Tapestry of endings and new Beginnings, inching forever closer to Nirvana
Tapestry of endings and new Beginnings, inching forever closer to Nirvana
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2015
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Research committee, Albert Laurence School of Communication Arts, Assumption University
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1st CA Creative Work Faculty Showcase 2015, 46-49
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“Asymptote as Nirvana (Continue on
getting better even while knowing that
it will never be enough)”
Detail about the concept: In Buddhism,
the ultimate goal is, or at least
should be, to be released from this
cycle of birth death and reincarnation
and achieve nirvana. However, those of
us who are not monks are all content
with simply continue on with our lives
within this cycle. So why are we not
doing what Buddha wants us to do? Are
we resigned to being doomed to meet
with the same people who we wronged or
who we righted over and over again?
Thai version of Buddhism played down
the aspect of achieving nirvana, so
much so that some people forgot about
it completely. Surprisingly, I found
a resemblance of answer in Japanese
culture. Japanese’s Buddhism fused
with Zen beliefs and has less inten-
sity than Thailand’s common versions,
but there is one behavior that I feel
is very telling and that is the idea
of doing the same thing over and over
again. Japanese people are very rou-
tine. In the 2011 documentary movie
Jiro Dreams of Sushi, the Japanese
master chef Jiro Ono enter the train
from the same spot every day for
several years. But his life is not
always the same. His works changed,
but only a little bit. It’s a slowly
evolving routine. This can be found in
Japan’s other forms of media as well.
Godzilla, Rockman (Megaman), the Sen-
tai series. Western audience would
often complain of the same formulaic stories being retold over
and over again. But they are not the
same, each time different, and each
time, at least to the creator, bet-
ter. So by living life, die, and then
reborn again, are we actually moving
closer to something? If we learn from
our mistakes, then we are improving,
but what exactly are we improving
towards? Is it Nirvana?
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