The Gateless Gate #29
Today I was taking advantage of a quiet Sunday morning to work on the Rakusu. My son was doing something on the computer and my wife decided to do some vacuuming upstairs including a brief round in the room I was in. No problem. There was actually a sense of stillness as everyone just settled into the day.Two monks were arguing about a flag. One said: "The flag is moving."
The other said: "The wind is moving."
The sixth patriarch happened to be passing by. He told them: "Not the wind, not the flag; mind is moving."
Then after my wife finished vacuuming she decided to work on the scales on the piano downstairs. Normally this doesn't bother me but today I found it annoying. I as I sat there annoyed (and sewing) I realized nothing had changed. The stillness was still there. It had only vanished in my mind. Once I realized this fact I suddenly recalled the koan I quoted above.
Gassho
Warren
Sat today & sewed in stillness