Matrix Revolutions and Karma?

[veluthukaran 0]

in matrix revolutions when Neo is talking to Rama Kandra, Rama says he is not leaving the machine world because it is his karma, or "what I am here to do." I thought that this was dharma? How could such a blatant mistake be made, or is this definition correct?

[Guest guest]

In Matrix trilogy, it's directly related to causality. Why he is there.

 

Make no mistake, Matrix trilogy does espouse the Hindu advaita philosophy (with even the slightest nudge to saying VISHNU is the supreme creator of all).

 

In terms of what Rama Kandra says, yes, it is correct. Dharma is virtue, the correct nature of action, as I see it. Not necessarily what a person is to do, as opposed to how a person is to act.

 

However, in terms of the Matrix trilogy, the difference between programs and humans was that of necessity for their existence. Rama Kandra spawns the first program that falls outside the parameters of necessity, Sati. He acts like a human which enlightens Neo as to seeing machines as pure consciousness just like humans, and therefore becoming the protector (VISHNU!) of the Matrix while Smith is the Destroyer (Shiva) of the Matrix.

 

The two, when fighting, clearly do the dance of Shiva/Shakti, to regenerate the world, which is what happens when Neo and Smith are done fighting.

[Guest guest]

is RIGHT are twofold. In the Matrix trilogy, his reason for being there illuminates how bound machines and programs have become to the law of karma or cause and effect. So if there is a CAUSE for him to be created, he WILL be created to fulfill that purpose. So he has become an effect of that cause, and as such, his karma is to fulfill that purpose.

 

Second, karma also means to fulfill one's desires on Earth before finally attaining liberation. This again, is what Rama Kandra does, as he has the desire imposed upon him of doing his goal. So he's fulfilling that desire. Again, his definition is right in that context.

 

Neo's goal is to be free of karma from BOTH perspectives. He wants liberation from Matrix, from Zion, from maya overall. He cannot do this until Trinity is dead, but once she is, he's free.

 

Also, in Reloaded, at the end, he finally breaks free from his purpose of doing what the machines tell him to do. He is no longer an effect, but a cause. And as such, he starts breaking free of the bonds of karma, though he fully succeeds only when he dies.