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Title: Gaining Wisdom
Review: One point this book made that I especially enjoyed is that it is only knowledge that can be taught, but not wisdom. In the end Siddhartha become One with Gotama but it was not by following Gotama's teachings or being his disciple. His own self-reflection of the experiences that he gained by following his own path led him ultimately to wisdom and to Gotama. I believe that this is true not only for Buddhism but many other religions. For example, becoming closer to Jesus, understanding the meaning of Christianity is not necessarily acheived by following the bible line for line (as some fundamentalists are apt to do) but by straying from the "right path", by questioning the teachings and gaining experiences. Only by seeking our own path can we gain true understanding of the meaning of our lives.
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