Siddhartha

171 Pages·1999·1.214 MB·English

by  Hermann Hesse

HERMANN HESSE
Siddhartha
AN INDIAN TALE
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JOACHINME UGROSCHEL
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CONTENTS
Inrtdouction Vll
SuggestiforoF nusr tRheeard ing XXX lll
A Notoent hTern asiloant xxxvu
SIDHDARTHA 1

INTRODUCTION
1
Thiesl egnaenwtt a rnslaotfHi eornm aHnens 'ssbe est­
known wobrohkt a piopspr riaantdtei lmyeI.na lolfi ts
fcates-tasest imoofin tyas u trh'bosei lesaf,sa s uorcoefi n­
sipartoinf org eneraotfdi eoovtnesae nsad,sa ne xtraordinary
modelreng end-Sihdadssht aotrohtdteh e aos ftt imfeor
thpea ssetv enytye-as.ri sx
Whahta psor peltlhesides ei nmgelsyo t"enIrdiiTcaal ne "
byav eWreys temranni ntthoc eo nosucsinoefss esv egreanl­
eratbiootWnhess tearnnEd a stWehranat?r teh eel ements
thaallto wiettdo e ndeun rojtsu atsa na ccpolsmihewdo rokf
aratn adp hilosoppaharlbiec,aa lsab s uatec dtr efxortd eeply
committeraded ewrhsob orokendo d sisteicoonra nal?y sis
Siddhcaarrnte hosanp dt oa ltlh ecsnoet ratdoyir pcerspec­
tievsb,e caiurtspe er essa elanlnt ndo eno ft he:is iteas w ork
ofl yrpioctearliy np ors1e .
StlilS,i ddhiasar tlhyar ics ujwbceitat,nhu grean vti,t al
sujbebcotnr -liskome u cohf Hsew sosrek'-socofi aanld
pshyocgliocdaillsoa ctoinB.e guinnD ecbeem1r9 1s9hr otly
atfetrh een odf t hFei rWosrtlW dar a,n pdu bliisn1h 9e2d2
nearh ethihtoge fG emranyd'esv asitnafltaittnhignio osnv ,e l
rfleetcasy earfnoriw nhgo leonutessiasdn ewd i thtihsnee lf
asa nh sitcoaralin pds ycholrseopgointcsoate lh a etf ermath
ofw art,oe conohmiacr dsahntidop s ,oa clui nrsetF.r om his
ownn avteis olio fi nternaanldsi pzierdi tnuaatluirzee,d
Hescserea taenad t moesrptehh raatad tibeedoy nhdi ism me-
vii
VIII INTRODU CT ION
diaptree saenndlt et i fstm arokn l a,ts eiramrilliyn suerce
geneiro-anttshoosfte h See ocnWdo rlWdar a nde,sep clilay
inA mecraio,ft h1e9 6a0ns1d 9 70osv,e rshabdyto hweed
wairVn i et.nN aomuribsyh etadhp ep oefa lGC .J.u nagn d
hidsi scJiopsBle.Lef a, n Hges,s peor vdieadn we chatrot lead
himsaenlhdfi f sloo lweoruso tf t hwei ldeirwtnae Dsse sr:
�g nacIhn nen-W"aTyWh iet h"i n.
2
"ThWea yW ith"i-nthreao di nttohi en teorfti hosere­ lf-
descrpierbcleiyssH eesssp eta'ht halettd o t hceo er oSfi d­
dharItsthi ag.na il fiadenmsak ir nh icsr uccihnaagloe f d ierc­
toinw,h ibcgeha dnu ritnhcgel osyiaenrogsft hFei Wrosrtl d
Wara,n tdo w hihcih"s nI dilaeng eonwdei"st e sx insctIeen.
