Though poor, never poor
Though sick, never sick
Though aging, never aging
Though dying, never dying
Reality prior to division –
Herein lies unlimited depth

  Kosho Uchiyama Roshi

Uit: The Zen Teachings of Homeless Kodo, Kosho Uchiyama and Shohaku Okumura, ed. M. Delight Whitehead, Wisdom Publications, Somerville, 2014. p. 83