IUF 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Artha
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Siddha = achieved artha = what was searched for. Gotama is referred to as a buddha (cid:862)buddha(cid:863) or (cid:862)a(cid:449)ake(cid:374)ed o(cid:374)e(cid:863) is so(cid:373)eo(cid:374)e (cid:449)ho has a(cid:449)ake(cid:374)ed fro(cid:373) the sleep of ig(cid:374)ora(cid:374)ce a(cid:374)d sees things as they really are. Siddhartha is one on a journey -> deals with issues of inner self such as extreme self-denial, permit union with the divine, releases the soul from bondage to the body, self revulsion and hatred, material wealth, sensual pleasure, Siddhartha says he had to experience sinking to the greatest depths (contemplating suicide) to experience grace and to awaken refreshed again. He is happy and free like a child. He is (cid:374)o(cid:449) ready to co(cid:373)plete his life"s jour(cid:374)ey. The relationship between govinda and siddhartha forms a circular path. Does not find nirvana in other people, such as members of various castes or gotama. Siddhartha discovers that he must seek from within. Iddhartha fi(cid:374)ds a(cid:374) (cid:862)i(cid:374)ter(cid:374)al co(cid:374)(cid:374)ectio(cid:374)(cid:863) to the ri(cid:448)er.