Siddhartha
Siddhartha is one of the great philosophical novels. Profoundly insightful, it is also a beautifully written story that begins as Siddhartha, son of an Indian Brahman, leaves his family and begins a lifelong journey towards Enlightenment. On the way he faces the entire range of human experience and emotion: he lives with ascetics, meets Gotama the Buddha, learns the art of love from Kamala the courtesan, and is transformed by the simple philosophy of the ferryman Vasudeva whose wisdom comes not from learned teachings but from observing the River. Herman Hesse (1877-1962) was a German-Swiss novelist, poet, and painter. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1946. This recording contains a sound clip from http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=15362 (Summary by Adrian Praetzellis)
Genre(s): General Fiction
Language: English
| Section | Chapter | Reader | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Play 01 | THE SON OF THE BRAHMAN | Adrian Praetzellis |
00:20:59 |
| Play 02 | WITH THE SAMANAS | Adrian Praetzellis |
00:27:05 |
| Play 03 | GOTAMA | Adrian Praetzellis |
00:23:54 |
| Play 04 | AWAKENING | Adrian Praetzellis |
00:12:24 |
| Play 05 | KAMALA | Adrian Praetzellis |
00:36:32 |
| Play 06 | WITH THE CHILDLIKE PEOPLE | Adrian Praetzellis |
00:22:14 |
| Play 07 | SANSARA | Adrian Praetzellis |
00:24:57 |
| Play 08 | BY THE RIVER | Adrian Praetzellis |
00:30:52 |
| Play 09 | THE FERRYMAN | Adrian Praetzellis |
00:35:07 |
| Play 10 | THE SON | Adrian Praetzellis |
00:24:27 |
| Play 11 | OM | Adrian Praetzellis |
00:18:30 |
| Play 12 | GOVINDA | Adrian Praetzellis |
00:29:07 |