''You do, however, very clearly see the deadness of his life at the beginning of
the movie.'' After the self dies, he added, ''what is reborn is this new person
resurrected from his comatose way of looking at the world.''
This quote is basicaly what I saw in the movie. In the article it says that christians see the groundhog as Jesus. I didn't see this at all when I watched it. We celebrate easter as the rising of jesus each year, not groundhog day. Christianity isn't the only religion that I saw in the movie. I didn't know a lot about buddhist beliefs but after reading about them I can really see them.
That is why you have bodhisattvas, who reach the brink of nirvana, and stop and
come back and save the rest of us. Bill Murray is the bodhisattva. He is not
going to abandon the world. On the contrary, he is released back into the world
to save it
After continuing to read Bill Murray is compared to the doli lama because he is the only bodhisattvas. Bill Murray might be the Doli in Groundhog Day, but he still stiffed him after he caddied for him.
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Paddy, im impressed that you put forth the time to read that religion article. That being said, your correlations make good sense but i still feel that the movie was never intended on having a religious meaning in the first place. Only coincidence. The correlations between groundskeeper Carl Spackler and Phil are immense however.
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