Reading Question:
1) When Siddartha went to his father to ask if he could leave to go to the Samanas and learn about spiritual fulfillment. He remained standing until his father responded an answer to him, because he wished to get a direct response and he didn't leave because he wished to respect his father.
But, in the end, his father has no choice but to let Siddartha go because he has "already left". This means that although his physical body is present, his body mentally is gone and has moved on with the Samanas. His father was very against Siddartha leaving, because it was like leaving his family and religion to understand another, and his father was a religious leader as well.
-Derek
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