Webhis spirit was like a waiting vessel because he felt like he was missing the knowledge to embark on a truly intellectual journey, and he couldn't gain this needed knowledge from.
Webbut as with the brahmin’s and samanas, siddhartha finds the seeking of enlightenment through the teachings of others to be impossible.
He believes he needs experience,.
Websiddhartha decides to embark on a life free from meditation and the spiritual quests he has been pursuing, and to instead learn from the pleasures of the body and the material.