Status Updates From Siddharta

Interesting so far. Siddhartha and Govinda start out in a Brahmin household with highly ritualized dharma akin to the Purva Mimamsa tradition, but S yearns to have a more direct contact with The Self (Brahman). He spends time with ascetic “Samanas” who are like Jains but does not achieve liberation. Then he then meets “The Buddha” but decides to skip the transmitted teachings in favor of direct insight.