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Subject: Re: burning oneself alive
Date: Apr 21, 2009
your reaction was completely natural. but you have to look beyond the superficial significance of it. buddhism supports the idea that once one has mastered oneself, one can do as they please as regards to the life and death of their physical body. perhpas the 'master' commited suicide because he felt his work was done and it was time for the cycle to begin anew. also, for movie purposes, a suicide was appropiate. i think it would have been even more apalling to find the carcass of the master rotting in the shrine with the return of the monk. another symbolism is the boat. the boat was the master's vehicle, just like the body was the vehicle for his soul. he burned both of those vehicles forcing the monk to find his own way...and leaving behind his shoes for the monk to fill.
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burning oneself alive
I don't care how lush, how beautiful, how serene: I was mad as hell when the old man did that; I was angry, appalled, and it definitely changesd the whole experience for me.
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