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The word «Buddha», as most people know, is not a name but rather an honorific title indicating a person 's enlightenment. In its purest sense, «Buddha» translates to «the Enlightened One» or «the Awakened One». It should be recognized that the title is most commonly used in relation to Siddharta Gautama, which historically is considered the founder of Buddhism. For simplicity 's sake, this essay will stick to the title «Buddha».

To begin, much of Siddhartha’s young adult life was spent with the Shramanas in the forest that would teach him their way of life in order to be enlightened. It was Siddhartha’s goal to be completely pure in the mind and essentially become one with the universe. “Siddhartha had a single goal before him… to become empty, empty of thirst, empty of desire, empty of dreams, empty of joy and pain.” (Pg. 13). The

Around the time of 560 B.C.E. a child, who would transform the world, was born in the Southern hills of the Himalayan Mountains. This boy was named Siddhartha Gautama, later becoming the creator of Buddhism. His conception is known to be similar to the one of baby Jesus. Siddhartha’s mother, Queen Maya of the Kshatriya warrior caste, had a dream where she was lifted to the heavens and greeted by “a perfect white elephant.”1 This elephant bowed down and then entered himself into her side, impregnating her. This dream was then interpreted by 64 wise men. They said that if he were to stay in the palace he would become a great king. If Siddhartha were to leave the walls of the palace, he would become a great spiritual leader. After his birth,

In the forest, Siddhartha abandoned his royal title and set off on the path to enlightenment as a monk. The path was a difficult search that lead him through three phases….. The first phase involved learning Hinduism tradition by going into deep study with Hindu masters, however, he quickly become proficient of their ways and decided to seek further on to asceticism or abstinence of worldly goods to reach a spiritual level. Soon he conquered the practice, but felt that this was not helping him; he went so far into the practice that he almost died from

Siddhartha first starts out as a Brahmin, yet he feels a need for change. He then converts to a Samana, then shortly a follower of Gotama. After he denies learning from a teacher, he meets Kamala, who he wishes to learn from directly. From Kamala, he brings himself to learn from Kamaswami, which eventually fails as well. These unsuccessful attempts at happiness bring Siddhartha desolation and lethargy. Hesse illustrates Siddhartha at this time in his life, “His face was still wiser and more spiritual than others, but it seldom laughed and it took on, one after another, those features found so often in the faces of the rich, those features of discontent, sickliness, sulkiness, sluggishness, lovelessness. Slowly he was stricken with the spiritual illness of the rich” (69). Even though his heart was beating and he was undergoing pleasurable times, he did not feel like he was truly living. Rather than ending his life, Siddhartha takes one last effort to reach enlightenment from Vasudeva, the ferryman. At last, Siddhartha inadvertently finds his happiness from his long-lost son. Through his constant journey, Siddhartha does not reach enlightenment until he stops looking for it, which expresses that one cannot search and find happiness, but rather it needs to come naturally. On the other hand, Dorian Gray begins as an ideal man with great beauty and youth,

Listening to the teachings of the Buddha, Govinda decides to join Gotama and his followers. However, while Siddhartha does not disagree with the teachings of Gotama, he does not believe that he will be granted enlightenment by pledging allegiance to him. Rather, through a conversation with the Buddha, Siddhartha discovers his biggest mistake – “nobody finds salvation through teachings” (Hesse 34). Contrary to the belief of others, Siddhartha discovers that he must “no longer try to escape from Siddhartha…no longer devote [his] thoughts to Atman and the sorrows of the world…no longer mutilate and destroy [himself]…no longer study…any other teachings” (Hesse 39). Although Siddhartha realizes that he has wasted a great deal of time seeking for salvation in all the wrong places, he finally discovers the key to enlightenment— Siddhartha must no longer fear himself, he must find himself, and learn from

Siddhartha and Shrek contain similarities as mono-myths; however the story of Shrek is the more creative work of the two. Both stories are good examples of mono-myths, but the appeal of each story is very different. The audience reading Siddhartha and the audience watching Shrek are most likely polar opposites. Siddhartha’s audience is probably more adults and religiously based. Shrek’s audience is probably more children and family friendly.

