Although Siddhartha is willing to break with religion itself and to abandon all his training, Govinda is willing to seek truth only as long as it appears within the narrow confines of Hinduism or Buddhism and is transmitted by a respected teacher. As a result, Govinda is unable to see the truth around him, since he is limited by his belief that truth will appear in the way he has been taught by his teachers...
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This distinction between Siddhartha's unrelenting search and Govinda's limited search is the reason why Govinda can attain enlightenment only through an act of grace on Siddhartha's part, whereas Siddhartha is able to find truth through his own powers. Inner vs. Exterior Guidance In Siddhartha, Siddhartha learns that enlightenment cannot be reached through teachers because it cannot be taught?enlightenment comes from within...
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Siddhartha This is where he becomes conscious of the truth of life and his inner being and therefore, finds peace and enlightenment.	1 / 272
Siddhartha Analysis When Siddhartha leaves his former life as the Brahmin’s son to become an ascetic, Govinda follows him. When Siddhartha leaves the ascetics, Govinda again follows him...	2 / 406
Siddhartha's Many Teachers The name Kamala in the book foreshadowed that Siddhartha was going to awaken those buried emotions that he had kept hidden for so long. Siddhartha encounter with Kamla suggested that physical desire and sex are essential aspects of the material world he had to encounter in order to balance out all knowledge he had to attain in order to achieve Enlightenment...	2 / 393
Siddhartha's Spiritual Journey Crying from the death of Kamala, Siddhartha saw in his dream that the bird was dead, just as all that was good in had died during his time living the life of a rich person...	2 / 492