onsee nosfec ,os uert,h e idtehiaen toefyr o ifso erhliaftd
alwabyesew ni tHhe sFsorem.h imso srtu diamrebyne tgin­
nnigusn itlt he clraesatto ifho inossl adg eH,e sdsies tin­
guhieshdi msaesal w fr iatenlrda ndesp caaipnrteeflre cting
reay-lWiitrklicahknie neitrti-doairsm eonns.i
This mpaartkHhee ds ssd eie'rctainopdnr odveitdh mea in
throufsh tii sd eoyal noadgr tipasrtctiiAlccte h.o hue garilny
thcee unrthye w rtoeaf we novedlesa ldiienrclgtyw itsho ­
ciapolrb mlse-repreedssuicvaietn iB eonne atthWhhee el
(9106a)n tdh per oebmol fm arargiaen d atrhtseni eesdtis'n
Rossh(a911l)4d-em oosft fihciitso ena,lr yo rl awtaeis,n ­
formebdy a rmoantwiacyo fe pxreienctihonegu t side
woralsda ni ntedriimoern Ssaitrotnii.nn1 g91 6h,o wever,
aneds lcaataifnttgeh re oeftn hdFe i WrosrtlW dar t,h tihsr ust
becaimnete elnsysh arapnemdro e rd iercted.
INTRODU CT ION ix
Ina s hosrektt ,c" hLiefS toBrreyifl Tyol "dc ,opmodsi en
192t5h,me i ddleH-easgwseredo itneaw himsyiecptaor l­
founldys erivoieuns:
Inm yw rtiinpgeso potlfeemn i stshc eu osmtarrseyp ect
forr etayla,in wdh eInp aitnhtte,re esh avfeca easn d
thheo usleahsu o grd ancew eeopbr,u wth etthheer
trieasep aero rc ah eusttt,hn faottr h e pmaocrsattn ­
nobte deinteeIdrm .mu satc ctehpritpes or acIha .dm it
thmayt owenf erqluielfnyat ppsee axralcylt iakl ee­ g
enIdo .tf esne aen fdee lt hoeu tweorr clodn cnteeadn d
inh armyow nitmhyi nnweorr ilndaw ayIc aonnl y
clamla gli2.c a
Thea dreetrows h omH esnsoewa dedsrsheidm sweelrfe
nol ongteh"erset asbhleiadu"id enocfne o vleielRk so sshalde,
whow erbee comiinnecgar sliyin reglrvenatt oh imb,ut th ose
whos uoghsto luftoril oinvfsareg sme ntbeyd waanurd n ecr­
tianyit nm agiwcoarllo dfns a teuf,iar rtya laelsol,re igaensd,
dre.aT mhsel egebnceda maev ital inisntt hrtiursma enns­t
fromiaotn.
Byo riagniudnp brinHgeirnmgaH,nes nss le ei'e fxepmli­
fietsh uinsqi uyei lnwatrudr n.i nB1 8o7rt7noa f mailoyf
Piemtiisssito nawrhiohe assd,p emnatn hyad rwokrnig years
inI dnibau wth ob,yt htei moefh ibsi r,ht ahrde titroe d
thcee ntoeftr hse miorev menitns otuhweGsertm ayna nd
Switzehregl raenuwdpu , n der ssrteeavssehs re ae s sehritse d
articsantlgilo civ etrh oejb cetioofnh si sst rPiorcttae nstt
fmailTyh.i isn cescsoflaninctrt e suilntme adn yp aiunlf
epies,soi dncinlgufl digfhortm ano prpesstihveeo llo gica
boraidnsgc hoeovlea,nb riceofn fineimnem neatn tcalli nic
X INTRODU CT ION
for sau icaitdtetea ,mn pmda ncyo fnornattiwointshh ip sra ­
enutns thiefl er ehdi msEealcef.h n cnotuetre satageidan n d
agatihnge r owainrgts ri sesietln'icaen dde termiansaa tion
wriitmemre risne dit nhnele eir.f
MarrtioMe adr Biear nooufald liis utiisnShgweidfs mas­
iloyf m athecmiaatHniess,fis resc tno tinaunei yddll ilcei f
amilda ke woaondsdB. u ftlo lonwgti hbei hrsot f thhirse e
sonhse,s etetldi nm oer etsabhleidssr uorunindgos nt he
sheoo rfL akCeo sntnacAel.w aaylst erbneawtteeinsn ogu th­
erGne rmaannydn orthSewrintl nzadeb,rew teenl onging
fort hceo uynt,t hrfeere domf orosefta sn mdo nutaoinnt sh e
onhea nadn cdi ltyei o fnt he ,oh tefih nelaryle tsaibslhed
himsaenlhdfi fsma iliynB erAnft.e trh oeu bteraokf t he
FiWrosrtlW dar i n1 91w4or,k ionugot fh isstt aehloym hee,
deovetdh imfsi ecnlrealsyti otn hgceae ar nsdu ppofo.G ret­r
manp rinseorisnt hcea mopfst ehw esteArlinle. s
Thee nd tohwfea brr oupgorhoftu ncdhn ag:eH eswsaes
copmlleetdo e ntae rn pehwa osfeh ilsi ofenet, h sahta rp­
enehdi nsa taulbr entf ort hien taeler pxnerieHnewc aes.
