Siddhartha

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The word Siddhartha is made up of two words in Sanskrit language, siddha (achieved) + artha (what was searched for), which together means "he who has found meaning (of existence)" or "he who has attained his goals". [Tim Ferriss] : Siddhartha by [Hermann Hesse] is recommended by many of my podcast guests. There is one takeaway that [Naval Ravikant] has reinforced with me several times on our long walks. https://twitter.com/tferriss/status/1691242898950397953 # I can [Think], # I can [Wait], # I can [Fast]. ---- A conversation from Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha. https://x.com/juhyeon6749/status/2063955217109115144 * Merchant: "If you have nothing, how can you give?" * Siddhartha: "Everyone gives what they have. The soldier gives strength, the merchant goods, the teacher instruction, the farmer rice, the fisherman fish." * Merchant: "I understand that well. So what can you give? You have nothing, do you?" * Siddhartha: "I can think, I can wait, I can fast. That is what I have." * Merchant: "Is that all?" * Siddhartha: "That is all." * Merchant: "And of what use are those things? What value is there in fasting and the like?" * Siddhartha: "They have great value. If a man has nothing to eat, fasting is the most intelligent thing he can do. For instance, if I had not learned to fast, I would be struggling today to find some work to feed myself with. With you, or wherever it might be. For hunger would have driven me. But as it is, I can wait calmly. I am neither in a hurry nor desperate, I can keep hunger at bay for long stretches and mock it, as I do now." # "I think." → Having good principles and good questions. # "I wait." → Looking far ahead, not wasting energy. # "I fast." → Enduring hardship, not losing composure amid suffering. [Spiral] {tags: Book}
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