Siddhartha considered Kamala to be a teacher and mistress to him, even though she was capable of giving pleasures and making Siddhartha happy, she introduced Siddhartha to the material world . When Siddhartha pleaded that he was not worthy of Kamala and her beauty, she replied, “No [Siddhartha] is not good enough yet; he must have clothes, nice clothes and shoes, and lots of money in his purse and gifts for Kamala” (54). Kamala discovered that what Siddhartha had, which was nothing, was enough for her to be friends with him. For Siddhartha to be her companion, he must possess possessions in order to please her. These possessions were not necessary for Siddhartha's journey, they only blinded him from his ultimate goal, Nirvana. Goods are still and always will be able to stop the journey. Kamala also encouraged Siddhartha to work for the merchant Kamaswami. While working for him, Siddhartha found himself trapped in a life of gambling on his and others' assets. He recalls his life with the material world when he says: "I have hoarded money, I have wasted money, I have acquired money, I have acquired a taste for rich food, I learned to stimulate my senses. I had to spend many years like this to lose my intelligence...the power to think, to forget the unity of things” (96). Siddhartha participated in many underhanded deeds with his money in order to stimulate his senses. These actions took over his life, causing him to lose everything he knew and differently as a character. These materialistic obstacles are ones that individuals still encounter to this day, possessions and wealth are more than capable of distracting from their purpose in life, as was the case for Siddhartha. After years of not knowing he had a son, Siddhartha finally meets his son. Although Siddhartha is delighted to have a son, it becomes clear