The enlightened of all times and places have every one entered into this truth.

"This sounds rather depressing, as though ordinary people were excluded, but what Sengtsan means is that comparatively few know that they have entered into the realm of Buddhahood, where all men and all things without exception have their (unconscious and unwitting) being.

"Not a sparrow can fall out of God's care, nor can anyone, for all his hair-shirts and flagellations enter into His providence. It is only a question of becoming aware of our true condition, and this becoming aware is called entering."