Dasui Fazhen

Dates uncertain

Lineage of Dasui Fazhen Nanyue line school

Dasui Fazhen is recorded in the historiography of the late-Tang / Song-period Chan transmission network as a transmission figure in its lineage. The surviving record preserves his place in the line; little distinctive doctrinal material from his teaching is preserved in modern scholarship^[1].

Names

dharma · enDasui Fazhen

alias · enDaizui Hôshin

alias · enTa-sui Fa-chên

Teachers and lineage of Dasui Fazhen

Teacher / root master:

Guishan DaanRoot teacher / master · Dates uncertain

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Teachings

dialogueThe Great Kalpa Fire
(traditional attribution)
A monk asked Dasui, "When the great kalpa fire blazes and the whole universe is destroyed, is this destroyed or not?" Dasui said, "Destroyed." The monk said, "Then it goes along with the other?" Dasui said, "It goes along with the other."
Dasui Fazhen

Other masters in Nanyue line

Nanyue Huairang677 – 744
Xitang Zhizang735 – 814
Nanquan Puyuan748 – 835
Yanguan Qian750 – 842
Zhaozhou Congshen778 – 897
Jingqing Daofu868 – 937

Master Record Sources

nameChart of the Chan Ancestors
Dasui Fazhen
Reliability: scholarly
schoolChart of the Chan Ancestors
Linji/Yangqi
Reliability: scholarly
koan_refsChart of the Chan Ancestors
29 30 22,65
Reliability: scholarly
nameZen Editorial Overlay - Originals Curation
Dasui Fazhen
Reliability: editorial
teachersZen Editorial Overlay - Originals Curation
Guishan Daan
Reliability: editorial