THE
FLAG

The wind was flapping a temple flag. Two monks were arguing about it. One said the flag was moving; the other said the wind was moving. Arguing back and forth they could come to no agreement.

The Sixth Patriarch said, "It is neither the wind nor the flag that is moving. It is your mind that is moving."

--- From The Gateless Barrier:
Zen Comments on the Mumonkan
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