[Illustration: Drawing of a person on rural path searching]
_face p. 358_
_Seeing the Traces of the Cow._ By the aid of the Sutras and by
inquiring into the doctrines, he has come to understand something, he
has found the traces. He now knows that things, however multitudinous,
are of one substance, and that the objective world is a reflection of
the self. Yet, he is unable to distinguish what is good from what is
not, his mind is still confused as to truth and falsehood. As he has
not yet entered the gate, he is provisionally said to have noticed the
traces.
By the water, under the trees, scattered are the traces of the lost:
Fragrant woods are growing thick—did he find the way?
However remote, over the hills, and far away, the cow may wander,
Her nose reaches the heavens and none can conceal it.