Siddhartha, he said, why are you waiting? You know why. Will you go on standing and waiting until it is day, noon, evening? I will stand and wait. You will grow tired, Siddhartha. I will grow tired. You will fall asleep, Siddhartha. I will not fall asleep. You will die, Siddhartha. I will die. And would you rather die than obey your father? Siddhartha has always obeyed his father. So you will give up your project? Siddhartha will do what his father tells him. The first light of day............................................................. .......................................................................................... .......................................................................................... The father touched Siddharthas shoulder. You will go into the forest, he said, and become a Samana. If you find bliss in the forest, come back and teach it to me. If you find disillusionment, come back, and we shall again offer sacrifices to the gods together. Now go, kiss your mother and tell her where you are going. For me, however, it is time to go to the river and perform the first ablution. Extracted from the book Siddhartha, by Hermann Hesse, translated from the German by Hilda Rosner.
Posted on: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 06:37:53 +0000
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