Mar 24, 2008 11:25
"He saw mankind going through life in a childlike or animallike manner, which he loved and also despised at the same time. He saw them toiling, saw them suffering, and becoming gray for the sake of things which seemed to him entirely unworthy of this price, for money, for little pleasures, for being slightly honoured ... he saw them complaining about pain at which a Samana would only smile, and suffering because of deprivations which a Samana would not feel."
I am in Asheville intently reading Siddhartha. I love Siddhartha. I should read it ever month.
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