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100
“[Siddhartha’s] friend, the Brahmin’s son, loved [Siddhartha] more than anybody else.” Who is being described?
Who is Govinda?
100
Who stated the following quote? “With your permission . . . I have come to tell you that I wish to leave your house tomorrow and join the ascetics.”
Who is Siddhartha?
200

One reason Siddhartha left the beliefs of the Brahmins, which his father practiced, was that the ordinary Brahmin was ____________________.

greedy/lazy/wicked You could also say that the ordinary Brahmin was to focused on clinging to earthly possessions.

200

Who stated the following quote?: “You say you are making a pilgrimage and I believe you. But forgive me, Siddhartha, you do not look like a pilgrim. You are wearing the clothes of a rich man, you are wearing the shoes of a man of fashion, and your perfumed hair is not the hair of a pilgrim, it is not the hair of a Samana.”

Who is Govinda?

300
Who stated the following quote? “It has never been my experience that a Samana from the woods should come to me and desire to learn from me. Never has a Samana with long hair and an old, torn loincloth come to me. Many young men come to me, including Brahmins’ sons, but they come to me in fine clothes, in fine shoes; there is scent in their hair and money in their purses. That is how these young men come to me, O Samana.”
Who is Kamaswami?
300

From ____ _________, Siddhartha learned that everything bears perfection in itself all the time, not just at some future time or place.

What is the river?

400

Siddhartha found out after spending time with the Samanas and the Gotama Buddha that nobody finds enlightenment (true understanding as to one's purpose in life) through _________________________.

. . . the teachings of others OR ...through words.

400
Who states the following quote? “The river is everywhere at the same time, at the source and at the mouth, at the waterfall, at the ferry, at the current, in the ocean and in the mountains, everywhere, and that the present only exists for it, not the shadow of the past, nor the shadow of the future.”
Vasudeva
500
Who states the following quote and why does he say it? “I have become distrustful of teachings and learning and . . . I have little faith in words that come to us from teachers.”
Who is Siddhartha? He knows that life experience -- the journey of life -- can teach you more than formal education -- which is passive -- ever could.