Some of the topics which we had disscussed in class was how Siddhartha was treating Govinda and how Siddhartha is always changing his views to meet his goal of Nirvana. These topics are intresting to me because the both relate to me. Siddhartha's relationship with Govinda is like me and my brother. We both are a little mean to our friend/brother but we do it with our best intentions. Siddhartha left Govinda because they needed to follow their own paths. Siddhartha even said that, "Now you are a man and have chosen your own path. May you go along it to the end my friend. May you find salvation!". I will sometimes tell my brother to stop doing what I did because I did it. That he should be able to do what he wants to do because it's his choice. Siddhartha also talked about reaching his goal. He always set his sights on something and always took the fastest way to reaching it and lets nothing get in his way of reaching his goal. "Listen, Kamala," stats Siddhartha, "when you throw a stone into the water, it finds the quickest way to the bottom of the water. It is the same when Siddhartha has an aim, a goal. Siddhartha does nothing; he waits, he thinks, he fasts, but he goes through the affairs of the world like the stone through the water, without doing anything, without bestirring himself; he is drawn and lets himself fall. He is drawn by his goal for he does not allow anything to enter his mind which opposes his goal." This also applies to me since I am always aiming for my goal. Now I may not go to the extreme of fasting to reach it, but I work hard and try very hard to reach my goals. If I don't, then I am dissapointed but then try harder.
-Tesh
