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Siddhartha (Hardcover Book)

Hermann Hesse

A Nobel Prize-winner Herman Hesse's most inspirational and beloved work, which was nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's

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The Ezra Klein Show

It was recalled as a highschool reading that the speaker loved and that opened his eyes to a different philosophical tradition.

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The third is a book on way back, my great high school teacher, Mr. Evans, my English teacher assigned Herman Hesse's novel Siddhartha, which is loosely based on the story of the historical Buddha. ......

— Episode: Why Is Murder Spiking? And Can Cities Ad...

Episode: Why Is Murder Spiking? And Can Cities Address It W...

It was recalled as a highschool reading that the speaker loved and that opened his eyes to a different philosophical tradition.

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The third is a book on way back, my great high school teacher, Mr. Evans, my English teacher assigned Herman Hesse's novel Siddhartha, which is loosely based on the story of the historical Buddha. ... It is a book that I loved and one that I think a lot of teenagers love. It also opened my eyes to a very different tradition of thought.

Fresh Air

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Fresh Air

The classic novel was referenced as the Buddhist-oriented book that the character Tom reads. It was mentioned in the discussion of literary influences.

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Tom, your character turns to the Herman Hessen novel Siddhartha, which is like a Buddhist-oriented novel.

— Episode: Carrying On After A Life-Changing Accide...

Episode: Carrying On After A Life-Changing Accident

The classic novel was referenced as the Buddhist-oriented book that the character Tom reads. It was mentioned in the discussion of literary influences.

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Tom, your character turns to the Herman Hessen novel Siddhartha, which is like a Buddhist-oriented novel.

Episode: Writer Quiara Alegría Hudes On ‘White Hot’ Rage

The conversation noted that April referenced Siddhartha, describing it as a 1922 book about a man who leaves his family to seek enlightenment.

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Thank you for reading that. We heard April reference Siddhartha. That's the book from Hermann Hesse of 1922. It's about a man who leaves his family to find himself.

10% Happier with Dan Harris

The book was mentioned in relation to the song 'Be Kind to the Bugs,' with the speakers discussing its theme about the less one has, the more one can accomplish, as the main character searches for enlightenment.

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oh no in the i read sadartha like or the herman has book you know

— Episode: Culture Abuse, Finding Peace in Punk Roc...

Episode: Culture Abuse, Finding Peace in Punk Rock

The book was mentioned in relation to the song 'Be Kind to the Bugs,' with the speakers discussing its theme about the less one has, the more one can accomplish, as the main character searches for enlightenment.

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oh no in the i read sadartha like or the herman has book you know

and he's like a Buddhist and is trying to search for enlightenment and goes like without anything for so long and then he like goes into town and he meets meets a woman and the woman wants someone with money and stuff and he can like save up his money because he never had money so then he doesn't have to he doesn't spend it because he never had you know like it's like all the things you can acquire like the less you have and the more you're okay with it than like the more you can accomplish because you've never really had anything

Handsome

Podcast

Handsome

The hosts recalled their childhood attempts to answer life's big questions by emulating the meditative quest described in the title, noting that, like Siddhartha, they never actually found the answers they sought. They used the reference to illustrate youthful curiosity rather than to endorse the book.

Episode: Sarah Silverman asks WHY?!

The hosts recalled childhood attempts to find life's answers by emulating Siddhartha's meditative quest, noting they never actually discovered the answers they sought.

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When I was a kid ... I used to really think that if I grabbed a pack of smokes ... I could really figure out the answer to ... Like Siddhartha, like the Buddhist, he sat under the lotus tree and yeah.

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