From the very beginning All beings are Buddha. Like water and ice, Without water no ice, Outside us no Buddhas. How near the truth Yet how far we seek, Like one in water crying “I thirst!” Like a child of rich birth Wand’ring poor on this earth, We endlessly circle the six worlds. The cause of our sorrow is ego-delusion From dark path to dark path we’ve wandered in Darkness— How can we be free from birth and death? The gateway to freedom is zazen samadhi— Beyond exaltation, b