This is a suitable title for the first chapter because Siddhartha decides he will join the Samanas but it is unsure to the reader whether or not he will return to the Brahmins.
Chapter 2: Emptiness
In this chapter, Siddhartha tried to empty his Self in order to let it die.
Chapter 3: Gotama's Teaching
In this chapter, Siddhartha and Govinda listen to the Buddha's teaching. Govinda decides he will follow the Buddha, but Siddhartha realized the Buddha's teaching could not tell him what the Buddha had experienced in order to achieve enlightenment.
Chapter 4: A Walk of Contemplation
It was in this chapter that Siddhartha realized he belonged to no one and did not need a teacher. He had no reason to go back home to his parents or search for a new teacher.
Chapter 5: A Kiss for a Poem
In this chapter, Siddhartha meets a Kamala, a courtesan, who refuses to have relations with him until he wears nice clothes and has money. Siddhartha makes a poem for Kamala and in return she kisses him.
Chapter 6: A Rich Samana
In this chapter Siddhartha earns a lot of money and he begins to gamble and become greedy, but Kamala is always able to see he is still a Samana.
Chapter 7: He Leaves Again
In this chapter Siddhartha again realizes he is not living his life in a way that feels right so he leaves Kamala and the town.
Chapter 8: Om
Om was the sound that saved his life. Siddhartha entered the river as an act of suicide, but when he heard the sound of the "Om" he realized he should not die.
Chapter 9: To become a Ferryman
It is in this chapter that Siddhartha had begun to learn from the ferryman, the same ferryman who had taken his across the river previously.
Chapter 10: Kamala's Son
In this chapter, Kamala and her son are by the river when Kamala is bitten by a snake and is severely injured. It is at this point in the novel that Siddhartha meets his son whom he had with Kamala.
Chapter 11: A Perfect Word
Siddhartha was told by Vasudeva that he was to listen to the river. When Siddhartha listened to the river all the voices and sounds mixed together creating the Om, the perfect word.
Chapter 12: Govinda meets Nirvana
In this chapter, Govinda travels to the river to see the ferryman he had heard so much about. He soon saw that the ferryman was Siddhartha and they began to talk. Siddhartha soon told Govinda to kiss him on the forehead and Govinda came to realize that Siddhartha had reached nirvana and found bliss.
In this chapter, Govinda travels to the river to see the ferryman he had heard so much about. He soon saw that the ferryman was Siddhartha and they began to talk. Siddhartha soon told Govinda to kiss him on the forehead and Govinda came to realize that Siddhartha had reached nirvana and found bliss.
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