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"You've experienced suffering, Siddhartha, but I see: no sadness has entered your heart."

Out of this moment, when the world melted away all around him, when he stood alone like a star in the sky, out of this moment of a cold and despair, Siddhartha emerged, more a self than before, more firmly concentrated. He felt: This had been the last tremor of the awakening, the last struggle of this birth. And it was not long until he walked again in long strides, started to proceed swiftly and impatiently, heading no longer for home, no longer to his father, no longer back.

Viten kan man meddele, men ikke visdom. Man kan finne den, man kan leve den, man kan bæres av den, man kan gjøre undere med den, men man kan ikke si den videre og lære den fra seg.