Siddhartha
Gautama's given name
Siddhartha is the given name of the Buddha—Siddhartha Gautama, the Indian prince who renounced wealth and became the founder of Buddhism.
The name also refers to Hermann Hesse's 1922 novel about a young man's spiritual journey in ancient India: I read Siddhartha in college and it changed how I thought about enlightenment.
- KamalaSanskrit feminine name
- ferrymanOne who shuttles across water
- riverLarge flowing watercourse
- GangesIndia's holiest river
Bildungsroman · self-discovery · merchant · courtesan · son · suffering · listening · wisdom
Religious journey to shrine
- questSeeking journey for something
- seekingAttempting to find
- wanderingTraveling with no fixed course
- renunciationFormal surrender of claim
asceticism · fasting · merchant · courtesan · ferryman · river crossing · homecoming · transformation
Profound spiritual awakening
- bodhiBuddhist spiritual awakening
- awakeningReturn to consciousness
- nirvanaRelease from cyclical existence
- BuddhismEnlightenment-seeking Eastern religion
dharma · sangha · prince · renunciation · ascetic · middle way · eightfold path · Maya
Focused attention practice
- nirvanaRelease from cyclical existence
- samsaraCycle of rebirth
- mokshaRelease from rebirth cycle
- karmaSpiritual cause and effect
dharma · awakening · liberation · transcendence · enlightenment · ascetic · monk · reincarnation
Hermann Hesse
Ganges · Bildungsroman · self-discovery · merchant · courtesan · son · suffering · listening · wisdom · German literature
pilgrimage
Religious journey to shrine
renunciation · asceticism · fasting · merchant · courtesan · ferryman · river crossing · homecoming · transformation · stages
enlightenment
Profound spiritual awakening
- bodhiBuddhist spiritual awakening
- awakeningReturn to consciousness
- nirvanaRelease from cyclical existence
Buddhism · dharma · sangha · prince · renunciation · ascetic · middle way · eightfold path · Maya · lotus
meditation
Focused attention practice
karma · dharma · awakening · liberation · transcendence · enlightenment · ascetic · monk · reincarnation · illusion
- German NovellasThe Metamorphosis, Metamorphosis, Death in Venice, Tristan, The Sandman
- 20th Century Books1984, Animal Farm, Brave New World, Catch-22, Grapes of Wrath
- religious figuresJesus, Buddha, Muhammad, Moses, Abraham
- BuddhismBuddha, dharma wheel, Four Noble Truths, nirvana, dharma
- 5th Century BCPericles, Socrates, Parthenon, Battle of Marathon, Peloponnesian War
- Ancient ThinkersAristotle, Plato, Socrates, Confucius, Thales
SiddharthaMara
Hebrew name meaning bitter
worldling · materialist · skeptic · atheist · agnostic
SiddharthaGenghis Khan
Mongol Empire's founder
Alexander the Great · Julius Caesar · Nero · Caligula · warlord
- Siddhartha GautamaFounder of Buddhism