Buddhism and the Matrix Essay -- essays research papers

The One     In the film The Matrix Keanu Reeves plays doubting Thomas A. Anderson, who is a man living a double deportment. One diverge of his life consists of working for a highly respectable software company. The hour part of his life he is a hacker under the assumed name "Neo." One day Neo is approached by Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne) and is taught that everything he thought was true(a) was actually The Matrix, a computer program developed by machines in order to use human beings as batteries. Morpheus has been searching his whole life for the one to end the war between the humans and machines. Morpheus feels Neo is the elect one, the one who will set everyone free from the Matrix. Neo is reluctant to necessitate this responsibility, but through various mission and encounters he realizes that he is open of this feat and allows himself to embody what is to be considered the one.     Within the storyline of The Matrix at that place are many signs of Buddhism. The first of which is the idea of Samsara. Samsara is the process of death and rebirth, characterized by suffering, in which all beings are caught (Strong, 370). Suffering is a result of unknowingness and yearning, which keeps humans locked in an illusion until they are able to recognize that their realness is false and they are able to renounce this false sense of self. This is relate to the matrix because Morpheus explains it to be merely a mental projection of your digital self, and ...