Case 2: Zhaozhou’s Ultimate Path

Case 2: Zhaozhou’s Ultimate Path

• Title in Sullivan (2021): Zhaozhou’s Ultimate Path
• Title in Cleary and Cleary (1992): The Ultimate Path is Without Difficulty
• Title in Sekida (2005): Jōshū’s “The Real Way is Not Difficult”
• Named characters (in Pinyin):
  • Zhaozhou Congshen (778-897)
• Named characters (in Wade-Giles):
  • Chao Chou
• Named characters (in Japanese):
  • Jōshū
• Historical commentaries:
  • Hakuin Ekaku and Tenkei Denson (contained in Secrets of the Blue Cliff Record, Thomas Clearly, 2002)
• Modern commentaries: 
  • Matthew Juksan Sullivan (contained in The Garden of Flowers and Weeds, 2021)
  • Norman Fischer (dharma talk)
  • Stefano Mui Barragato (dharma talk)
  • Katherine Thanas (dharma talk)
  • Barry Magid (audio dharma talk)
  • Jaime Heiku McLeod (dharma talk and audio dharma talk)
  • Eran Junryu Vardi (audio dharma talk)
  • Dainin Katagiri (audio dharma talk 1 and 2)
  • Judith Ragir (audio dharma talk)
  • Jack Duffy (audio dharma talk)
  • Ron Hogen Green (audio dharma talk)
  • Ken Morgareidge (audio dharma talk)
  • Jay Rinsen Weik (audio dharma talk)
  • Kurt Spellmeyer (audio dharma talk 1 and 2)
  • John Gendo Wolff (video dharma talk)
  • Yamada Kôun (dharma talk with paywall)