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What do you think of this one?

>> No.8857711

>>8857700
Just read it last week. I enjoyed it, though I can't help but think Hesse was a little full of himself when he went through the effort of concentrating what is essentially homebrew doctrine in such a small book.

Also, it is pretty gay. Nothing wrong with that aspect, but I was not expecting such homoerotic tension..

>> No.8857737

Pretty much my favorite book. I loved the simplicity of the dialogue and narration. I found that to be very striking.

One quote I always remember is
"So what can you do, Siddhartha?"
"I can think, I can wait, and I can fast"

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>>8857700
Hesse

Why don't you read some Fromm too? Maybe some Kundera?

>> No.8857761

>>8857700
I consider it an essential book.

>> No.8857792

I don't remember anything about it.
Steppen Wolf left a bigger impression in me.

>> No.8857797

>>8857700
Buddhism-lite for degenerate hippies and teenagers

If you want a novel you're better off reading something else

If you want Buddhism you're better off reading the sutras

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8857991

>>8857700
It's a great book that serves to introduce Buddhism to Westerners written by a Western author.

Despite the nay sayers in this thread, the book is a real gem. It's a short book, but packed with a great story, and plenty of thought. You can read it easily in a weekend (or day). It's worth reading.

>> No.8858254

Which translation should I read? Hilda Rosner or Joachim Neugroschel?

>> No.8858948

>>8858254
Rika Lesser did the best translation. (I've read them all)

>> No.8859073

>>8858948
thanks. Looks like a good edition.

>> No.8859409

Kamala's the best character in the book, hands down.

>> No.8859419

eastern ""thought""" lmao

>sex is bad and makes you impure xd

Stick to "eat rice, be nice" yellow fucks.

>> No.8859426

>>8857797
This is a certified G A Y opinion.
Congrats.

>> No.8859436

>>8857711
Hesse is pretty homoerotic. Demian and Beneath the Wheel are even more homoerotic than this one.

>> No.8859469

Actual Buddhist here

I read it a few years back, I liked it and it got me interested in Buddhism

However its not really very Buddhist, its worldview is more a type of Romanticism

So its cool

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8859932

>>8859419
agreed

Why read this when we have far superior Marcus Aurelius?

>> No.8859944

>>8857711
>Hesse was a little full of himself when he went through the effort of concentrating what is essentially homebrew doctrine in such a small book.
I don't mean to come across as an arse but is this the only Hesse you have read?

>> No.8859968

>>8857700
I liked Steppenwolf more.

>> No.8860095

>>8857711
>essentially homebrew doctrine

???

>> No.8860117

>>8857700
i preffered glass bead game/magister ludi

>> No.8860568

>>8859409
>tfw no limber brown skinned demigoddess to suck out your soul through your dick

>> No.8860632

Beautiful book. Loved it. It's short. Read it and form your own opinion.

>> No.8860693

>>8859932

Stoic philosophy is natural and absurdly easy when one's an opium addict.

>> No.8860697

>>8857797
fuck you and your mom a gay

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8860701

Demian's my favorite. It's approach to practical daily meditation and Xtianity mingled with Gnosticism appeals greatly to me.

>> No.8860706

>>8857700
Generic and devoid of anything meaningful.

>Oh, look at this special boy and how wise he is. Not temperamental and foolish like the normies.

It's Ender's Game without the battles or it's the Gospels without the Crucifixion. Just feel-good special boy stuff

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>>8857700

Siddhartha's a great book, along with his others.

>> No.8860763

>tfw I'm German and read everything by Hesse in German

>> No.8860776

Horribly overrated, but worth a read since it's so short.

>> No.8860783

>>8859469
>Actual Buddhist here
>read it a few years back and it got me interested in Buddhism
Holy.....

>> No.8860866

one of the best books I've read, short and powerful