Budhist vs Hindu Samsara
Tittl, B. Buddhist Vs Hindu Samsara.(2013 February 2012). [Video File]. Retrieved fromhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vRTXlx4frs.
Buddhism Explained Religions in global History
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Understand Samsara
Against the Stream Buddhist Meditation Society. (2017, March 17). Understanding Samsara. . [Video File]. Retrieved fromhttps://youtu.be/8ezDVoRz9HE
There is No Spoon: A Buddhist Mirror
- Brannigan, M. (n.d.) There is No Spoon: A Buddhist Mirror. Retrieved from https://library.scotch.wa.edu.au/ld.php?content_id=45331773
“Fate, it seems, is not without a sense of irony,” says Morpheus. So it is also with history. It is instructive that the Buddha named his son “Rahula,” meaning “chain” or “hindrance.”
Buddhism and the Matrix
- Ellis, M. (2012). Samsara is the The Matrix. Retrieved from https://morganellis.wordpress.com/2012/11/22/samsara-is-the-matrix/
When I tell people that I saw The Matrix for my Buddhism class, and they respond with some version of “Huh?”, I usually explain by saying, “It’s the idea of two realities.” Obviously, that’s a surface explanation, but I figured I could at least start there for this post. - Heaton, A. (2013). 7 Pieces of Evidence That Prove The Matrix is Really about Buddhism. Retrieved from https://wegotthiscovered.com/movies/matrix-about-buddhism/As an action/sci-fi flick, The Matrix is a total thrill-fest, combining badass Kung Fu fight scenes with the sole reason you wanted a black trench coat for a while. It was one of the most exciting films to come out in the 90’s and introduced mind-bending ways of making movies.
- Cline, A. (2017). The Matrix: Religion and Buddhas. Retrieved from https://www.thoughtco.com/the-matrix-religion-and-buddhism-250556Although the presence of Christian themes is strong in The Matrix, the influence of Buddhism is equally powerful and evident. Indeed, the basic philosophical premises that drive major plot points would be nearly incomprehensible without a little background understanding of Buddhism and Buddhist doctrines. Does this force the conclusion that The Matrix and The Matrix Reloaded are Buddhist movies?
- Naked Light.Org (n.d.) Buddhist Emptiness: Deeper Down . The Rabbit Hole Than The Matrix Dared To Go. http://nakedlight.org/2016/06/16/buddhist-emptiness-and-why-morpheus-of-the-matrix-only-told-half-the-story-explorations-of-buddhism-series/The Matrix is a deep film. Many have pointed out how it represents the archetypal journey of spiritual awakening. Neo, the main protagonist, lives in the regular world but just cannot get passed a feeling of existential incompleteness. He knows there is something deeper to reality.
Buddhism - Biography
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Buddha, (Sanskrit: “Awakened One”)clan name (Sanskrit) Gautama or (Pali) Gotama, personal name (Sanskrit) Siddhartha or (Pali) Siddhatta, (born c. 6th–4th century BCE, Lumbini, near Kapilavastu, Shakya republic, Kosala kingdom [now in Nepal]—died, Kusinara, Malla republic, Magadha kingdom [now Kasia, India]), the founder of Buddhism, one of the major religions and philosophical systems of southern and eastern Asia and of the world. Buddha is one of the many epithets of a teacher who lived in northern India sometime between the 6th and the 4th century before the Common Era. - IEP. (n.d.) Buddha (c. 500s B.C.E.). Retrieved from http://www.iep.utm.edu/buddha/The historical Buddha, also known as Gotama Buddha, Siddhārtha Gautama, and Buddha Śākyamuni, was born in Lumbini, in the Nepalese region of Terai, near the Indian border. He is one of the most important Asian thinkers and spiritual masters of all time, and he contributed to many areas of philosophy, including epistemology, metaphysics and ethics.
Teaching of the Dalai Lama: Introduction to Buddhism
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