Please be patient. To understand the short version of my biography, it is necessary to recount a famous story told about the Sixth Patriarch of Chinese Buddhism, Hui-neng, who is credited for founding what later came to be called Zen Buddhism.

Hui-neng (638-713 C.E.) was visiting the Buddhist temple in Canton one day to attend a series of lectures. During a break in the proceedings he listened as two monks were debating a point of spiritual metaphysics.

The point of contention was a flag atop the temple flapping in the breeze. One monk claimed that it was the wind which was moving, and the other monk, equally fervent, claimed it was the flag which was moving.

Realizing that their great spiritual leader was listening to their debate, they put the matter to Hui-neng to resolve. Which was moving, they asked, the wind or the flag?

"Neither," the Patriarch replied with a twinkle in his eye. "You are both wrong."

The monks looked at the Master in stunned silence. A small smile crept across Hui-neng's face as he continued:   "It is your mind which is moving."