Govinda relies on leaders and teachers in his journey to wisdom or enlightenment, while Siddhartha insists on discovering wisdom himself through experiences.
1. What has each man gained and lost from his personal style of journey?
2.What are the similarities and differences in their journeys and their outcomes?
3. In your experience, what are the valuable aspects of learning from someone else and learning on your own?

the present continuous is a verb tense which is mainly used to indicates that an action is in progress at the moment of speaking.  

it is formed using: person + verb to be (am/is/are) +verb + - ing form  

example: i am studying at this moment .

in addition, the present continuous is also used in order to express things that will or will not happen in the near future.

example: i am having dinner with some friends tonight.

the speaker sometimes   uses it   to express that an action is repeated and it causes irritation on the part of the speaker

example: my sister is constantly complaining about everything.