「流浪者之歌」是赫曼赫塞於1922年的作品，這位兼具德國 及瑞士籍的詩人小說家，是1946 年的諾貝爾文學獎得主。本小說 是悉達多的生命探索故事，背景在佛陀時期的印度，以抒情及哲 思為風格。它在60年代有十足的影響力，為西方的文化注入東方 的智慧，為世間的苦難提供了新的解藥。 本研究的目的在探討佛法的智慧如何落實於此書中。悉達多 代表芸芸眾生，與生俱有離苦得樂的本能。他的追尋並非專屬於 宗教性格之人的追求，他所經歷的是人類共同的困境，是生命無 止盡的渴求及失落。以佛法的觀點來檢視此書，它是生命的寓言 故事，在呈現世間痛苦之時，也指出解脫的潛在可能。 本研究分兩部分。第一部分闡釋生命普遍的苦相，以佛法的 貪、嗔、癡分別說明。第二部分探討主角悉達多如何得到解脫， 他所證得的智慧，是去除人間眾苦的良藥，此處分別用佛法的悲 憫、空性、和業果來詮釋。佛法的智慧是悉達多的終極成就。在 這趟追尋之旅中，沒有英勇的打鬥以饗讀者的感官，只有深沉寧 靜的佛理感悟，牽動著我們邁向自我的解脫之道。在當下以科學 客觀為主流論述的社會中，這小說提供了宗教的真理讓我們深思 並遵循。

Siddhartha is a 1922 novelette by Hermann Hesse, a German-Swiss poet and novelist awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1946. It explores the spiritual quest of an Indian young man named Siddhartha during the time of Gautama Buddha. Lyrical and philosophical, the book was influential during the 1960s as it rediscovered Oriental wisdom as a remedy for human sufferings. The purpose of this study is to explore Buddhist wisdom through this novelette. Siddhartha is every one of us with an inherent inclination to seek happiness. His quest is not a unique experience belonging to a religious man. What he experienced is common to humanity with all insatiable desires and disillusionment. Analyzed from the Buddhist perspective, this novelette is an allegory on human life, which is plagued with sufferings yet full of potential liberation. The contents of this paper will be divided into two parts. The first part illustrates Siddhartha’s suffering as a common feature of life, which is further classified into three moral deviations in Buddhism: greed, hatred and delusion. The second part analyzes the wisdom Siddhartha got to eradicate sufferings. It includes essential Buddhist doctrines on compassion, emptiness and karma. The gaining of Buddhist wisdom turns out to be the supreme achievement of his quest. There is no physical valor to excite readers’ emotions during this journey; there is only the serene unfolding of Buddhist truths by which we can find our own way to Deliverance. While scientific objectivism has become the dominant discourse in today’s world, this novelette offers religious truths for us to ponder and follow.