Seek Inner Peace in Siddhartha Siddhartha had one goal: to become empty, to empty himself of thirst, desire, dreams, pleasure and pain - to leave that the self Dies. To no longer be the Self, to experience the peace of an empty heart, to experience pure thought: this was his goal. When the whole Self was vanquished and dead, when all passions and desires were silent, then the ultimate, the intimate part of the Being which is no longer the Self - the great secret (14) Siddhartha, according to his actions, will have to awaken , he was constantly searching for knowledge, regardless of the kind, or what he had to do to get it. In the book entitled Siddhartha, by Herman Hesse, this is shown to us by Siddhartha's leaving home to join the Samana, and by all the actions that lead to his residence along the river. Leaving his loving family and the home where everyone loved him shows us that Siddhartha not only knows what he wants but will do anything to get it. As described on pages 10 to 12, Siddhartha did not leave his father's chambers until he had gotten what he wanted, until his father submitted to Siddhartha's wishes and agreed to let him leave the house to join the Samanas. This stubbornness, this patience with people and situations is also a large part of Siddhartha's character. It allows him to wait for someone or something, which teaches him how to do without it and also helps him during his time with the Samana. “Siddhartha learned much from the Samanas, he learned many ways of losing the Self” (15). Despite the knowledge he gained, Siddhartha realized that it was only "...a temporary palliative against the pain and madness of life" (17). And with that his next decision was to leave the Samanas and go in search of the Buddha to perhaps learn something he didn't already know. Through this we learn that Siddhartha, after learning all that is possible in one place, moves to another in search of greater wisdom in search of the secret of how to achieve inner peace, how to find the Self. This action also shows his change by showing us that Siddhartha no longer has the patience to stick to certain routines like he did when he was at home in his youth. Finding the Buddha in a garden, Siddhartha and Govinda spend an evening and afternoon in the "...jetavana grove" listening to the Buddha's teachings. Although what he has to say is very important and widely believed to be flawless, Siddhartha finds that the Buddha's "... doctrine of rising above the world, of salvation, has a small gap. [And] through this small pause, the the eternal and one world law [that the Buddha preaches] collapses again” (32-3) This realization that the teachings are not flawless shows that Siddhartha has begun to think for himself and practice more purification routines verses to get a moment of inner peace.Once again Siddhartha renews his journey, leaving Govinda and the Illustrious behind, convinced that no one finds salvation through the teachings realized that he would never achieve inner peace through the teachings of others, but that he alone had to seek it. And this is what he did, then stopping for a lesson in love from the beautiful courtesan Kamala. Because of this experience, he took off his Samana robes and became a merchant. He gambled and acquired wealth, all for the love of a beautiful woman. As the years passed, Siddhartha's soul became contaminated with the characteristics of ordinary people. Now he relied on luxury, when before he could have fasted or begged for food. His goals, 1951.