fcainarg da iccarlii sni pshre issol ln eiaa fnbdy,e xtseinoinn,
hiasr ticsrteiwdcho i,c mhior errdt hdei sgirniatoteinn the
woraltld a rge.
Hesssf eta'hehra d diin1e 91d6 a nwdi th him most of
thbeo nstd oa f mailpya- stthaotfI nidamni sosniar.A ite s
thsea mtei mheiw,si e fM,i a,t hmeo thoefhr i tshe res ons,
haads evnereroveu bsr eakdtohwkanet p hte ra niodnu otf
institforuy taeiroAsnn.sdH esshei meslsfu efferda ne mo­
tinoaclr itshirasqet u eidri nentsipvysec hnoaalytetraitcm ent
witthh e JudnsigcpiilJaeon sB e.Lf a nIgwt.a tsh bee ginning
ofa n injwuoarryndt e hwaatts o l ahsitum n itl aog:lSe di d­
dharwtaohsna oe f mtohsei tm poretaarwnlatyys tiaotns.
INTROD UC TION XI
Undetrhi em paocftt h edsileso tciao,Hn essse wuenndte r
thpartoo ufncdah ngienh ilsei syftlaen idnh is pctoinoocfne
hiwsor kt,h alte nan te wd ierctitooa nne v-eirntensifying
fsuioonfs ealnfwd o rlFdo.tr h aed optoifto hnne e wl ife­
stylhea tdhow e a iutn taitflet rh een odf t hwea rw,h ehne
coluda bansduobnu rlebii afntn h Sew icsasp aintwdaa ldn er
int hweo odasn mdo untoafis nosu thSewrintla znedBr.u t
thsew ticihnh iasr t mwoaeri sm medDieactiievs.eu lnyd,e r
thien flueonfc pehys icsh noayalttirce eantHtme,s lseteb f e­
hinhdi mt worl oetsh haatnd u rtuhriemfrod m oert haan
thdi rofw ohriksli ein:tfgh see snitciovvnene tilon noeavlist
and,e p meorrttiltnyhe,cen r eaotfo rt heei dnyaalsitlh tu a rd
beehna nddeodw tnoh ibmy t hremo anttiricat diNoonwa.
racdlaiizferodmo f itdhyebll e mceat hsep nrgbioarfdor h is
creaftutiuvrTeeh .ep c iarewsaqnudee lriekre,v atgohanebd
Knulipna b oookfs tobryit ehsta ittp ulbel iisn1h 9e1d5 ,
hafdro meadd eicsipvaeor ftH esssep 'rewraeurpt atfoirmo n
Gemrantyo p aJBanu.at st hfiigsu graevw ea yu ndtehrie m­
pacotfw aarn pdo wsatsrt reasnsde pstol hiet icoifhz iast ion
envoinrmeHnets,ds eevo epleadn ewv eirosnt howefan der­
inpge criepniAtc.c eletrhapitrsio ncgwe assHs e ssse ev'er­
growiinngve omlevnitnE asterreinlg i,po hniloy,sa onpdh
attittouwdaterh sdee . l f
Thee xpvleof orseci tohft iusrf ornm t hremo antniacte u r
idyolfl Wtehsett o t he mythEsa seotrf u pittnhHe eed s ss e'
woriknf lu flor ec wDiethm iwahni,hc ehc omplien1t 9e1d7
anpdu blsiheadtfi, r satn yomnouy,st lwoy earlsa tdeurr ing
thpaitv ofitrapslotw s atyrae ro f1 91T9h.ev iisopnorj ceted
byt her oEh,me iSli nicril,nta heen cdh artneedwa nsadu p­
posleymd oerp eenrtatwianyog fg ainpirnooguf nidn hstiA.g
youngb oyg rowiunpsg,e arcfhorig nuigd anicnoe v er-