"Siddhartha" is a pearl of Hermann Hesse's prose, the pages of which reflect the writer's travels in India, as well as his interest in Eastern religions. The setting is India during the time of Siddhartha Gautama, the founder of one of the most profound and wise religions of mankind - Buddhism . In this small book, Hesse managed to explain its essence to Europeans, create an ideal system - a certain set of interconnected rules, how to live, how to correct your mistakes, how to find your true self. This parable is worth reading and re-reading not because of the plot and not in search of new knowledge, but because of the deep understanding of the world, the feeling of unity with others that it gives. The publication also includes the allegorical story “Journey to the Land of the East.”