Early in the book Siddhartha meets the Buddha. He finds his philosophy true but decides not to follow him as a disciple:
"Enlightenment has not come to you by means of teachings! And—thus is my thought, oh exalted one,—nobody will obtain salvation by means of teachings!"
Siddhartha discovered early on that enlightenment is a personal journey, that can not be short-circuited by following a prophet.
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Hesse's book starts like a (more serious) Monthy Python sketch, with Siddhartha living a parallel life to historical Buddha. A novel about true enlightenment and about finding yourself.
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