Buddhism - Siddhartha’s Enlightenment

Surname 1 Was the sensual and material world an essential component to Siddhartha’s obtaining enlightenment?

Hermann Hesse was born in a little village called Calw in the southern part of Germany on July second, 1877. The village is located on the edge of the Black Forest and this location influenced the settings of a much of his writings. His father, Johannes Hesse, was a Baltic and a missionary in India with the Lutheran Priests (Zeller, 15).

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Surname 2 His maternal grandfather was also a missioner in India. Before joining mechanics, Herman studied theology, Greek and Latin. At the age of 19, he was working in an old bookshop in Basle and Tubingen. He would write many novels including Siddhartha in 1922, Narziss and Goldmund in 1930, and Morgenlandfahrt in 1932. Siddhartha, the novel this paper will focus on, is about a man on a mission to find enlightenment. The novel explores the spiritual journey toward self-discovery. One has to pay attention to the inner voice and seek out for salvation for him or her to achieve enlightenment.

Siddhartha, whose name means “one who has attained his goals” is lost in the experience of the material and sensual world while losing attachment with his inner voice. Could have Siddhartha attained enlightenment without living through “Samsara?” Was the sensual and material world an essential component to his obtaining enlightenment, or was it an unnecessary detour? Siddhartha could not achieve enlightenment without the components of the sensual and material world for several reasons.