Part one of term paper
'Siddhartha' takes place in India probably around 570-480B.C. or 470-380B.C. There is two possibilities when this story takes place, because the date of the Buddha has two theories. Normally, Siddahartha is the name of Buddha but in this story, Siddahartha and Buddha is a different person. Siddahartha was a Brahmin's son. He was very inte ...

Part two of term paper
... with his close friend Govinda, who was also a Brahmin's son. Siddhartha made one goal, to become empty of thirst, desire, pleasure and sorrow. He wanted to let the Self die. From the Samanas, he learned many ways of losing the Self, but every time he couldn't completely flee from it. He always came back to the Self in the end. He wonders if he came nearer to his goal. Govinda, one day said that he wanted to go and listen to the Buddha's teachings with Siddhartha. Buddha had a lot of nam ...