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Siddhartha by Herman Hesse
Friday, October 8, 2010
Am I Learning Anything?
For so many years, Govinda and I have spent so much energy with the Samanas, yet I am now starting to wonder if it is worth it. Is it worth staying here when the elder Samanas even have not achieved Nirvana? Word has approched the forest that a new Buddha has arrived, and who is said to have characteristics different from the Samanas. Govinda wants to go and meet this new Samana, but I am not sure that it would be very informative. But Govinda has convinced me, and I will go. I even used some abilities that I learned from the Samanas to get away from the Elder Samana, whom I was shocked to see very angry at us for abandoning them.
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I would rewrite the second sentence to say, "Is it worth staying here when the elder Samanas have not even achieve Nirvana?" In the third sentence, "approched" should be "approached". You should try to stay away from the word "very" and instead use: extremely, incredibly, or immensely.
ReplyDelete-Jenna Grossinger
Jenna, why are all of your comments just corrections? The information was well put together. But why was the elder Samana angry?
ReplyDelete-Ryan Shaktah
What powers did Siddhartha use to escape the Elder Samana? What was Govinda's opinion on the matter?
ReplyDeleteWho was very angry at Siddhartha? Did he use magic or a type of hypnosis? Are the Samanas ascetics that learn magic?
ReplyDelete-Judith Garcia