L-O-V-E

Irksome
Annoying; irritating.


"Everything was difficult, irksome and finally hopeless when I was a Samana." p49

Bestirred

To cause (oneself, or, rarely, another person) to become active.

"... he goes through the affairs of the world like the stone through the water, without doing anything, without bestirring himself..." p50

I didn't really understand where Siddhartha was going with this learning-from-a-prostitute thing. Not even Kamala herself knew what she had to teach. Was it an excuse to stay close to her?  This is even confirmed by how determined he is for her to kiss him. Can't he see how materialist she is? Why would she ever want to be with anyone like Siddhartha? A gentleman with no money? She didn't have anything to teach him, but he thought he learned about love, "to learn about love from the most beautiful woman" My question from the last blog was answered this time: he only needed some love.