Meeting with Bodhisattva

2003
Artistic Director Ruo-Yu Liu
Music Director Chih-Chun Huang
Vocal Iki Tadow
Musician Chiou-Yen Liao
Performed by U-Theatre
Costume Designed by Tim Yip

Be water when entering water, be light when entering light, be empty to attain emptiness, be indestructible to attain indestructibility. Meeting with Bodhisattva conveys a quiet and steady force. Its story derives from four Buddhist verses – “One cudgel, like the sword of Wisdom; one cudgel, like looking for a snake in the grass; one cudgel, like the roar of a lion; one cudgel, which is not a cudgel.” These verses were developed to illustrate a warrior’s path to self-actualization. Although fearful when faced with life’s unknown, the warrior goes on to rid himself of all such worries and to search for wisdom. In doing so, he constantly elevates himself until he finally attains an inner stability and calm force. Because he wields a sword, the warrior sees his own cowardliness, but it’s also because of the sword that he finds the courage to face life.