仏性, Busshō, Buddha Nature by Dōgen Zenji

> “The Buddha’s statement, “If you wish to grasp the meaning of ‘Buddha
> Nature,’” was His way of saying, “If you want to know the meaning of ‘Buddha
> Nature’ here and now.” His statement, “Just look at the conditions associated with
> the moment,” was His way of saying, “Just discern what the conditions at this
> moment are.” You need to realize that His saying “If you wish to know Buddha
> Nature” is synonymous with the conditions at the moment.
> And as to His saying “When the right moment arrives,” the moment has
> already arrived, so where is there room for doubt? Even if we should have doubts
> about whether it is the right moment, this is still Buddha Nature coming forth in us.
> You need to realize that the phrase “when the right moment arrives” means that we
> should not idle away any moment within a day. His saying “when it arrives” is as if
> He had said, “It has already come.” When we get all involved with ‘when the time
> comes’, Buddha Nature does not come before us. Hence, since the time has already
> come, this is “Buddha Nature manifesting before our very eyes.” In other words,
> the truth of It is self-evident. In sum, there has not yet been a time when the right
> moment has not come, nor is there a Buddha Nature which is not Buddha Nature
> manifesting before our very eyes right now.”