5/5/22

Temporal

An award-nominated short film made to discuss the cyclical nature of Buddhist reincarnation as seen through the eyes of a protagonist who is able to "wake up" from the illusory world and see reality for what it is. Enlightened though he may be, he experiences the potential nirvana of his detached enlightenment alone, without the ability to either communicate or wake up the others from their individual illusory experiences. Paralleling the Buddha himself, our character chooses to reenter the pod, thereby sacrificing his own ability to independently reach Nirvana-- knowing that, it is only though his re-entry into the illusory "Maya" world that he can hope to bring others out of their illusions, forgoing his own release to further extend the chance at reaching that light to the others left behind.

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