Samsara

Mentally: Mentally, Siddhartha was in the mindset of becoming successful with the business that he had encountered. He had money and he became a lot happier. He enjoys the presence of his friend Kamala, but the more money that he starts getting, the less that he becomes involved with his religion and he begins to slowly shy farther away from reaching his goal, Nirvana. Siddhartha finally realizes that the lifestyle he was living was not what he was set out to do, so he decided to leave all behind and leave to continue his quest. 


Physically: Physically, Siddhartha traveled to this village of Samsara where he found a prostitute, and a beautiful woman named Kamala. Kamala worked very hard to achieve the nice clothing, money and necessary things she needed to survive. Siddhartha became rich from business which allowed him to filled with wealth of material things. He was enjoying this lifestyle but eventually he became unhappy with the town and decided that it was best for him to leave. 


Spiritually: Spiritually, Siddhartha had left Buddha and became very depressed, and rather than following what he wanted in his journey, he decided to abandon all virtue, and switch his lifestyle to vices and material things. Siddhartha is now at his farthest point from Nivrana but is enjoying his lifestyle, but he knows that it is necessary for him to continue along the path that he has set out to find Nirvana. He had selfish desires within that were causing him to earn more and more money. 


Socially: Socially, Siddhartha was making new friends and was becoming a very wealthy man within the community of Samsara. He had a a lot of money and began obtaining many material items that he selfishly wanted. Within himself though, he knows that this lifestyle was still NOT what he wanted, because what he really wanted was to obtain an inner peace and achieve Nirvana. He knew that living like this would not allow for him to reach his goal. 


Quote: "A path lies before you which you are called to follow. The gods await you" (67). This quote was very meaningful to the chapter because this was a voice that came from deep within Siddhartha. It was his internal conscience telling him that he needed to leave what he was doing behind, and move on to what God has called him to do. To truly find his inner peace and strive to attain Nirvana.