Fight Club is a film based on the book of the same name written by Chuck Palahniuk. It was released in 1999 as a film directed by David Fincher. The film, when it was first shown in theaters, performed well below 20th Century Fox's expectations. The film's main problem was its negativity towards women with lines like "we are a generation of men raised by women", as well as its portrayal of the film's female protagonist, Marla Singer, who is apparently the root of all the the problems of the nameless main character. Instead, in the film he is told to take back his masculinity and fight. Following the film's release on home video, a cult following quickly grew. One concern that emerged from the film was that there were people out there trying to copy what they saw in the film and, in turn, acting violently. This movie and book hardly seemed like a place where Buddhism, let alone any religion, would be found. So what are the Buddhist influences in Fight Club? First we will talk about the main tenets of Buddhism, then we will go into the history and look at the connections of Buddhism in Fight Club. The origins of Buddhism are often traced back to the Four Noble Truths discovered by Siddhārtha Gautama also known as Gautama Buddha. The Four Noble Truths are what those who practice Buddhism hope to achieve. The Four Noble Truths The truth of suffering The truth of the origin of suffering The truth of the cessation of suffering The truth of the path to liberation from suffering The idea that life is suffering and how to escape that suffering is the purpose of Buddhism . A Buddhist believes that this escape from suffering occurs through the enlightenment of the Atman, i.e. the soul or ego of a person, as... in the center of the card... history, traditions and beliefs of Buddhism, past and present. Np: All, 2010. Print.Mazur, Eric Michael. Encyclopedia of religion and cinema. Np: ABC-CLIO, 2011. Print.Palahniuk, Chuck. Fight club. New York: W. W. Norton, 1996. Print. Reed, Charley. "Fight Club: An Exploration of Buddhism." Journal of religion and cinema. Department of Philosophy and Religion U of Nebraska in Omaha, October 2007. Web. March 3, 2014..Sakya, Madhusudan. Current Perspectives in Buddhism: Basic Principles and Practices. Cyber ​​Tech Publications, 2011. Web. April 17, 2014. Santideva. A Guide to the Bodhisattva Lifestyle = Bodhicaryavatara. He tans. Vesna A. Wallave and B. Alan. Wallace. Ithaca, NY, USA: Snow Lion Publications, 1997. PrintSuzuki, D.T., and C.G. Jung. An introduction to Zen Buddhism. Np: Grove, 1994. Print.