     Siddhartha was a handsome man who lived with his father in ancient India. Everyone in the village wants Siddhartha to become a Brahmin like his father. Govinda, who is Siddhartha’s best friend, together they perform all the rituals of religion and does all the rituals which bring him peace and happiness. Siddhartha doesn’t want to become like his

Siddhartha’s protected environment could no longer satisfy him when he discovered the unfortunate truths of every person 's life. Occasionally, the prince would leave the palace to take trips into the city. His father, wanting to shelter him, would orchestrate these trips to avoid the unpleasantries of life. The story goes that four sights led Siddartha to leave his established life. He experienced these sights on outings he was taken on by his charioteer named Chandaka. Even though care was taken to hide these things the prince saw old age, disease, and death that drastically changed his view of the world. On a fourth outing, he saw a holy man and a practicing ascetic. This is when he first perceived these realities of human life. He suddenly became aware of the causes of suffering in the world. This encounter showed him, what he thought was the way to overcome life 's sufferings, the ascetic path. At the age of twenty-nine he left his wife, his son, and his palace behind to lead a life of extreme asceticism that he believed could lead him to the answer of overcoming human suffering. For six years Siddhartha Gautama followed asceticism and meditation. He practiced the yoga discipline under two masters, Arada Kalama, and Udraka Ramaputra. Not finding the answers under his two teachers he left to engage in extreme asceticism and was joined by five others; Ashvajit, Vashpa, Bhadrika, Mahanaman, and Kaundinya. These men became followers of Siddhartha. After six years, he

Siddhartha has what most people would consider to be a perfect life. He is a handsome young boy who is well loved and respected by all in the Brahmin community (Hesse 5-6). He is taught by the elders in his Brahmin community, but his thirst for wisdom does not believe that their teachings will be enough. Siddhartha’s unhappiness leads to his decision to join a group of ascetics, known as shramanas, to gain his desired wisdom (9). At this point, his main goal through the shramanas was, “To die away from himself , no longer to be I, to

Siddhartha, the handsome and respected son of a Brahmin, lives with his father in ancient India. Everyone in the village expects Siddhartha to be a successful Brahmin like his father. Siddhartha enjoys a near-idyllic existence with his best friend, Govinda, but he is secretly dissatisfied. He performs all the rituals of religion, and he does what religion says should bring him happiness and peace. Nonetheless, he feels something is missing. His father and the other elders have still not achieved enlightenment, and he feels that staying with them will not settle the questions he has about the nature of his existence. Siddhartha believes his father has already passed on all the wisdom their community has to offer, but he longs for something more.

Buddha: Born Siddhartha Gautama, Siddhartha was born the son of a prince of the Shakya tribe. At his naming priest foretold that his life could go into two directions: either following his father footsteps becoming great king or he would become great spiritual leader a “teacher”. At the age of twenty-nine he disobeyed his father and left the royal ground by visiting nearby town where he had witnessed sickness, old age, and death. Legend tells how one night he took a

Through many character’s narrations of “Little Buddha: The Story of Prince Siddhartha”, the mythological story of Buddha is effectively retold. The same storyline

During Siddhartha’s youth, he would always sit and talk with the elders to further understand the Brahmin heritage and achieve all the knowledge he possibly could. After gaining all the wisdom of the Brahmin, Siddhartha tells his father that he believes he and the other scholarly Brahmin have learned nearly everything from the holy books, but he is concerned that they have not yet achieved enlightenment. Siddhartha feels that the rituals he has been taught by the Brahmin, seem more like a custom than an actual path to enlightenment. One evening Siddhartha reveals to his

When Siddhartha completes his time as a Samana he discovers and then tells everyone he encounters, “I can think, I can wait, I can fast” (Hesse 52). Knowing that these traits were important, but not enough to get him where he needed to go, Siddhartha turned to the life of an ascetic. “Siddhartha had learned how to transact business affairs, to exercise power over people, to amuse himself with women; he had learned to wear fine clothes, to command servants, to bathe in sweet-smelling waters…” (Hesse 61) and he still was unhappy. He was unhappy because he had only been able to conquer material things