佛祖歷代通載 1.199

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（十）　器世界壞有其三種。火水風壞者。亦如前說。如是七次後。世界復成。又被水壞至二禪天。從極光天即生大雲降注大雨。其器世界如水化鹽消鎔皆盡。彼水自竭一水災。次復七火災度七火災還有一水。如是水災滿至七。次復七火災後世界成。被風災壞至三禪天。其風之力吹散妙高。何況其餘。第四禪天雖無外災。是等有情生與殿生命盡殿隱。如是器情世界。并成壞等咸皆說已。

(10) The destruction of the bhājana-loka is of three kinds: destruction by fire, water, and wind, as was also explained before. After seven such [destructions by fire], the world forms again, and is then destroyed by water up to the Second Dhyāna Heaven: from the Ābhāsvara Heaven great clouds arise and pour down torrential rain, and that bhājana-loka, like salt dissolving in water, entirely melts away. That water dries up on its own; this is one disaster of water. Next there are another seven disasters of fire; having passed through seven disasters of fire, there is again one of water. When the disasters of water reach seven in this manner, after another seven disasters of fire the world forms again, and is destroyed by the disaster of wind up to the Third Dhyāna Heaven. The force of that wind blows apart Mount Sumeru, not to mention the rest! Although the Fourth Dhyāna Heaven is free from external disasters, those sentient beings are born together with their palaces, and when their lives end, their palaces vanish. In this way, the worlds of the vessel and of sentience, along with their formation and destruction, have all been expounded.