
Zen Master Bassui from The Three Pillars of Zen
Rochester Zen Center Teisho (Zen Talks)
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What's With the Offerings?
Roshi Kapolo: Basui was a child who had doubts about the existence of a soul. He says he would exclaim, how awful to be consumed by the flames of hell. If there is no soul, what is it within me which this very moment is seeing and hearing? Roshi Kapolo writes that these are not unusual questions from a thoughtful, sensitive child of seven.
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