悉达多讲的什么 名著精读:《悉达多》-卡玛拉(2)

名著精读:《悉达多》-卡玛拉(2)  

"Yes
" said the ferryman
"a very beautiful river
I love it more than anything. Often I have listened to it
often I have looked into its eyes
and always I have learned from it. Much can be learned from a river."
"I than you
my benefactor
" spoke Siddhartha
disembarking on the other side of the river. "I have no gift I could give you for your hospitality
my dear
and also no payment for your work. I am a man without a home
a son of a Brahman and a Samana."
"I did see it
" spoke the ferryman
"and I haven't expected any payment from you and no gift which would be the custom for guests to bear. You will give me the gift another time."
"Do you think so?" asked Siddhartha amusedly.
"Surely. This too
I have learned from the river: everything is ing back! You too
Samana
will e back. Now farewell! Let your friendship be my reward. Commemorate me
when you'll make offerings to the gods."
Smiling
they parted. Smiling
Siddhartha was happy about the friendship and the kindness of the ferryman. "He is like Govinda
" he thought with a smile
"all I meet on my path are like Govinda. All are thankful
though they are the ones who would have a right to receive thanks. All are submissive
all would like to be friends
like to obey
think little. Like children are all people."
At about noon
he came through a village. In front of the mud cottages
children were rolling about in the street
were playing with pumpkin-seeds and sea-shells
screamed and wrestled
but they all timidly fled from the unknown Samana. In the end of the village
the path led through a stream
and by the side of the stream
a young woman was kneeling and washing clothes. When Siddhartha greeted her
she lifted her head and looked up to him with a smile
so that he saw the white in her eyes glistening. He called out a blessing to her
as it is the custom among travellers
and asked how far he still had to go to reach the large city. Then she got up and came to him
beautifully her wet mouth was shimmering in her young face. She exchanged humorous banter with him
asked whether he had eaten already
and whether it was true that the Samanas slept alone in the forest at night and were not allowed to have any women with them. While talking
she put her left foot on his right one and made a movement as a woman doeswho would want to initiate that kind of sexual pleasure with a man
which the textbooks call "climbing a tree". Siddhartha felt his blood heating up
and since in this moment he had to think of his dream again
he bend slightly down to the woman and kissed with his lips the brown nipple of her breast. Looking up
he saw her face smiling full of lust and her eyes
with contracted pupils
begging with desire.
Siddhartha also felt desire and felt the source of his sexuality moving; but since he had never touched a woman before
he hesitated for a moment
while his hands were already prepared to reach out for her. And in this moment he heard
shuddering with awe
the voice if his innermost self
and this voice said No. Then
all charms disappeared from the young woman's smiling face
he no longer saw anything else but the damp glance of a female animal in heat. Politely
he petted her cheek
turned away from her and disappeared away from the disappointed woman with light steps into the bamboo-wood.