合花

无树何有名
明镜自见已
虽说本无物
我乃未开悟
— 03/10/19

Commentary: Sixth Patriarch Hui Neng once wrote

菩提本无树，
明镜亦非台，
本来无一物，
何处惹尘埃?

But if there is no bodhi tree, should there even be a name? The mirror is reflecting myself but if there is no mirror, what reflects me and what is being reflected? Although I understand these concepts from a theoretical point of view, I had not internalized it for I am not yet there.

Hence, the title of this poem is called “closed flower” (合花) – 花开见佛必得开悟。