Siddhartha went through life having one goal, to seek enlightenment. Through his journey, he encountered obstacles that he had to overcome. Each one of his different lives that he lived helped him to reach enlightenment. He lived through his father’s beliefs, the beliefs of the Samanas, the luxurious life, and the life off a ferryman. Each one of these journeys taught him something new that he had not known before. One way Siddhartha tried to attain enlightenment was through his father’s beliefs. Siddhartha realized in able to attain enlightenment, he would have to go on his own path and leave his father’s side. His life with the Samanas taught him many skills that helped him later on in life. He learned to fast, wait, and think which made him very unique from most people. After spending many years with the Samanas, he believed it was time to move on to the next phase of his life. In next part of his life, he lost his vision of reaching enlightenment. He spent so much time following the Samanas ways of living and never reached enlightenment. He became trapped in the life of luxury and riches. He learned to be a business man and make money through work. He slept with women and drank wine. All of these little new parts of his life contributed to the loss of his vision towards enlightenment. He met a girl named Kamala which brought out feeling he had never felt towards a person in his life. His relationship with her became intimate and actually helped lead him in the right direction towards enlightenment. Siddhartha was a man that never received advice from women of Kamala stature. Kamala teaches him the physical aspects of love and what it meant to be in erotic relationship. He learns a lot from Kamala which ultimately leads him towards enlightenment, but does not give Siddhartha enlightenment.