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"Things are working out well," she called out to him. "They are expecting you at Kamaswami's, he is the richest merchant of the city. If he'll like you, he'll accept you into his service. Be smart, brown Samana. I had others tell him about you. Be polite towards him, he is very powerful. But don't be too modest! I do not want you to become his servant, you shall become his equal, or else I won't be satisfied with you. Kamaswami is starting to get old and lazy. If he'll like you, he'll entrust you with a lot."
Siddhartha thanked her and laughed, and when she found out that he had not eaten anything yesterday and today, she sent for bread and fruits and treated him to it.
"You've been lucky," she said when they parted, "I'm opening one door after another for you. How come? Do you have a spell?"
Siddhartha said: "Yesterday, I told you I knew how to think, to wait, and to fast, but you thought this was of no use. But it is useful for many things, Kamala, you'll see. You'll see that the stupid Samanas are learning and able to do many pretty things in the forest, which the likes of you aren't capable of. The day before yesterday, I was still a shaggy beggar, as soon as yesterday I have kissed Kamala, and soon I'll be a merchant and have money and all those things you insist upon."
"Well yes," she admitted. "But where would you be without me? What would you be, if Kamala wasn't helping you?"
"Dear Kamala," said Siddhartha and straightened up to his full height, "when I came to you into your grove, I did the first step. It was my resolution to learn love from this most beautiful woman. From that moment on when I had made this resolution, I also knew that I would carry it out. I knew that you would help me, at your first glance at the entrance of the grove I already knew it."
"But what if I hadn't been willing?"
"You were willing. Look, Kamala: When you throw a rock into the water, it will speed on the fastest course to the bottom of the water. This is how it is when Siddhartha has a goal, a resolution. Siddhartha does nothing, he waits, he thinks, he fasts, but he passes through the things of the world like a rock through water, without doing anything, without stirring; he is drawn, he lets himself fall. His goal attracts him, because he doesn't let anything enter his soul which might oppose the goal. This is what Siddhartha has learned among the Samanas. This is what fools call magic and of which they think it would be effected by means of the daemons. Nothing is effected by daemons, there are no daemons. Everyone can perform magic, everyone can reach his goals, if he is able to think, if he is able to wait, if he is able to fast."
Kamala listened to him. She loved his voice, she loved the look from his eyes.
"Perhaps it is so," she said quietly, "as you say, friend. But perhaps it is also like this: that Siddhartha is a handsome man, that his glance pleases the women, that therefore good fortune is coming towards him."
With one kiss, Siddhartha bid his farewell. "I wish that it should be this way, my teacher; that my glance shall please you, that always good fortune shall come to me out of your direction!"
“好极了，”卡玛拉朝他喊，“卡马斯瓦密正等着见你呢！他是这城里最富有的商人。他若是喜欢你，就会聘用你。心眼灵活些，我的晒黑的沙门。我通过别人向他介绍了你的情况。你要对他友好，他很有势力，可是也别低声下气！我不愿意你做他的仆人，你应当成为跟他同样的人，不然我不会满意你。卡马斯瓦密已开始上年纪，不难打交道了。要是他喜欢你，他就会非常信任你。”
席特哈尔塔向她道谢，笑了。当卡玛拉得知他昨天和今天都没吃东西时，就叫人拿来了面包和水果，款待他。
“你真有运气。”她在告别时说，“一扇又一扇门都为你敞开。这是怎么回事？是你会魔法吧？”
席特哈尔塔说：“昨天我就跟你说过了，我会思考、等待和斋戒，而你却以为这些都没有用处。其实它们都很有用，卡玛拉，你等着瞧吧。你会看到，这个来自森林的笨沙门学会了许多你们不会的好事儿。前天，我还是个蓬头垢面的乞丐，可是昨天我就吻了卡玛拉，而且，很快我就会成为一个商人，有钱，有你看重的一切东西。”
“那好啊，”她说，“但是如果没有我，你又会怎么样呢？如果卡玛拉不帮你，你又会怎么样呢？”
“亲爱的卡玛拉，”席特哈尔塔挺直身子说，“我来到你的林苑时迈出了第一步。当时我打定主意要向你这个绝色佳人学习爱情。我从下定决定的时刻起就知道我能实现它。我知道你会帮助我，在林苑门口你瞧我第一眼时我就知道了。”
“但是假如我不愿意呢？”
“你不是愿意了嘛！瞧，卡玛拉，如果你把一块石头扔进水里，它会顺着最快的途径沉下水底。假如席特哈尔塔有了一个目标，下了一个决心，那么情况也是如此。席特哈尔塔并不做什么，他只是等待，他思考，可是他穿过世上万物就像石头穿过水，用不着做什么，用不着动弹，他径直被拽过去，沉下去。他的目标把他吸引过去，因为他不让任何可能违背他目标的东西进入他的心。这就是席特哈尔塔向沙门学到的本领，这就是傻瓜们称之为魔法并认为是魔鬼在起作用的东西。没有什么是魔鬼的神道，压根儿就没有魔鬼！每个人都会魔法，每个人都能达到他的目标，只要他会思考，会等待，会斋戒。”
卡玛拉用心细听。她喜欢他的声音，喜欢他眼里的目光。
“也许是这样，”她低声说，“就像你说的，朋友。大概因为席特哈尔塔是个英俊的男子，女人都喜欢他的目光，所以他才总是碰上好运气吧。”
席特哈尔塔以一吻向她告别。“但愿如此，我的老师。但愿你永远喜欢我的目光，但愿我从你这儿永远得到好运气！”
背景阅读

