“You know in a famous debate that was settled by the sixth patriarch of Zen, there were two monks arguing when a flag was flapping in the wind, whether it was the wind or the flag that was moving. And he said it’s neither. It’s the mind.”

— Alan Watts, Reality, Art, and Illusion

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That's the kind of nonsense I would spout too if I was called to settle a debate of which I was thoroughly sick and tired.

I didn't know Zen had patriarchs. Cool.