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Buddhism in Cinema

Films exploring Buddhist philosophy: samsara, sunyata, bardo states, and the nature of mind. The wheel and the way out.

9 films exploring buddhism themes

Arrival(2016)

Language as the Door to Non-Linear Being

Everything Everywhere All at Once(2022)

The Bagel, the Void, and the Laundromat Bodhi

Ghost in the Shell(1995)

The Puppet Master as Digital Bodhisattva

Enter the Void(2009)

The Bardo Thodol as Neon Nightmare

A Ghost Story(2017)

Time as the Final Attachment

Millennium Actress(2001)

The Chase That Was Always the Point

Waking Life(2001)

The Lucid Dream as Philosophical Inquiry

Inception(2010)FULL ANALYSIS

Dream Yoga and the Totem of Attachment

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind(2004)FULL ANALYSIS

Memory as Identity and the Pain We Need to Keep