If you ask when
you might find nirvana
a wise teacher
will tell you that you
will never find it.
Do not be downcast
he may add, for you
are seeking something
that can never
exist in the future.
There is only now
so how can there
be a when?

A reflection on Case 85 of Dogen’s Shobogenzo Koans (True Dharma Eye) 正法眼蔵