One with It

Long seeking it through others,

I was far from reaching it.

Now I go by myself;

I meet it everywhere.

It is just I myself,

And I am not itself.

Understanding this way,

I can be as I am.

Ch'an master Tung-shan Ling-chia (洞山良价 Tõsan Ryõkai, 807-869) (Two Zen Classics 267)