Master of Two Worlds

"Siddhartha listened. He was now listening intently, completely absorbed, quite empty, taking in everything. He felt that he had now completely learned the art of listening. He had often heard all this before, all these numerous voices in the river, but today they sounded different. He could no longer distinguish the different voices--the merry voice from the weeping voice, the childish voice from the manly voice. They all belonged to each other...They were all interwoven and interlocked, entwine in a thousand of ways." (135)

Siddhartha is able to "master two worlds" by finding deeper meaning in his is spirituality. Since he has the ability to be a strong Buddhist, he is indirectly mastering the material world. Siddhartha rises above the life of a normal, material person, making him ultimate in not only the physical world, but in his own spiritual world. I chose the quote where he finds unity though listening to the river because this is how he masters the idea of what it is to be a Buddhist. When at the river, Siddhartha can finally understand that everyone, and everything is equal, and is one. The moment he feels this wholesomeness, is the moment he reaches complete Nirvana. This enlightenment is ultimate peace within the world. He now has overcome the material life, and has mastered his spirituality.