Don’t you know that afflictions are
Nothing more than wisdom?
But to cling to your afflictions
Is nothing more than foolishness.
As they rise and then melt away again,
You must remember this:
The sparrow hawk flies through Silla
Without anyone noticing.

Zhongfeng Mingben (1263 CE-1323 CE), Zhongfeng Mingben was a Chan Buddhist master who lived at the beginning of Yuan China. He adhered to the rigorous style of the Linji school and influenced Zen through several Japanese teachers who studied under him.