Explain how often he joined the samanas, siddhartha regarded the common people, both rich and poor, who were not samanas.

Three years after joining the Samanas, Siddhartha and Govinda hear intriguing rumors of a great man, Goatama, the Buddha, who, having attained enlightenment, teaches others ... Goatama responds by saying that he goal of his teaching is not "to explain the world to those who are thirsty for knowledge.