The following quotes are from Star Wars movie scripts regarding Yoda's sayings about Buddhism. - script source from: http://www.imsdb.com [ Star Wars I ] Script from http://www.imsdb.com/scripts/Star-Wars-The-Phantom-Menace.html 氣工 qigong vs.Qui-Gon Jinn - what a similarity 1) Mechanism of Fear & Dark Side [greed(rāga), aversion(dveṣa), and delusion(moha)] "Eveything. Fear is the path to the dark side... fear leads to anger... anger leads to hate.. hate leads to suffering." 2) Mind of Jedi "A Jedi must have the deepest commitment, the most serious mind. I sense much fear in you." 3) Master & Apprentice (Sith Lord & Darth Vadar) " Always two there are....no more...no less. A master and an apprentice." [ Star Wars II ] Script from http://www.imsdb.com/scripts/Star-Wars-Attack-of-the-Clones.html 1) Concept of Future "Masking the future, is this disturbance in the Force." "And only those who have turned to the Dark Side can sense the possibilities of the future. Only going through the Dark Side can we see." 2) Mindful Practice "Don't think... feel... be as one with the Force. Help you, it will" 3) Sith & Darth "With the forename Darth, a Sith he must be." [ Star Wars III ] Script from http://www.imsdb.com/scripts/Star-Wars-Revenge-of-the-Sith.html 1) View of Death - there is no god involved for life-aging-illness-death Concept of Force - Force is not a form of power, but activity of soul (freed form from body) "Death is a natural part of life. Rejoice for those around you who transform into the Force. Mourn them, do not. Miss them, do not. Attachment leads to jealousy. The shadow of greed, that is." 2) View of Meditational Practice "Train yourself to let go of everything you fear to lose." 3) View of Prophecy "A prophecy . . . that misread could have been." 4) View of Body-Mind "How to join the Force, he will train you. Your consciousness you will retain, when one with the Force. Even your physical self, perhaps." [ Star Wars V ] Script from http://www.imsdb.com/scripts/Star-Wars-The-Empire-Strikes-Back.html 1) What is Jedi [Jedi : Ideal Man] : "A Jedi must have the deepest commitment, the most serious mind." 2) Dark Side of Force "A Jedi's strength flows from the Force. But beware of the dark side. Anger... fear... aggression. The dark side of the Force are they. Easily they flow, quick to join you in a fight. If once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny." "Quicker, easier, more seductive." 3) How to gain 'good side of mind' & Use force [wisdom] peacefully a. LUKE's answer - "But how am I to know the good side from the bad?" Yoda - "You will know. When you are calm, at peace. Passive. A Jedi uses the Force for knowledge and defense, never for attack. [comment] you are able to be good by calming down your mind and attaining peace not relying on god or deity. The power is for protecting yourself and others, not attacking others to achieve something for you. b. "No! No different! Only different in your mind. You must unlearn what you have learned." 4) Teaching of No Response "No, no, there is no why. Nothing more will I teach you today. Clear your mind of questions. Mmm. Mmmmmmmm." 5) View of Buddha - we are already a buddha, the Enligntened Being a. "And well you should not. For my ally in the Force. And a powerful ally it is. Life creates it, makes it grow. Its energy surrounds us and binds us. Luminous beings are we..." b. "You must feel the Force around you.Here, between you... me... the tree... the rock... everywhere! Yes, even between this land and that ship!" 6) Emphasis on practice of qigong "Concentrate... feel the Force flow. Yes. Good. Calm, yes. Through the Force, things you will see. Other places. The future... the past. Old friends long gone." "Hmm. Control, control. You must learn" "Stopped they must be. On this all depends. Only a fully trained Jedi Knight with the Force as his ally will conquer Vader and his Emperor. If you end your training now, if you choose the quick and easy path, as Vader did, you will become an agent of evil." 7) There is no fixed future - only you decide "Difficult to see. Always in motion is the future." 8) "Do or do not. there is no try." - Written and commented by BJ Avilla |
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