Appreciation of Zen Poems in Ode to Five Monarchs and Ministers at Good Price in Dongshan (Ⅱ)

Ode to Five Kings and Five Ministers (Ⅱ)

Dongshan good price

Partially centered [1]:

My wife looked at the antique mirror,

See that the other person is not real,

Don't be confused.

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In the second stage of "Right Deviation"

The yogi saw the truth.

Like a woman who forgets her looks.

Find a mirror

I saw my face clearly.

There are no other daydreams.

I don't think of the virtual image as myself.

Analysis and appreciation

When you are enlightened, you will go further from "middle" to "middle". At this point, you will no longer be obsessed with shadows, no longer recognize thieves as friends, and no longer doubt the truth.

It is interesting to compare the good price of Dongshan with the appearance of the woman in the mirror.

There used to be a cosmetic advertisement. The woman was intoxicated by the stunning face in the mirror and said in a surprised tone, "How beautiful! I can't believe it's me ... "

As if to say: "Beauty is not like the real self ..."

There is no denying that for some women, a beautiful face is different from a real face. If a woman can get rid of this "beautiful bondage", her mood will be freer and beauty and truth will be more consistent.

If people see the true nature of their hearts, they will be very funny about the wrong cognitive patterns and unnecessary troubles in the past. Everything is clearly in front of them, and it is impossible to think about troubles and mistakes.

But in the first period of enlightenment, although the source of trouble has been broken, the inertia force of trouble is still there. It's not time to get rid of it, and everyone's inherent wisdom and magical power have not been fully displayed. The road of spiritual practice still needs to move forward.

[1] Deviation: This is the situation of enlightenment, seeing the noumenon from the phenomenal world and returning to the inner truth from the illusion of consciousness.