Siddhartha and GovindaSiddhartha, written by Herman Heese, is a book about a man's journey to find his inner self that begins when he was a child and ends when he was old. Siddhartha, during this search, sought out several mentors to teach him what they know, hoping to find truth and balance in the universe and the universe. At the end of the novel, Siddhartha achieves enlightenment through many teachings. Govinda, Siddhartha's childhood friend, sees Siddhartha many times after they separate while Govinda follows Buddha. The last time they meet, Siddhartha shares many lessons he has learned through experience. One lesson is that in every truth the opposite is also true. It also says that one body in which all the past, present and future are one. Siddhartha lifts a stone in the example, showing that a thing is contained in the past, present and future. He also stated that language is only a tool and that wisdom is not incommunicable. This means that through experience wisdom is attainable, but if enlightenment is attempted, the meaning will not be fully appreciated by those being taught. These changes in Siddhartha reflect that he has indeed achieved enlightenment, the state that Buddha also achieved. Enlightenment is a blessed state in which the person goes beyond desire and suffering and reaches a state where he or she has achieved impartial wisdom and compassion, or Nirvana. Siddhartha who has Gotama's smile also conveys this in the book that he has achieved Nirvana. The smile is peaceful and radiant to all who see it. Siddhartha's journey influenced him in many ways. Before reaching Nirvana, he had to endure the sufferings of life. First, the pangs of hunger and conflict he felt with the Samanas in the forest, and second, the pangs he felt in love over the loss of his lover Kamala and over the loss of his son, young Siddhartha..