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The Dharma of Star Wars

Name: The Dharma of Star Wars
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Author: Bortolin, Matthew
ISBN: 9780861714971

by Bortolin, Matthew

ISBN13: 9780861714971
ISBN10: 0861714970
eBook ISBN(s): 9780861718283
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 2005-04-15
Publisher: Wisdom Publications

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Summary

Plumbing the Star Wars universe for spiritual lessons is as old as the firsttar Wars film released in 1977, but the author of this book looks at theilms through a specifically Buddhist lens, using Buddhist philosophy tonterpret characters, plots, and dialogue. Original.

Author Biography

Matthew Bortolin has camped out for tickets to all the Star Wars movies, and a set of Jedi robes hangs in his closet. He is an ordained member of Thich Nhat Hanh's Order of Interbeing, and has lived in Buddhist monasteries both in the United States and abroad. He lives in Ventura, California.

PROLOGUE

SECTION I: THE DHARMA OF STAR WARS

I THE JEDI ART OF MINDFULNESS AND CONCENTRATION

(12)

II THE DARK SIDE WITHIN

(18)

III IGNORANCE: THE SHROUD OF THE DARK SIDE

(18)

IV ANAKIN, LEIA, AND THE FIVE AGGREGATES OF SELF

(20)

V ESCAPING TATOOINE AND THE CAUSE OF SUFFERING

(18)

VI KNOWING THE GOOD SIDE FROM THE DARK SIDE

(18)

VII DARTH VADER'S KARMA

107

(14)

VIII NIRVANA AND THE WAY OF THE FORCE

121

(14)

IX THE EIGHTFOLD PATH HAT TRANSCENDS THE DARK SIDE

135

(12)

X LUKE SKYWALKER'S PRACTICE OF WISDOM

147

(10)

XI TRANSFORMING OUR JAR JAR NATURE

157

(12)

SECTION II: THE PADAWAN HANDBOOK

ZEN CONTEMPLATION FOR THE WOULD-BE JEDI

169

(20)

AFTERWORD: THE JEDI AND VIOLENCE

189

(10)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

199

(2)

INDEX

201

(5)

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

206

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