True Person Manifest Throughout the Ten Quarters of the World - Dōgen

The true person is

Not anyone in particular;

But, like the deep blue color

Of the limitless sky,

It is everyone, everywhere in the world.

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Dōgen Zenji [also known as Dōgen Kigen, Eihei Dōgen, Kōso Jōyō Daishi, or Busshō Dentō Kokushi] (1200 – 1253) Japan

Translated by Dr. Steven Heine

Source: The Zen Poetry of Dogen: Verses from the Mountain of Eternal Peace by Steven Heine [on Zen master Dōgen]