“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.”