Saved by a mystical "Om," Siddhartha stays by the river. He meets Vasudeva, a simple ferryman who has no theology, no scripture, and no ambition. Vasudeva teaches Siddhartha to listen . The river becomes the protagonist's guru. It teaches him that time is an illusion (the river contains all things: childhood, age, death, and birth simultaneously) and that love is the highest virtue.
For decades, the phrase has been shorthand for "spiritual search." hermann hesse - siddhartha
Saved by a mystical "Om," Siddhartha stays by the river. He meets Vasudeva, a simple ferryman who has no theology, no scripture, and no ambition. Vasudeva teaches Siddhartha to listen . The river becomes the protagonist's guru. It teaches him that time is an illusion (the river contains all things: childhood, age, death, and birth simultaneously) and that love is the highest virtue.
For decades, the phrase has been shorthand for "spiritual search."