在一條通往人群的路上，悉達多遇見一位想去尋找修學者的人，迦南多，迦南多博學多聞，讓悉達多想跟他一起生活與繼續討論自己沒有明白的生命。
當悉達多與迦南多討論生命的時刻，悉達多發現自己的思考開始敏捷，以前跟隨指導者的日子，是一股腦的吸收指導者給他的教導，那些教導他很少去想，怎麼做才能達到指導者說的境界，現在迦南多會質疑他說的話 ? 甚至堅決否認生命可以終止，迦南多想要的世界是一種乾淨的淨土，不是終止。
剛從練習定力出來的悉達多，還不能反應迦南多的問題，卻明顯感受到，在與人互動下，大腦明顯不一樣，一個人的生活，自問自答，現在耳朵聽著迦南多的話，腦袋的想法跟著他轉，悉達多再次去觸摸自己跟別人相互依存的關係。
半寄
Episode XX IV
On the road leading to a town, Siddhartha came upon a wandering
sādhu named Jananda. Impressed with Jananda’s erudition and extensive knowledge
of spiritual matters, Siddhartha decides to stay with him so as to have an
opportunity to increase his understanding.
While discussing with Jananda various topics relating to
spiritual practice, Siddhartha’s ability to think becomes more nimble. While
studying with his root teacher, the approach was to passively and
unreflectively take in what he was taught, without considering just how one was
to attain the states of being his teacher was describing. With Jananda it was
different; Jananda called into question what Siddhartha had been previously
taught, including the idea that life could be brought to an end. Instead, Jananda
aspired to attain a type of pure land, wherein life could be extended
indefinitely.
Due to the ongoing after-effects of his recent entry into
deep samādhi, Siddhartha was unable to fully respond to Jananda’s questions.
Yet he clearly felt that there was something different about his mind when he
was interacting with others. While living alone, he answered his own questions,
but now, as he listened to Jananda speak, he followed along, leading Siddhartha
to reevaluate how he interacted with others.
Master Ban Ji
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