Time and Voices According to the River

In this chapter, the river that Siddhartha decides to stay at plays a big part. The river tells him so many things. So, Siddhartha goes to the Ferryman and asks if the river has ever told him that there is no such thing as time. Siddhartha finds this concept very interesting. He goes back to the river every day-and not just because he has to-and listens to the river tell him things. He soon realizes that the river not only has one voice but many. It has thousands. The river also has the power to say the sound of the universe, OM. This OM is able to stop Siddhartha from committing suicide. This river is very powerful and will probably come up again in future chapters.