To which part of the river did the father amd the son go and why?
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One day a group of wandering ascetics called Samanas passes through town. They are starved almost naked and have to come to beg for food. They believe enlightenment can be reached through ascetism,a rejection of the body and physical desire.The path the Samanas preach is quite different from the one Siddhartha has been taught and he believes it may provide some of the answers he is looking for.He decides to follow his new path. Siddhartha's father does not want him join the Samanas,But he cannot dissuade Siddhartha. Govinda also wants to find a path to enlightenment and he joins Siddhartha in his new life. Siddhartha adjusts quickly to the ways of Samanas because of the patience and discipline he learned in the Brahmin tradition. He learns how to free himself from the traditional trappings of life and so loses his desire for property, clothing, sexuality,and all sustenance except that required to live.His goal to find enlightenment by eliminating himself and he successfully renounces the pleasures of the world.