the matrix is a movie about a bunch of human regenade fight again the machine that have put most of humanity into a illusion of life. the movie can be compare to the symbolism of buddahism and his road to enlightenment. the meaning of Buddha is the "enlighten one" it show Buddha journey from a prince to a person who understand the suffering and pleasure of the world. and break free from this illusion. the matrix we have Morpheus and neo both from the same world, except one is enlighten but the other is still "sleeping". this can be compare to the Buddha when he was young and when he met the prophet that have experience the suffering of the world. neo was just that guy he was normal in the world he live in never knowing it real or not, and here come morpheus who just come and tell him the world he live in wasnt real.
the journey to transcendence for Neo is also comparable to buddha while he was still looking for englightment, there was many obstacle. for one he didnt think he was the one, as you can see how he act in the movie. people have try to hint him on the path to enlightment. it is until near death, like buddha when he was starving, did he finally reach transcendent hood of cyber god, or enlightenment if you will. he finally understand that the world around him isnt really thus broke the chain of order that have bound him from the beginning of the movie untill now. he was trully free. FREEDOM. you can see it when he stop the bullet and destroy agent smith and also you know fly at the near end of the movie.
Neo birth is also almost like buddha birth, what i mean is that both of them have one unique birth. for buddha he was born when a elephant tusk touch his mother side, he emerge from a lily pad as a baby, he was able to walk when he first born. for neo he was born well we didnt know but i assume he is born from the tube that he was in, that one with the wire that connected to him. and the day he take the red pill is the day he was trully born and welcome to the world of the living. this conclude my essay on the similarity of buddha and the matrix
Interesting concept. Just for the future, capitalize the first letter of every of sentence. Some teachers will mark you down for something like that.
ReplyDeleteI think your concept is very interesting. And your explanations are pretty thorough.
ReplyDeleteThis was very interesting I didn't look at the movie the as you but I did learn a few things from your essay.
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