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Wealth In Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha

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Once Siddhartha learns about the harmony of the river, he begins to be listen more carefully and lets go of all his desires. “More ego than before, more concentrated” (39). With a world filled with desires of wealth, clothes, ranking in society, and ego, it is easy to worship these wants instead of focusing on what is actually important in life. Therefore, even though Siddhartha once desired material wealth, by listening to the river and opening his eyes to the beauty of the world, makes him let go of his desires. In addition, by letting go, he was able to experience the truth. “how to listen with a silent heart, with a waiting, open soul, without passion, without desire, without judgment, without opinion”(94). Anything that hasn’t been fully
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