A temple flag was flapping in the wind. There were two monks having a debate. One said it was the flag moving, the other said it was the wind moving. Back and forth they argued, unable to agree on the truth.
Because of this, the Sixth Patriarch Huineng said: "It isn't the wind moving, nor is it the flag moving. Kind sirs, it is your minds which are moving."
The two monks were shaken.
~ Wumen
When I first called on a certain teacher, he taught me to contemplate this saying: “What is the great meaning of Buddhism? Next to the city of the King of Chu, the river flows eastward.” He also taught me to contemplate the saying, “ It’s not the movement of the wind, nor the movement of the flag, but the movement of your mind.”
Then when I left and went to call on teachers all over the land, I asked them questions. The ancients were wholly true to reality, and the old teachers explained in countless ways, but I simply could not understand.
~ Foyan
Submitted January 21, 2019 at 09:00PM by grass_skirt http://bit.ly/2FBzNoE
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