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Siddhartha Quote - A true seeker cannot accept any teachings, not if he wished [wishes] to find something. Paraphrase - A person who truly seeks something cannot accept any teachings unless he wished to find something. Universal interpretation - To accept teachings is a desire to achieve something. A true seeker seeks no desires and has to reject teachings. In Hesse's novel Siddhartha, Siddhartha seeks no desires. His goal in life is to become empty of everything, including his Self, his soul. He has no regard for any teachings because he believes that teachings did not explain much. His sole question remained unanswered "Where was the Self to be found?" Siddhartha is bewildered that nobody had experienced the bliss of knowing the Self. When he meets Buddha, he finds an answer to a part of his question because here was a man who had attained nirvana. However, Siddhartha feels that...

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