This is commonly mistaken for a “God, or Goddess”, but it referes to those who have broken free of the “Matrix”, and seeks to help others break free of the Matrix. If anything, the movie Matrix covers many topics of Buddism, sans Serenity in Sultury leathers shooting at Agent Smiths.
Morpheus, would be a Boddhisava, trying to convince Neo, that “There is no spoon”, or “Is this air you think you’re breathing?”. and that humanity is suffering because of their attachment to materialism or this world of illusionary “Internet”. There are many religions such as the Aztech one that claims the after life is just a crazy ghost fun house, full of mechanical wacky robots, And Shiva’s having a very very baddd night mare, dreaming all this up.
On Click, Sandler’s character (forgot his name), lives in an illusion, where he is given a remote control, that goes haywire and fastforward his life. It can mute conversations, fastforward, change colour. He discovers he has edited much of his life away.
And Shakespear claims that “Life is just a stage”.
Those who realise this, and can break free from this wodden set and snap out of actor/ess role, or realise that life is just a silly funhouse, reaches the state of “enlightenment” or cosmic awareness, and frees themselves from staring over and over again in differnt roles (reincarnation).
Because Buddah Sidgatama, was a member of the Brhaman caste in Hindu society, he had to rely on Hindu concepts of Karma, Rama and other religious concepts, which then crosses the Hymilias, ie Tibet, Nepal, Skkim, into China, then to Japan, Thailand-Indo ares Which intermigled with their beliefs. Notably manifesting into Savior-esses such as Gyan Yin, (for thse Catholics in China and Macau).
Buddah claims that life, all this stuff material stuff the computer we’re using, this internet that contains photos, and images of the material world is merely a bunch of ones and zeros and Goto commands. Or this camera that’s stairing at me captures my voice, my receeding hair, my eye colour, my physical existance. Is just data. Buddah Statues, and worshiping Buddah would really fustrate him, because his first teaching, is life sucks (is suffering), the root cause of suffering is our love for ones and zeros of the illusionary physical world, the love for country, money (mammon), sexual relationships, COVETING more stuff, and more stuff. 3, to remove ourselves from this world of stuff, by focusing on harnessing the power of the mind removes us from stuff. Yoda the Jedi said it best "Grieve not for those who have returned to the living force, adventure excitement a Jedi has no need.
This is why monks and nuns have taken a vow of poverty. To remove themselves from distracting “Stuff”, But with the “Force”, buddhist believe that they just disappear, returning to the cosmic world of cosmos, But Christians and other such religions believe they go on and on throgh eternity.
I personally like my world of stuff,not to the sickness of a Mammon worshiper, but I do like creature comforts I like having an identity, rather not being egoless, formless mass of cosmic data. But if it helps Billions of Asians and whoever else find solace. Then it works. Who am I to deny them?
But watch Matrix with this in mind. There is no spoon, there are no buildings, and life is one big internet VR program, controlled my a master computer AI, the archetect, trying to get rid of buggy programing (the Ghosts, Agent Smiths), view our bodies and our minds, as a Virus addled computer bunch of code, requiring constant McAffee programings, through very very clever malcious programers using Trojan files (Temptation, and USUALLY doing bad stuff on the internet, looking up you know what, downloading music or free movies), but know that there is a very fustrated but PATIENT, bunch of programs 24 hour tech support who are willing to keep on working with you the user, to get rid of them.(repention and confession). And soon your PC will resemble a guilt free Mac Book.
Then the Wacozoski brothers had to mess it all up with putting in the Mechs and other mindless action movie garbage. Like Cyberpunk movies relied on intelligence and classy artsy stuff to get their point across (Bladerunner for instance), But the audience needs a leather clad girl with uzis, jumping all over the place, (Trinity was a cool character mind you), and need all the rocket launchers and swat soldiers getting thrown around like rag dolls. Where the essense was the conversations of Neo and Morphus… Talking about being the so called “one”, (because in Buddism, as Bob Marley says “Emancipate yourself from Mental slavery, none but you can free your mind”, to eat the Red pill (make the conscience choice to leave Satan (a money grubbing Hollywood mogul offering your ego all the power the world, to be king of this planet (if you go ALL the way). As I live in China now, and look at the Party Members I feel sorrow for them (despite them making me live in a freezing apartment night after night, with freezing numb typing fingers).
Or you can, free your mind, you find you live in a Morlock like cave, but at least your thoughts are your own, your mind is yours. Now with Christianity, or spritual based religions, you free your heart AND your mind. your mind will just turn to sand, but your heart, your true self, your unactor-ress ego self your orginal identification is free. Sure it’s not perfect and it’s seriously damaged, this is understandable, you’re the thespian but you always always always have a medical staff helping you rehab. Or you can be thespian who doesn’t need rehab and stays alive.
So no Buddah can’t become a God, his mind has already returned to cosmic oneness databank. (Nirvana) he is just ones an zeros. but unvirused ones and zeros. IF Buddhism is correct.