本书简介：
古印度贵族青年悉达多英俊聪慧，拥有人们羡慕的一切。为了追求心灵的安宁，他孤身一人展开了求道之旅。他在舍卫城聆听佛陀乔答摩宣讲教义，在繁华的大城中结识了名妓伽摩拉，并成为一名富商。心灵与肉体的享受达到顶峰，却让他对自己厌倦、鄙弃到极点。在与伽摩拉最后一次欢爱之后，他抛弃了自己所有世俗的一切，来到那河边，想结束自己的生命。在那最绝望的一刹那，他突然听到了生命之河永恒的声音……经过几乎一生的追求，悉达多终于体验到万事万物的圆融统一，所有生命的不可摧毁的本性，并最终将自我融入了瞬间的永恒之中。

作者简介：
赫尔曼·黑塞（Hermann Hesse，1877.7.2-1962.8.9）德国作家。1923年46岁入瑞士籍。1946年获诺贝尔文学奖。1962年于瑞士家中去世。爱好音乐与绘画，是一位漂泊、孤独、隐逸的诗人。黑塞的诗有很多充满了浪漫气息，从他的最初诗集《浪漫之歌》的书名，也可以看出他深受德国浪漫主义诗人的影响，以致后来被人称为“德国浪漫派最后的一个骑士”。主要作品有《彼得·卡门青》、《荒原狼》、《东方之行》、《玻璃球游戏》等。

主要生平及创作
出生于德国西南部的小城卡尔夫的一个牧师家庭。自幼在浓重的宗教气氛中长大，1891年，他通过“邦试”，考入毛尔布隆神学校。由于不堪忍受经院教育的摧残，半年后逃离学校。这期间他游历许多城市，从事过多种职业。
　　
在比较广泛地接受东西方文化熏陶之后，1904年，黑塞发表了长篇小说《彼得·卡门青特》，一举成名，从此成为专业作家。这一年他与玛丽结婚，移居巴登湖畔，埋头写作，1906年发表了长篇小说《在轮下》。这一时期的创作以浪漫主义诗歌、田园诗风格的抒情小说和流浪汉小说为主，作品洋溢着对童年和乡土的思念之情，充满对广大自然和人类的爱，同时也表现了青年人的精神苦闷与追求。
　　
第一次世界大战后，黑塞的创作发生了明显的变化，他醉心于尼采哲学，求助于印度佛教和中国的老庄哲学，并对荣格的精神分析产生了深厚的兴趣。他试图从宗教、哲学和心理学方面探索人类精神解放的途径。这时期的长篇小说有《克努尔普》（1916）、《德米安》（1919）、《席特哈尔塔》（1922）、《荒原狼》（1927）和《纳尔齐斯与歌尔德蒙》（1930）等。这些书深受西方读者的喜爱，得到极高的评价，其中《荒原狼》曾轰动欧美，被托马斯·曼誉为德国的《尤利西斯》。
　　
30年代后，法西斯在德国猖獗，黑塞对社会前途陷入深深的怀疑与绝望之中，但他仍不倦地从东西方宗教与哲学中寻求理想世界，《东方之行》（1932）、《玻璃球游戏》（1943）正是这一时期追求与探索的结晶。
　　
黑塞被雨果·巴尔称为德国浪漫派最后一位骑士，这说明他在艺术上深受浪漫主义诗歌的影响。他热爱大自然，厌倦都市文明，作品多采用象征手法，文笔优美细腻；由于受精神分析影响，他的作品着重在精神领域里进行挖掘探索，无畏而诚实地剖析内心，因此他的小说具有心理的深度。1946年，"由于他的富于灵感的作品具有遒劲的气势和洞察力，也为崇高的人道主义理想和高尚风格提供一个范例"，黑塞获诺贝尔文学奖。