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<p>I don't think Neo is the Buddha in this movie because the Buddha rediscovered the Truth on his own,Neo on the other hand had Morpheus and Trinity reveal it to him.Neo would be similar to someone who realised or awakened to the Truth because he took the red pill which i would liken to an insight pill.The irony is The Buddha was likened to a physician who could prescribe medicine and in the Matrix Neo was given the red pill to wake up and get a dose of reality. :"></p>

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2015-01-31T01:39:22.090Z
Never saw that movie? Where could I find it? Doubt it'd be on Netflix eh
Richard Peter Targett
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2015-01-31T03:23:58.260Z
Here you can watch it for free : http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x175h8u_little-buddha-official-movie-1993_shortfilms
Orion
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<p>I've never understood why people somehow think that the Matrix is somehow a Buddhist movie. It's actually a very thinly veiled allegory for Gnosticism. In Gnosticism, you have the idea that an evil creator god called the Demiurge created the physical world and trapped the souls of people in physical bodies to have dominion over them, and the goal of Gnosticism is to escape physical existence.</p>

<p>Most of the Matrix is a copy and paste of that. The core ideas of Buddhism really aren't in that movie in any real sense.</p>

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<p>No, not in the context of the story. It's obviously possible to see the story as an allegory, in which case, sure, Neo is the one who woke up. But nothing in the story suggests that Neo is intended to be a reincarnation of Siddhartha Gautama.</p>

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<p>In the Matrix, is Neo's character just Sidhartha in a new life? Does the movie have any implication to whether Neo is actually the Buddha? I know the movie is chalk full of notions of being Buddhist or at least explores some of it's foundings but Im asking is anyone in the movie, mainly Neo, seen as The Buddha?</p>

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2015-01-29T13:51:36.667Z
Unless the Wachowski brothers are members of this group, your question may be irreparably requiring of an opinion-based answer, so you might see it deleted (since they're not the best for this kind of forum). I've answered nevertheless, cos it looks like you're new :-)
tkp
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2015-01-30T14:51:02.253Z
This question seems a better fit for the [Science Fiction and Fantasy site](http://scifi.stackexchange.com/).
GreenMatt
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thanks i sent alot of my questions in the sci fi, thought id give buddhism a try since it interests me. ironically enough all my sci fi questions are about the matrix ahaha!
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Is 'Neo' the Buddha?
# Is 'Neo' the Buddha?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-01-29)

In the Matrix, is Neo's character just Sidhartha in a new life? Does the movie have any implication to whether Neo is actually the Buddha? I know the movie is chalk full of notions of being Buddhist or at least explores some of it's foundings but Im asking is anyone in the movie, mainly Neo, seen as The Buddha?

**Tags:** the-buddha, media

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Unless the Wachowski brothers are members of this group, your question may be irreparably requiring of an opinion-based answer, so you might see it deleted (since they're not the best for this kind of forum). I've answered nevertheless, cos it looks like you're new :-)  
> **username_2**: This question seems a better fit for the [Science Fiction and Fantasy site](http://scifi.stackexchange.com/).  
> **username_0**: thanks i sent alot of my questions in the sci fi, thought id give buddhism a try since it interests me. ironically enough all my sci fi questions are about the matrix ahaha!  

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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2015-01-30. Score: 5 | Accepted answer

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I don't think Neo is the Buddha in this movie because the Buddha rediscovered the Truth on his own,Neo on the other hand had Morpheus and Trinity reveal it to him.Neo would be similar to someone who realised or awakened to the Truth because he took the red pill which i would liken to an insight pill.The irony is The Buddha was likened to a physician who could prescribe medicine and in the Matrix Neo was given the red pill to wake up and get a dose of reality. :">

![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/sLkrD.jpg)

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Never saw that movie? Where could I find it? Doubt it'd be on Netflix eh  
> **username_3**: Here you can watch it for free : http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x175h8u_little-buddha-official-movie-1993_shortfilms  

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### Answer by username_4 on 2015-01-29. Score: 8

I've never understood why people somehow think that the Matrix is somehow a Buddhist movie. It's actually a very thinly veiled allegory for Gnosticism. In Gnosticism, you have the idea that an evil creator god called the Demiurge created the physical world and trapped the souls of people in physical bodies to have dominion over them, and the goal of Gnosticism is to escape physical existence.

Most of the Matrix is a copy and paste of that. The core ideas of Buddhism really aren't in that movie in any real sense.


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### Answer by username_1 on 2015-01-29. Score: 3

No, not in the context of the story. It's obviously possible to see the story as an allegory, in which case, sure, Neo is the one who woke up. But nothing in the story suggests that Neo is intended to be a reincarnation of Siddhartha Gautama.


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