This respectful and compassionate attitude toward all sentient beings shows through in the fifth act when the female dancer, after looking at herself in the mirror, can't bring herself to put the mirror down, just like people after dying can't turn their back on the living, and so remain trapped in the cycle of death and reincarnation, rather than achieving nirvana.
這種敬神恤鬼，以恭謹和悲心看待一切有情眾生的態度，也呈現在《醮》的〈點妝〉段落：女舞者攬鏡自照後，怎麼也放不下手中的鏡子；就像是人死後，放不下對世間的依戀，而一再地輪迴轉世。純淨無瑕「白無垢」