Siddhartha

Over the next several days, the truth emerged to Siddhartha—that release from suffering comes not from renunciation of the things of the world, but from release from attachment to those things. A Middle Way shunned both ascetic extremism and sensuous indulgence, because both are attachments and thus lead to dissatisfaction. At the moment of this re

he learned more from the river than Vasudeva could teach him. He learned from it continually. Above all, he learned from it how to listen, to listen with a still heart, with a waiting, open soul, without passion, without desire, without judgment, without opinions.

It has required a great deal of time, and even now I have not come to the end of the journey of learning this fact, O Govinda: that man can learn nothing! The thing that we call ‘learning’ is, in truth, nonexistent! It is inherent, oh my friend, in a knowledge that is everywhere, that is Atman; it is in me and in you and in every essence. I am star

Rien ne fut, rien ne sera ; tout est, tout a sa vie et appartient au présent. » Siddhartha parlait avec enthousiasme, car la lumière qui s’était faite en lui le comblait de joie. Oh ! toute souffrance n’était-elle donc pas dans le temps, toute torture de soi-même, toute crainte, n’étaient-elles pas aussi dans le temps ? Est-ce que tout ce qui dans