You want to ask the master
how you will know a Buddha
if you come across one.
The master will tell you
that he will not describe the face
of the Buddha you might
come across for you will
know the Buddha when
you see him if you
are ready, then
the master will add
go look in the mirror
and tell me what you see.

A reflection on Case 67 of the Book of Equanimity (従容錄, Shōyōroku)