How Did Siddhartha Lose The Self

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Siddhartha divested himself of his past when he, “gave his clothes to a poor Brahmin on the road and only retained his loincloth and earth-colored-unstitched cloth.” (Hermann Hesse pg 10). Siddhartha also fasted for approximately fourteen days and had, “one single goal--to become empty” (Hermann Hesse pg 11). From his goal he could be getting closer to reaching his enlightenment and awakening his “self”. After all that occurs Siddhartha, “learned to save his breath, to manage with little breathing, to hold his breath”(Hermann Hesse pg 11) these skills were beneficial since Siddhartha was capable of transforming into different forms. “Siddhartha learned a great deal from the Samanas; he learned many ways of losing the Self” (Hermann Hesse pg
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