(https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2500/2500-h/2500-h.htm)
The next part of this legend picks up with Siddhartha still in the woods after his confrontation with Gotama the supposed "Buddha," and subsequent deep thought about the spiritual world as a whole. Siddhartha is feeling like a new man after his "Awakening," finding joy all around him as he walked through the woods. It wasn't until Siddhartha found a nearby hut that things began to go awry, when Siddhartha began to have strange dreams about his old, hometown friend Govinda as Siddhartha likely felt guilty for leaving behind his friend. The next day, Siddhartha made it to a city close to his hut and met a wealthy, beautiful "courtesan" named Kamala. Siddhartha became interested by her instantly as she could be almost a sort of learning experience for him as he had spent so much time focusing on his internal being. After getting cleaned up after being a Samana for years, Siddhartha goes back to Kamala asking to be taught her physical world way of love. She agrees and also sends Siddhartha to join a man named Kamaswami, a local businessman who was to teach Siddhartha more about the material world. Siddhartha quickly found the world of business to be trivial and found himself learning more and more from Kamala as she understood the spiritual world like Siddhartha did. Siddhartha and Kamala grew close and knew so much about one another, but it was always apparent that they were never actually in love with one another as that was Kamala's job to love, while Siddhartha was merely trying to "test the waters," so to speak of love in the real world. Years go by and Siddhartha finds himself sucked into this life of business through Kamaswami and companionship through Kamala, when he finally has a moment where he thinks of all of the time he had wasted delaying his search for enlightenment. Siddhartha begins having nightmares and seeing imperfections in the world that once kept him occupied all those years such as his graying hair or Kamala beginning to age. The part ends with Siddhartha leaving without telling anyone to find this enlightenment and Kamala eventually finding out only to be carrying Siddhartha's child.
The next part of this legend picks up with Siddhartha still in the woods after his confrontation with Gotama the supposed "Buddha," and subsequent deep thought about the spiritual world as a whole. Siddhartha is feeling like a new man after his "Awakening," finding joy all around him as he walked through the woods. It wasn't until Siddhartha found a nearby hut that things began to go awry, when Siddhartha began to have strange dreams about his old, hometown friend Govinda as Siddhartha likely felt guilty for leaving behind his friend. The next day, Siddhartha made it to a city close to his hut and met a wealthy, beautiful "courtesan" named Kamala. Siddhartha became interested by her instantly as she could be almost a sort of learning experience for him as he had spent so much time focusing on his internal being. After getting cleaned up after being a Samana for years, Siddhartha goes back to Kamala asking to be taught her physical world way of love. She agrees and also sends Siddhartha to join a man named Kamaswami, a local businessman who was to teach Siddhartha more about the material world. Siddhartha quickly found the world of business to be trivial and found himself learning more and more from Kamala as she understood the spiritual world like Siddhartha did. Siddhartha and Kamala grew close and knew so much about one another, but it was always apparent that they were never actually in love with one another as that was Kamala's job to love, while Siddhartha was merely trying to "test the waters," so to speak of love in the real world. Years go by and Siddhartha finds himself sucked into this life of business through Kamaswami and companionship through Kamala, when he finally has a moment where he thinks of all of the time he had wasted delaying his search for enlightenment. Siddhartha begins having nightmares and seeing imperfections in the world that once kept him occupied all those years such as his graying hair or Kamala beginning to age. The part ends with Siddhartha leaving without telling anyone to find this enlightenment and Kamala eventually finding out only to be carrying Siddhartha's child.
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