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The Pilgrim Kamanita
Chapitres (46)
- Epigraph 0:00
- I: The Lord Buddha Revisits the City of the Five Hills 0:09
- II: The Meeting 11:20
- III: To the Banks of the Gunga 17:17
- IV: The Maiden Ballplayer 28:16
- V: The Magic Portrait 39:16
- VI: On the Terrace of the Sorrowless 50:32
- VII: In the Ravine 1:12:48
- VIII: The Paradise Bud 1:22:18
- IX: Under the Constellation of the Robbers 1:32:27
- X: Esoteric Doctrine 1:50:07
- XI: The Elephant’s Trunk 2:01:32
- XII: At the Grave of the Holy Vajaçravas 2:14:38
- XIII: The Boon Companion 2:30:46
- XIV: The Husband 2:48:31
- XV: The Bald-Pated Monk 3:00:54
- XVI: Ready for Action 3:12:01
- XVII: To Homelessness 3:28:28
- XVIII: In the Hall of the Potter 3:44:54
- XIX: The Master 3:55:53
- XX: The Unreasonable Child 4:02:46
- XXI: In Mid Career 4:21:58
- XXII: In the Paradise of the West 4:38:42
- XXIII: The Roundelay of the Blest 4:45:24
- XXIV: The Coral Tree 4:52:27
- XXV: The Bud of the Lotus Opens 4:58:28
- XXVI: The Chain with the Tiger-Eye 5:07:03
- XXVII: The Rite of Truth (Saccakiriya) 5:17:10
- XXVIII: On the Shores of the Heavenly Gunga 5:26:18
- XXIX: Amid the Sweets of the Coral Blossom 5:35:15
- XXX: “To Be Born Is to Die” 5:45:57
- XXXI: The Apparition on the Terrace 5:52:14
- XXXII: Satagira 6:10:00
- XXXIII: Angulimala 6:22:23
- XXXIV: The Hell of Spears 6:31:57
- XXXV: A Pure Offering 6:51:31
- XXXVI: Buddha and Krishna 7:08:25
- XXXVII: The Blossoms of Paradise Wither 7:29:35
- XXXVIII: In the Kingdom of the Hundred-Thousandfold Brahma 7:37:00
- XXXIX: The Dusk of the Worlds 7:44:32
- XL: In the Grove of Krishna 7:53:32
- XLI: The Simple Motto 8:08:50
- XLII: The Sick Nun 8:22:51
- XLIII: The Passing of the Perfect One 8:36:12
- XLIV: Vasitthi’s Bequest 9:01:17
- XLV: Night and Morning in the Spheres 9:14:20
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Late one night, as he seeks shelter in a potter’s entrance hall, Kamanita meets an old ascetic. Encouraged by the monk, he relates the story of his life so far: how, born the son of an Indian merchant, he follows in his father’s footsteps; how, on his first trading trip, he meets and loses his great love Vasitthi; how he builds up a fortune and raises a family; and how one day he leaves everything behind to set on a pilgrimage. But the old monk is not who he seems, and when Kamanita refuses to accept his teachings, the consequences are startling and irreversible. What follows is a colorful, bewildering, revelation-filled journey through the past, present, and the Paradise of the West.
Sixteen years before Hermann Hesse published Siddharta, there was another European writer who used Buddhism as a source of inspiration for a novel. After earlier naturalistic works such as Minna and Germanernes Lærling (The German Apprentice), The Pilgrim Kamanita was a stylistic turning point for the Dane Karl Gjellerup. It became a worldwide success, and his subsequent novels would touch on Buddhism as well.