I agree that Kamala had a large impact on Siddhartha and his journey to enlightenment. She taught him love, even after he had refused to accept love twice earlier in the story. Not only did she teach him what love was, but she taught him what love could be physically with a lesson that "... One cannot take pleasure without giving pleasure..."( Hesse 55). She taught him how lovers are supposed to act with one another, and most importantly, Kamala taught Siddhartha who he was as a lover. She taught him that he was strong, supple, and willing. Most importantly, by bearing him a child, Siddhartha felt the true meaning of love with his son. By giving him a child Siddhartha then began to learn himself, the love he had always denied.