The Matrix is the male version of Sleeping Beauty, a big man awakened by a woman's kiss (the last scene)
So the first line on the list is:
(NO.1) Wake up......
What is awakening? It means that we all live in a dream. Many friends say that there is Buddhism in this, the first is the disgust of cultivating Buddhism. The world of the matrix in the play is set at the "peak" of mankind in 1999. People indulged in various roles and indulged in the flood of material enjoyment.
This movie is not outdated because it has a strong irony about reality, a strong anti-bourgeoisie, and it is expressed in a free and easy way, which makes people feel detached. I have always believed that the Wachowski brothers back then were the Buddha.
Doesn't Shakyamuni mean the awakened one?
(NO.2) I'm going to show them a world without rules or controls, without borders or boundaries, a world where everything is possible.
"A world without rules" is of course an ideal, the ultimate freedom. At least the "dirty driver" brothers are now the Wachowski sisters. This is the courage to break-they did it.
What about us? Everyone has their own obstacles, where is the ceiling?
(NO.3) Billions of people just live out their lives oblivious.
Hundreds of millions of people are confused and exhausted. [Matrix lines, political translation] More and more I feel that my article is like an interpretation of Buddhist scriptures, and it is an annotated version of chapters and sentences, haha. This is human sorrow, this is human suffering, and it is also the starting point of all methods of liberation. Realize it to do it.
My father has spent 68 years in a hurry and is still utterly confused, but he doesn't know how to reflect. Thinking of what my mentor said to me 20 years ago, the success of a person's life lies in the ability to reflect.
(NO.4) You are afraid of change.
This line seems simple, but it hits everyone's heart. When I arrive at a new unit, a new job, I think it’s the easiest thing to be a mess, and I don’t want to change. We regressed from flesh and blood into a shell.
I still have to thank my parents for giving me such an unfortunate childhood, giving me such a deep pain, and making me happy to change.
(NO.5) There is no spoon.
I especially like the translation of the phrase "everything is empty". With a "spoon", such a mysterious Buddhist theory can be proved. This is really the Dzogchen Dharma taught by the Tang Seng. It is the Daming Mantra, the Supremacy Mantra, and the No-Wait Mantra, which can eliminate all suffering and trueness, and stay away from upside-down dreams.
(NO.6) There is a difference between knowing the path and walking the path.
The unity of knowing and doing: you can know when you do, and you can do when you know. Countless people told me that I understand what you said, but I didn't do it.
Without the unity of knowing and doing, it is just knowing. Don't look for reasons. "Knowing how to go and whether or not to go are two things." Remember to remember.
Finally, there is a line that you can learn from Nanjing people: I'm going to enjoy watching you die, Mr Anderson. Nanjing people like to say, I see how you die.
It's okay to die, everything is all right when it's dead.
Written on the last day of 2019.
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