put his soul through the cycle by inhabiting other beings
-On the day his soul went into the heron, he was meditating
What does the river teach Siddhartha about time?learns that time doesn't exist, notices river has voicesSiddhartha's sonthinks he is trouble, waited for months hoping his son would understand himthe ferryman significancehelps him throughout his journey and path to enlightenment