Many Buddhists believe that we live in a world were everybody lives their own reality. There is an actual reality that nobody knows because of our ignorance. The only way to achieve this actual reality is to detach ourselves from all our illusions. We dont realize that in order to really change the world we must change the way wee see it. This theme is shown in the matrix when neo realizes that he is living in a world of illusions and that everything he takes for certain is actually only a bunch of computer codes. He created his reality according to what the machines had programmed, but non of what he sees, feels, smells, tastes, or touches is real. The world we perceive around us is a reflection of what we have inside. This is why every mind has a totally different idea of what the real world is. When neo is learning to dodge bullets, morpheus tells him that if he is the "chosen one" than he wont need to dodge them. In the end when Neo finally reaches his enlightenment, he is able to stop the bullets because he realizes they aren't real. What is than the real reality? Do we want to know it or did we create of own realities in order to avoid it? Is "ignorance really a bliss"? Should we work to get there or are we running away?

Matrix and Buddhism By: Liz and Clara

In the Matrix movie we see the comparison with Buddhism.  All the men in the movie with suits use glasses which are like mirrors in the Buddhism religion. they are very important because they are a reflection of what is in us.  In the movie the physic boy talks to Neo on how to bend the spoon, there is no actual spoon there.  You need to bee in harmony in order to fulfill what you want.  Neo already knew everything that was needed to know in life,  he made is own concept of reality in life.  Neo in the movie was in a cocoon, where he would be reborn in the real world and in Buddhism they beleive in rebirth and that each person is without cell.  

TRITINITY: And when I found him (Morpheus), he told me I wasn't really looking for him. I was looking for the answer. It is the question that drives us. It is the question that brought you here. Do you know the question?

• Morpheus is like a somewhat enlightened and mysterious figure who knows more than most people. In this sense, similar to Buddha. All who seeked the Buddha discover that it is not Him per se that they were really seeking. They were seeking the key to the Truth from Him. The question that drives one to seek the enlightened is about ourselves and the world we live in and what it means to us as an individual.
  

NEO: What is the Matrix?

TRINITY: The answere is out there. It is looking for you. And it will find you if you want it to.

• The Truth is always there- and all it takes is for us to embrace and see it.
• Buddhism does not suscribe to the idea that we do not have full control of our lives. While we are dealt a hand of cards (by ourselves in the past), how we choose to play our cards now determine whether we win the game.
• What is real? Is a real nightmare or real dream? How is the experience different from real life? Or is reality all in the mind only, ultimately? (http://www.thedailyenlightenment.com/matrix.htm)

Matrix is a Buddhist film!

Ever since the beginning of the film, the movie gives various signs of buddhist beliefs. Neo, one of the main characters, was trying to find out the truth of the Matrix. Morfeos, on the other hand, wanted to guide Neo towards finding the truth about the Matrix. 

"And when I found him (Morpheus), he told me i wasn't really looking for him. I was looking for the answer. It is the question that drives us. It is the question that brought you here. Do you know the question?" -Trinity

Morpheus can be compared to a Buddha because he is the one that leads the people to know the truth about the world they live in. Neo, Trinity, and the rest of the members represents us because we are the ones who always want to find the true meaning of life.

Amy K. and Lucy V.