Thank you for your comment.

Yes! Excellent! Dogen says it in similar fashion:

There is a saying from olden days, “If you are not a fish, you do not know what is in the mind of a fish, and if you are not a bird, you do not know how to follow the traces of birds…”

This principle also applies to Buddhas… And there may be someone who asks, “And why, pray, can I not know it?” Well, since it is with the Eye of a Buddha that someone sees the traces of a Buddha, one who is not a Buddha is not yet in possession of the Eye of a Buddha… If these traces are visible to your Eye, you are undoubtedly in the presence of Buddhas and will be able to compare Their footprints with those of others. In making that comparison, you will be able to recognize the traces of a Buddha, as well as the magnitude and depth of the traces that that Buddha has left, and, through consideration of that Buddha’s traces, your own traces will become clear to you. When we learn what these traces of a Buddha are, we call them the Buddha Dharma, that is, our True Self.
Shobogenzo, Yui Butsu Yo Butsu, Hubert Nearman

Thanks again.

Peace,
Ted

For the story behind this: http://www.oxherding.com/my_weblog/2009/10/pigs-eye-buddhas-eye.html