Buddhism and the Matrix Essay -- essays research papers

The One     In the scoot The Matrix Keanu Reeves plays Thomas A. Anderson, who is a man living a divalent life. One part of his life consists of working for a highly effective software company. The second part of his life he is a jade under the alias "neo." One day Neo is approached by Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne) and is taught that everything he thought was real was actually The Matrix, a computer program develop by machines in order to use human beings as batteries. Morpheus has been inquisitive his whole life for the one to end the war between the globe and machines. Morpheus feels Neo is the chosen one, the one who will set everyone free from the Matrix. Neo is reluctant to accept this responsibility, but through various mission and encounters he realizes that he is cap equal to(p) of this feat and allows himself to embody what is to be considered the one.     Within the storyline of The Matrix there are many signs of Budd hism. The first of which is the idea of Samsara. Samsara is the parade of death and rebirth, characterized by suffering, in which all beings are caught (Strong, 370). Suffering is a result of unawareness and yearning, which keeps humans locked in an illusion until they are able to recognize that their reality is fictitious and they are able to renounce this false sense of self. This is related to the matrix because Morpheus explains it to be merely a mental projection of your digital self, and ...