movies inspired by religion
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Constantine - Catholicism
The Matrix - Hinduism
End of Days - Christianity
Alien 3 - Christianity
7 years in tibet - Budduism
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Chronicles of Narnia - Christianity
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Actually The Matrix was inspired by a mixture of religions, primarily Gnostism. The most recent release, Chronicles of Narnia.Originally posted by Oldwood:Constantine - Catholicism
The Matrix - Hinduism
End of Days - Christianity
Alien 3 - Christianity
7 years in tibet - Budduism
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emily and the red rose-catholicism
barb wire-fake boobism
shows:
jacky show(wo cai)-big-headism
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Gnosticism and hindsuism have some concepts in commone as the supreme being and the saviour
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Matrix is IMHO highly influenced by Buddhism tooOriginally posted by Oldwood:Constantine - Catholicism
The Matrix - Hinduism
End of Days - Christianity
Alien 3 - Christianity
7 years in tibet - Budduism
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Some stories also have links to current events of their time
JRR Tolkien and CS Lewis wrote the stories during wartime too. -
All okay but how is Hindu releated to THe Matrix?
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Originally posted by yuko-ogura:emily and the red rose-catholicism
barb wire-fake boobism
shows:
jacky show(wo cai)-big-headism
ren wo ao you(the champion)-big-boobism
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paiseh..u wrong frequency.Originally posted by laurence82: 
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analogueOriginally posted by yuko-ogura:paiseh..u wrong frequency.
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Originally posted by laurence82:analogue
still adjusting
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The Hindu trinity is of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva. They are respectively the creator, preserver and destroyer of the universe. They are also aligned as the transcendent Godhead, Shiva, the cosmic lord, Vishnu and the cosmic mind, Brahma. In this regard they are called Sat-Tat-Aum, the Being, the Thatness or immanence and the Word or holy spirit. This is much like the Christian trinity of God as the Father, Son and Holy Ghost. The trinity represents the Divine in its threefold nature and function. Each aspect of the trinity contains and includes the others.
Each God in the trinity has his consort. To Brahma is Saraswati, the Goddess of knowledge. For Vishnu is Lakshmi, the Goddess of love, beauty and delight. For Shiva is Kali (Parvati) , the Goddess of power, destruction and transformation. These are the three main forms of the Goddess, as Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva are the three main forms of the God. The three Goddesses are often worshipped in their own right as well as along with their spouses.
Father of the Matrix => Brahma (The initial Creator)
Oracle => Lord Shiva and Goddess Shakti (Shiv and Shakti are often regaded as male and female counterparts of the same divinity. The Oracle tries to "unbalance" the equation, something akin to destruction of universe for good, which is Shiva's job. Shakti or the mother Goddess stands for love, and nurturing and Oracle seems to love kids, and not to mention candies)
Most importantly,
NEO => Lord Vishnu, the divine preserver, the saviour, and the one who periodically incarnates himself to destroy evil forces (e.g.: Smith).
A certain Hindu mythological depiction portrays that while Vishnu is the divine saviour and re-incarnates himself to cleanse the world, he in a certain sense collaborates with Brahma for creation of a new cosmos every time it is destroyed (there is a depiction of Brhama positioned on a lotus that arises from Vishnu's navel. Every time Brahma utters a word, a cosmos gets created, which eventually grows, matures, and collapses); Neo does something similar - he collaborates with the Architect, to re-set the Matrix, and at the same time saves Zion. The Bhagvad-Gita states that those devotees who follow the path of "dharma", truth and sincere devotion, realize that the world is "maaya" (illusion) and come to Vishnu, attain liberation from recurrent life-and-death cycles. Interestingly, this is similar to the saving of Zionites by Neo, and freeing up of countless others by Neo and Co. -
The most important of all - The concept of Maya (illusion) is common to both Hinduism and Buddhism and of course the Matrix.Originally posted by The usual suspect:All okay but how is Hindu releated to THe Matrix?
Also at the end of the Matrix Revolutions, I notice there is a matrix theme song (fighting Agent Smith that time) - and it goes...
Asatoma Sadgamaya
Thamaso Maa Jyothir Gamaya
Mrithyor Maa Amrutham Gamaya
Aum Shanti Shanti Shantihi
Meaning: Lead me from the unreal to the real. Lead me from darkness to light. Lead me from death to immortality. May there be peace everywhere.
That was an ancient Indian mantra!
A very very interesting site about the relation of Buddhism and the Matrix movie: http://www.helsinki.fi/~papinnie/matrix.html -
Hiduism is the world's oldest religion and all other religions are derived from it.
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How about Abrahamic religions?Originally posted by Oldwood:Hiduism is the world's oldest religion and all other religions are derived from it. -
The concept of illusionism. in hiduism. Arent we all living in it?
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IndeedOriginally posted by Oldwood:The concept of illusionism. in hiduism. Arent we all living in it?
The life u lead is an illusion controlled by money and those around you.Those who are controlled too.
It's all around us... 'Free your mind!!' 
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How come whenever i see this kind of post, I will never think the poster is a Hindu or anything?Originally posted by Oldwood:Hiduism is the world's oldest religion and all other religions are derived from it. -
The Matrix was a huge hit becos it dealt with the concept of illusionism. It dealt with our internal unrealised yearning to "break free" from our shallow supercifial ideas.The trutht is we r all imprisoned in the Matrix both created by our own and others.. We are our own NEO. The question is if we want to break free?
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Asatoma Sadgamaya
Thamaso Maa Jyothir Gamaya
Mrithyor Maa Amrutham Gamaya
Aum Shanti Shanti Shantihi
The above is an ancicnet sanskrit hindu verse i beleive. It was played as the Matrix Revolutions theme song -
Buddhism is also derived from Hindusim.
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I will have to disagree with this, but I will not discuss here because it would not fit the topic. If you wish to discuss you may create a new topic in my forum.Originally posted by Oldwood:Buddhism is also derived from Hindusim. -
Hinduism states that those who wont and cant break free from "maaya" (illusion) are doomed to be caught in a recurrent life-and-death cycles.
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Is this a topic on movies inspired by religions or a topic to promote Hinduism?
As far as I know, I have never met a Hindu evangelist.