Did this book give you any revelations.
Or anything you'd like to say about your experience reading it.
Also, what should one read to learn more about the period.
>>8155929
Yes, it made me realize that whatever you do doesn't change the endless cycle of life, you are as important as the dust swinging under your feet.
>>8155929
It helped me get a reference on Mike Tyson's Mysteries.
Not much, mainly because I was already pretty familiar with the concepts of buddhism before reading it.
I honestly thought more about Hegel than Buddha when I read it. Hesse's habit of using ideological conflict as a way of advancement definitely makes me think of Absolute Spirit. Dialectics, baby.
It wasn't a life-changing experience, but it is an interesting read for sure.
buddhism never convinced me
liked the book for the prose (though I read a translation)
>>8156053
>Hesse's habit of using ideological conflict as a way of advancement definitely makes me think of Absolute Spirit
isnt this used by basically any good novelist though?
>>8155972
Obviously you weren't, because the book wasn't about Buddhism and has very few Buddhist concepts in it.
>>8155972
The book wasn't about buddhism.
