Unless we wean outselves 
from this stubborn attachment to "I," 
our inherent wisdom 
is clouded, 
and our inherent passion 
is blocked.

Sōkō Morinaga (1925 CE-1995 CE), Sōkō Morinaga was a Rinzai Zen roshi. He was head of Hanazono University and abbot of Daishu-in in Kyoto, one of the sub-temples of the Ryōan-ji temple complex.