Dear Admin, thank you very much for this new video. In fact I was just browsing the website to look for Shize's mantra when this video was posted. Very auspicious. And by the way, I thoroughly dig the muzak.
Every bit of Dorje Shugden and the five Forms carry so much meaning and speak so loudly of Dorje Shugden's objectives and none of them even hint of what people accuse Dorje Shugden of being. Shize's while hued body reminds me also of White Tara, and just like the goddess, Shize is pure as he grants longevity.
I especially like Shize's holding of a lance adorned with silks and a mirror. The mirror is the witness of light and clarity and allows us to see clearly own flawed ways. In Buddhism the mirror is a symbol of emptiness and clear consciousness. It is the enlightened mind that reflects everything impartially, without distortion and shows all phenomena to be like mirror images that are void of inherent existence. Mounted on a lance, the silks and the mirror, which to me, represent the Buddha's wisdom and clarity of the truth of all phenomena, is to be used as as a potent weapon against our delusions and afflictions.
Through our propitiation of Shize, he binds our monkey mind and our harmful thoughts and actions with the noose he holds in his left hand, firm enough to retraining us from harm to ourselves and others us and yet gently enough never hurting us, never forcing us. Shize's noose is his tremendous powers to subjugate and gently draws us to the Dharma he represents and protects. the imagery is beautiful.
Shize's long robes tells us of his conviction to his Bodhisattva vows to help all beings and never to harm. And the golden turban to me shows the regality of this King who bestows the harmony of the the twin joy and prosperity. The turban reminds me also of where the great sage Nagajurna hails from, and also the treatise of Madyamaka that Dorje Shugden has taken oath to protect.
The elephant can be our powerful wild mind that can run amok, but when subjugated as Shize has, it is a strong and resolute mind to seek the Dharma with the dexterity of the long trunk to reach and grasp far reaching realizations.
Shize, like the other forms of Dorje Shugden is a joy to behold and when we realize what Shize represents we also come to be aware of what Dorje Shugden wants of us.
Thank you for his beautiful post and video.
