I am Mukesh, and I have been watching Siddhartha ever since he traveled into town with the other pilgrims. He was an interesting lookinking character so I ask around to figure out his story. I was told he had left home several years ago when he decided he had much to learn and discover that his home could not offer to him. So he travelled on and joined some monks who taught him some more things (not sure what I was only half listening, because at this point I had 9,000 rupees on the table and was getting pretty jumpy about their well being). Anyway he ended up leaving them because he believed he had learned all he could from them. Also his friend and him wanted to see the Buddha. So they traveled here and listened to the Buddha's teachings. The next day Siddhartha went and spoke to the Buddha. I heard (from a distance) him say things about how you cannot reach Nirvana with other people's paths, and that he layed eyes on a truly holy man and what not. Anyway Siddhartha left and didn't take his friend with him. I guess his buddy was gonna stay with the Buddha. Since I had to go to one of my plantations I followed Siddhartha out of town. I heard him speak of his new revelations about how he would find his own path to Nirvana, and that he was reborn, and seeing the world for the first time. Then I could see that he realized how alone he was. I could see that he thought he was the loneliest man in the world. He didn't even know I was there.
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