I read this book a little after I moved back to the West from Asia.
It was an awesome book.

We are reading this in my english class and I am greatly enjoying it! We have even added into the class time to meditate and taking things from what we learn in the book and contributing it into class time. I find that reading about a man searching for peace and the knowledge of himself makes me feel at peace and also find myself. I can't wait to finish it, and then probably reread it in my own time. :D

Siddhartha is my favorite book of all time. I re-read it every few years, and gain more depth and insight each time I read it.The Sherab Chodzin Kohn translation doesn’t improve the original Hilda Rosner translation, however. Hilda Rosner first translated ‘Siddhartha’ into English for the 1st edition New Directions hardcover editon in 1951… and her translation has been used for innumerable reprints since. I think there’s a reason for that… and the reason is that her translation is best. See for yourself, compare them both at the bookstore ? ALSO… is Rainer Maria Rilke the co-author of ‘Siddhartha’ ? You seem have his name listed as such. I think this is erroneous. I’ve never heard this before.

“My real self wanders elsewhere, far away, wanders on and on invisibly and has nothing to do with my life.”

He wore his gown and walked along exactly like the other monks, but his face and his step, his peaceful downward glance, his peaceful downward-hanging hand, and every finger of his hand spoke of peace, spoke of completeness, sought nothing, imitated nothing, reflected a continuous quiet, an unfading light, an invulnerable peace.