Journal Entry 1 by crimson-tide from Balingup, Western Australia Australia on Thursday, July 16, 2009

Different cover art.

Amazon.com Review:
"In the shade of a banyan tree, a grizzled ferryman sits listening to the river. Some say he's a sage. He was once a wandering shramana and, briefly, like thousands of others, he followed Gotama the Buddha, enraptured by his sermons. But this man, Siddhartha, was not a follower of any but his own soul. Born the son of a Brahmin, Siddhartha was blessed in appearance, intelligence, and charisma. In order to find meaning in life, he discarded his promising future for the life of a wandering ascetic. Still, true happiness evaded him. Then a life of pleasure and titillation merely eroded away his spiritual gains until he was just like all the other "child people," dragged around by his desires. Like Hermann Hesse's other creations of struggling young men, Siddhartha has a good dose of European angst and stubborn individualism. His final epiphany challenges both the Buddhist and the Hindu ideals of enlightenment. Neither a practitioner nor a devotee, neither meditating nor reciting, Siddhartha comes to blend in with the world, resonating with the rhythms of nature, bending the reader's ear down to hear answers from the river."
 

Journal Entry 2 by crimson-tide from Balingup, Western Australia Australia on Thursday, July 16, 2009

Journal Entry 3 by crimson-tide from Balingup, Western Australia Australia on Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Chosen from the box by perfect-circle. Posting soon. 

Journal Entry 4 by crimson-tide at Balingup, Western Australia Australia on Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Released 2 yrs ago (11/11/2009 UTC) at Balingup, Western Australia Australia

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Posted to perfect-circle as part of the 1001+ Books VBB on BookObsessed.com 

Journal Entry 5 by perfect-circle from Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear United Kingdom on Friday, November 20, 2009

Arrived safely yesterday, thanks very much! 

Journal Entry 6 by perfect-circle at Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear United Kingdom on Friday, October 08, 2010

Evocative writing and a nice little tale of a search for meaning.