The river in this piece of writing can symbolize many different ideals and represents many thoughts of Buddhism.
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Dale Miller The river in this piece of writing can symbolize many different ideals and represents many thoughts of Buddhism. In a sense, the river represents on a larger scale the life Siddhartha should lead; one of calmness and peace while having ever-changing effects on the things and people he comes in contact with. His learning does not stop and probably will never stop as long as he is searching and practicing what he has learned. Granted, the material possessions he made prior to going to the river taught him to become child like again. But as those taught him to be child like, he learned much more. To become that child Siddhartha had to learn on his own what is important to him. This is one of the ideals I think Siddhartha took from the river. He learned to love, not a person this time but to love himself and...

