The Matrix is Samsara

What does a 1999 movie have to do with a 2,500 year old Buddhist concept?

Buddhists tend to appreciate the movie The Matrix.

In the Buddhist worldview, human existence plays out in Samsara, which is basically a simulator you can’t escape.

People who reject the Buddhist path remain blissfully unaware of the nature of reality and how they inflict pain on themselves and others.

Those who discover the Truth and choose to walk the Buddhist path have their eyes opened to a new reality.

Samsara, the Matrix, and Ready Player One are all simulations. There is no underlying reality.

In the Matrix, taking the proper pill allows you to Cross the Ultimate Divide between what we perceive as reality, Body Reality, and the reality that matters most to us, Mind Reality.

It’s a game.

Games have rules, goals, and actions.

As a practicing Buddhist, I play to uncover the only escape — become enlightened — and exit the simulation, Samsara, through its one-and-only door.

Then I never ever have to suffer again, and I can exist in a pure land of pure light.

Sounds good to me.

I want that.

Spiritual Gunters everywhere: Enlightenment is the Easter Egg. Let Lamrim guide your journey!

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Ernest Cline and Steven Spielberg created one of the finest movies of its kind. I’ve watched it dozens of times, reveling in each performance.

~~wink~~

Anatta