With the Buddha

• physically: Siddhartha and Govinda enter into the city of Shravasti in hopes of finding Gotama. They travel through this unknown town among an endless sea of monks who are also in search of Gotama as well. Soon enough the followers begin to pack into Gotama's favorite dwelling place, the Jeta Grove, where he is going to conduct his teachings. 
• mentally: After Siddhartha hears Gotama's teaching, he is fortunate enough to come in contact with the buddah. Siddhartha says that he admires all of the lessons in the teaching but finds one flaw. This flaw is that the Buddah's only teaches how he achieved enlightenment, but that does not help his followers because each individual achieves enlightenment differently. 
• spiritually: In hopes to experience his final enlightenment, Siddhartha opens his spirit to Gotama's teachings. Unfortunately he does not find Gotama's teachings to satisfy his urge, nor allow him to become any closer to attaining Nirvana. But he does believe that what Gotama teaches is good and right. 
• socially: After only seeing Gotama from a far, Siddhartha was already able to conclude that he had never loved a man more than he loved Gotama. Gotama too saw very positive and important assets in Siddhartha, but was quick to warn him that he is too greedy for knowledge.  

*"The Buddha robbed me, thought Siddhartha, he robbed me, yet he gave me even more. He robbed me of my friend, who believed in me and now believes in him, who was my shadow and is now Gotama's shadow. But he gave me Siddhartha, he gave me myself" (29).

- This quote summarizes the positive and negative effect Gotama had on Siddhartha. In a negative note, this is where Siddhartha and his childhood friend Govinda separate to finally fulfill their own separate journeys. In a positive note, although Siddhartha feels Gotama had robbed a piece of Siddhartha when Govinda choose to join his followers, Gotama also gave much more in return when he gave Siddhartha the key to himself. This brings Siddhartha another step closer to reaching Nirvana.