The Great Kalpa Fire

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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."

license: public_domain

Attribution

• Speaker
  Dasui Fazhen

Lineage: Nanyue line

From Traditional Zen Encounter Dialogues

• My Mind Is Not at Peace
• Thinking of Not-Thinking
• Not Knowing Is Most Intimate
• The Boat Monk's Transmission
• The Sound of Bamboo
• Vast Emptiness, Nothing Holy
• Ordinary Mind Is the Way
• Nanquan Kills the Cat
• Wash Your Bowl
• The Oak Tree in the Garden

Sources

• contentWikisource — English-language free library

  Blue Cliff Record, Case 29

  Traditional Zen Encounter Dialogues: The Great Kalpa Fire