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【《悉達多》合集(第一部)】「真假」佛陀:諾貝爾文學獎得主經典作品——佛陀化身流浪者,遠離法義、隻身思索之旅丨生活雜談EP41

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赫爾曼・黑塞(Hermann Karl Hesse)喺1946年榮獲諾貝爾文學獎,當中嘅致辭(Award ceremony speech)提到: “Hesse’s maternal grandfather was the famous Indologist Gundert. Thus even in his childhood the writer felt drawn to Indian wisdom. When as a mature man he travelled to the country of his desire he did not, indeed, solve the riddle of life; but the influence of Buddhism soon entered his thought, an influence by no means restricted to Siddhartha (1922) the beautiful story of a young Brahman’s search for the meaning of life on earth.“ 「黑塞嘅外祖父係著名嘅印度學者岡德特。因此,黑塞喺童年已經著迷於印度智慧。當佢長大成人,佢遊歷到佢所夢想嘅國度{印度,黑塞喺印度旅行咗八個月},只係佢無因而解決到生命嘅謎題。但係,佛教嘅影響已經好快進入佢嘅思想,呢一股影響絕不限於令佢創作出Siddhartha,一部美麗嘅故事,關於年輕佛陀喺地上尋找生命意義。」(牛譯) 若然你熟悉佛教,你應該會知道Siddhartha係佛陀嘅本名,Siddhartha係梵文,由兩個詞語組成,分別係Siddha(已獲得),同埋artha(尋求之物),所以Siddhartha嘅意思就係「已獲得尋求之物」。赫爾曼・黑塞以此為背景,設想有一個要去尋找所尋求之物嘅Siddhartha,寫成呢本《悉達多》。 喺故事中,悉達多並非佛陀,因為赫爾曼・黑塞將佛陀嘅俗名「悉達多・喬達摩」拆分成兩個角色,喬達摩係書中嘅佛陀;而悉達多就成為一個六派、佛教以外嘅虛構人物,喺呢個動盪嘅時代,由一個最備受期待嘅婆羅門之子,從眾多學派當中掙扎,最終決意獨自踏上尋道嘅歷程。