May the 4th be with you (Star Wars Day)

Who said it: Yoda or the Buddha? (tricycle.org)

May the 4th be with you | Star Wars and Buddhism

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The connections are real.

(Claire Villarreal) May 4, 2022: Buddhist Wisdom Modern Life. Happy May the 4th, fellow Star Wars nerds! 🤓 If, like me, you've ever wondered, "Is the Force real?" then this video is perfect for you!

Let's look at a few impressions and thoughts on ideas from Buddhism and Asian martial arts about the literal animating principle or "life force" energy (qi, ki, chi, prana, etc.) that circulates through the body and throughout the living world around us.

Lucas was naming real things.

Did you know that when the creator George Lucas came up with the Jedi, he was inspired in part by Zen Buddhism? Yoda looks like a Buddha statue and speaks in the bad syntax of the 14th Dalai Lama.

The coincidences are real because Asia seemed exotic but close enough to us in a shared reality. Yep. So nerd out with me, and if you have other Star Wars/Buddhism questions, please drop them in the comments! "May all living beings be well and happy," as the Buddha used to say. 🙏

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What? Me no try, me inspire Lucas. He not hide it. He looking for inspiration (elmundo.es)

I'm a messianic figure based on...Apollonius, Mithra?

We were found on the surface of Mars (Hoagland)

Bigfoot or Sasquatch is based on a Buddhist Yakkha (Rakshasa) from space on this prison planet

We are all monastic meditators developing inner wisdom and the Force (invisible energy)

An Asuran princess can be so beautiful that Sakka, King of the Devas, marries her.

The Asuras or Titans are beings in space that often attack the Devas ("Shining Ones")

How can Lucas teach spiritual lessons and give a rite of passage to young American nerds?

The creatures in space have been introduced to us through Hollywood movies.

It's not an accident, it's not a coincidence. Lucas was modeling his characters on people

It makes sense Buddhists would like it because the Buddha was a Scythian

warrior as were many of his earliest disciples in Shakya Land (Gandhara)

Why Buddhism is True (Robert Wright)

(Doug's Dharma) Positives, negatives, does it fit well with secular Buddhism?

• Explore the podcast 171 episodes Buddhist Wisdom Modern Life Claire Villarreal (YouTube); Who Said It: Yoda or The Buddha? (tricycle.org); Doug's Dharma (video Buddhist book review); enhanced and expanded by Seth Auberon, Dhr. Seven, Sheldon S., Pfc. Sandoval, CC Liu (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly, 2024