I always found that strange… The jedi were supposed to be the “good guys,” yet their entire thing was “you are not allowed to love or care about anyone or anything ever again.”
It’s supposed to be the same concept that Buddhist monks follow, or any monks for that matter. Desire leads to temptation, and temptation leads to corruption, so they swear off all worldly comforts and attachments.
Right, but I don’t see that as being inherently “good,” or “evil.” Whereas the Jedi are very explicitly the “good guys” in a universe that does not leave much room for grey.
The views of the Jedi were written from one interpretation of Buddhism’s views on attachment, in that attachments inevitably lead to suffering. Though that’s probably more a mistranslation and I think it’s more “dependence” instead of attachment: it’s ok to have relationships and to love and care about other people, it’s just when your happiness or well-being is dependent on others or on some thing that suffering is the result. Though that’s just one view, and there are of course many, many interpretations.
The idea also exist in Catholicism that you can’t fully devote yourself to the way if you have too much attachment, hence monks and nuns isolating themselves and priests not allowed to marry.
Ya should check out The Unifying Force Theory, basically says the Force has no inherent light or dark side, that it’s indifferent. The Force, through individual’s actions dictate whether they are light or dark, and within ourselves is the capacity for both. It’s kinda what the Sequel Trilogy was trying to go for with Kylo and Rey, albeit executed very poorly.
Funny enough, probably the most famous practitioner of this belief was Qui-Gon Jinn. It’s also why he never was elevated over the rank of Knight. He was considered unorthodox and a bit of a rebel by most Jedi then, who followed the more commonly held belief of The Living Force Theory.
I always found that strange… The jedi were supposed to be the “good guys,” yet their entire thing was “you are not allowed to love or care about anyone or anything ever again.”
Seems kind of fucked up.
That’s why Revan rejected both, declared they were both extremists, started The Grey Jedi, and became enemy #1 of both The Jedi and The Sith.
I think it’s to prevent you from being coerced to do something you shouldn’t by threats to loved ones. If you are unattached you can’t be blackmailed.
It’s supposed to be the same concept that Buddhist monks follow, or any monks for that matter. Desire leads to temptation, and temptation leads to corruption, so they swear off all worldly comforts and attachments.
Right, but I don’t see that as being inherently “good,” or “evil.” Whereas the Jedi are very explicitly the “good guys” in a universe that does not leave much room for grey.
Lying, deception, and selfishness are tools of the Sith, which are universally considered evil.
The views of the Jedi were written from one interpretation of Buddhism’s views on attachment, in that attachments inevitably lead to suffering. Though that’s probably more a mistranslation and I think it’s more “dependence” instead of attachment: it’s ok to have relationships and to love and care about other people, it’s just when your happiness or well-being is dependent on others or on some thing that suffering is the result. Though that’s just one view, and there are of course many, many interpretations.
The idea also exist in Catholicism that you can’t fully devote yourself to the way if you have too much attachment, hence monks and nuns isolating themselves and priests not allowed to marry.
Ya should check out The Unifying Force Theory, basically says the Force has no inherent light or dark side, that it’s indifferent. The Force, through individual’s actions dictate whether they are light or dark, and within ourselves is the capacity for both. It’s kinda what the Sequel Trilogy was trying to go for with Kylo and Rey, albeit executed very poorly.
Funny enough, probably the most famous practitioner of this belief was Qui-Gon Jinn. It’s also why he never was elevated over the rank of Knight. He was considered unorthodox and a bit of a rebel by most Jedi then, who followed the more commonly held belief of The Living Force Theory.
I had heard the dark side was a twisted corruption of the force and sort of like a cancer