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Zen and the Art of Blowing Things Up
19 March 2017
The Dark Knight came out at the same time that I was becoming intensely interested in Buddhism, and the movie struck me as a kind of extended Buddhist parable, with Bruce Wayne as an icon of the suffering that results from clinging and the Joker as a very fucked up enlightened being. Here are some of my main reasons: (warning: spoilers!)
Suffering and Impermanence
Buddhism teaches that suffering comes from constantly scrambling for stability in an unstable world. Nothing is permanent, but we strive mightily to hold on to the illusion of permanence, only to suffer when reality once again asserts itself.
In the scene where Batman is in the interrogation room beating the stuffing out of the Joker, the Joker just laughs and says, "You have nothing! Nothing to threaten me with. Nothing to do with all your strength." And that cuts to the heart of who the Batman is: a person whose reaction to the first shock of impermanence (his parents dying) was to dedicate his life to developing his strength so that he would never experience that pain again. The Batman's entire being is an exercise in doing just one... more... thing... to establish control.
I mean, who would want to live that life?
And here's the Joker, ready with the Zen slap: he tells Batman where to find Harvey and his girlfriend Rachel, giving him the illusion of control over who to save. And we know how that turned out: the Joker lied to the caped crusader, telling him Rachel was at one address, but actually Harvey was there. Batman races to save Rachel, only to find find Harvey instead. Nothing to do with all that strength.
This really hit home for me because, at the time, I was in a relationship with someone that had a chronic illness. I could try to do everything to make her life less painful and more enjoyable, but there was only so much I or anyone could do.
Natural Metaphors and Endless Desire
At one point, the Joker says, "I'm just a dog chasing cars, I wouldn't know what to do if I caught one." Or something like that.
This is a double whammy: "a dog chasing cars" is totally something a zen master would say, but besides that it expresses our human tendency to constantly strive for the next thing. We're all just dog chasing cars, not knowing what to do when catch one. You get a job: now you want a better job. You get a house: now you want a bigger house. Better to just say fuck it, put on some makeup, and start blowing up hospitals.
No Self
The Buddhist idea of "no self" is actually somewhat nuanced and I'm purposefully misrepresenting it here, but it would be difficult to argue that the Joker clings to any notion of self in the way that most of us non-enlightened psychopaths do. He gives multiple stories for how he got his scars, revealing the Buddhist truth that our sense of self is just a story we tell ourselves and that no one story is better than any other. He gives up his name and identity to become a fucking clown. And people really hate clowns!
Interconnectedness
One Buddhist teaching is the idea of interconnectedness: that we are all one, but not in the wavy-gravy way your high uncle used to ramble about. My take on the idea is that it's related to no self: you cannot point to a "you" that is separate from the world you exist in. It's a fallacy to believe your "you" is somehow different from the collection of experiences of the world, so that you are inextricably intertwined with the world. You can't point to one thing outside yourself and say "I am not this," because you are pointing at it you moron, and so in that moment who you are is a guy pointing at that thing, and life is the accumulation of such experiences of things outside of "you."
ANYWAY I am totally not your high uncle, OK? Point is, the idea of interconnectedness is meant to foster a sense of compassion. You can see that at the end of the movie when the Joker plays his hilarious "blow up the other boat" gag. Two boats full of strangers become enlightened, refusing to do harm to people they haven't even met.
禅宗与炸毁艺术
2017年3月19日
在我对佛教产生浓厚兴趣的同时，《黑暗骑士》问世。这部电影给我留下了深刻的印象，布鲁斯·韦恩（Bruce Wayne）象征着因执着而遭受的苦难，而小丑（Joker）则是一个非常强烈的佛教寓言。操了开悟的存在。这是我的一些主要原因：（警告：破坏者！）
苦难与无常
佛教教导说，苦难源于在一个不稳定的世界中为争取稳定而不断奋斗。没有什么是永久的，但是我们竭尽全力坚持持久的幻想，只有在现实再次确立自己的地位时才遭受苦难。
在蝙蝠侠在审讯室殴打小丑的玩偶的场景中，小丑只是笑着说：“你什么都没有！没什么威胁我。与你的全部力量无关。” 这就切入了蝙蝠侠的核心：一个人，对无常的第一次震惊（他的父母去世）的反应是奉献自己的生命来发展自己的力量，这样他就再也不会经历那种痛苦了。蝙蝠侠的整个存在是一种锻炼，它只是做一件……更多……事情……来建立控制权。
我的意思是，谁愿意过这种生活？
这里是小丑，准备好打禅：他告诉蝙蝠侠在哪里可以找到哈维和他的女友雷切尔，给他一种幻想，即可以控制谁来保存。我们知道结果是什么：小丑对加盖的十字军撒谎，告诉他雷切尔在一个地址，但实际上哈维在那里。蝙蝠侠竞相拯救雷切尔，却找到哈维。与所有这些力量无关。
这对我来说真的很重要，因为当时我与患有慢性病的人有恋爱关系。我可以尽一切努力使她的生活减轻痛苦和增加乐趣，但是我或任何人都只能做的事情太多。
自然的隐喻和无尽的渴望
小丑曾说过：“我只是一条狗在追车，如果我抓到那辆车，我也不知道该怎么办。” 或类似的东西。
这是双重打击：“狗追车”完全是禅宗大师会说的，但除此之外，它表达了我们人类不断追求下一个事物的趋势。我们都只是狗追车，不知道接一辆该怎么办。您得到一份工作：现在您想要更好的工作。您有一所房子：现在您想要一间更大的房子。最好只是说他妈的，化妆，然后炸毁医院。
没有自我
佛教徒对“没有自我”的观念实际上有些细微差别，我故意在这里歪曲它，但是很难说小丑说的东西像我们大多数未开悟的心理变态者一样坚持任何自我观念。他为自己的伤疤提供了多个故事，并揭示了佛教的真理，即我们的自我意识只是我们告诉自己的一个故事，没有一个故事比其他任何故事都更好。他放弃了自己的名字和身份，成为了一个混蛋。人们真的很讨厌小丑！
相互联系
佛教的一种教义是相互联系的观念：我们都是一体的，但不是您的上叔叔曾经四处逛逛的波浪状方式。我的想法是，它与自我无关：您不能指向与您所生活的世界分离的“您”。相信您的“您”与经验的收集有所不同是谬论。世界，让您与世界密不可分。你不能指向自己外面的一件事，然后说“我不是这个”，因为你是在指着那个白痴，所以在那一刻，你是一个指着那个东西的人，而生活就是在积累。对“您”以外的事物的这种体验。
反正我完全不是你的高叔，好吗？重点是，相互联系的想法旨在培养同情心。您可以在电影结尾处看到，当小丑扮演他热闹的“炸毁另一只船”插科打。时。充满陌生人的两艘船开悟了，拒绝伤害他们甚至没有遇到的人。
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