Sidartha Reading Blog 3

Section three in this book is sort of a turning point , Sidartha becomes someone he never imagined to be and makes decisions he never imagined would take. In these chapters Sidartha meets Kamala and ends up liking her a lot. Here started changing from one extreme to another.After learning a lot from the Samanas and the Buddha's when he met Kamala he lost all of these things.At the beggining of the book we saw how Sidartha who had been raised surrounded by rich with people who always have him what he needed realized, that that isn't the real world.Then when he met Kamala Sidartha began to be more materialistic and hearing less the inner voice. When he realizes everything thats happening Sidartha leaves Kamala.After leaving Kamala Sidartha still isn't happy and is about to commit suicide by drowning in a river.Just when he is about to do this the river talks to him and this really reconnects him to all of his prevouis beliefs and kind of straightens him up. Many of the things that have happened in Sidartha make us realize and doubt if Sidartha can actually go on in his path without loosing control without having Govinda beside him.An example of this is when we see that Sidartha has kind of lose it and has even been about to commit suicide but when he is reunited with Govinda he is back to being happy and ok.

Section 3 makes me wonder many things like:
Will Sidartha , Govinda and Kamala at one poinbt all be together at the same time? If so how will each one react to one another?
Now that Govinda is back how will Sidartha change? Will he be back on his path again?
What does yellow mean or represent in this book?In Buddhism?
How long has it been since Sidartha left home?
What exactly does the river symbolize?


Section three was kind of the climax of this story , just as Sidartha is about to give up and commit suicide Govida apears and puts him back on track!Im really excited to see what happens from here on and how Govinda's return will change things.