The Siddhartha As a young Brahmin, Siddhartha has been taught that Brahmin is the soul of "Atman" or the 'Only One'. It means that Brahmin is the highest position beside the Creator. However he does not think that his superior's 'Self' will give him salvation. Siddhartha thinks his 'Self' conquers him. He wants his 'Self" to die to find wisdom and spiritual knowledge. These thoughts lead him to go on a spiritual journey and he does so by leaving his home to join the Samanas. For a number of years, rather than searching for his soul, Siddhartha attempts to destroy it through suffering of Samanic asceticism. He sees that Samana's knowledge might lead him to his salvation. In the second chapter on page 11, Hermann Hesse writes: "Siddhartha had one single goal--to become empty, to become empty of thirst, desire, dreams, pleasure and sorrow--to let the Self die. No long....

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