Case 21: The Lotus of Zhimen

Case 21: The Lotus of Zhimen

• Title in Sullivan (2021): The Lotus of Zhimen
• Title in Cleary and Cleary (1992): Chih Men’s Lotus Flower, Lotus Leaves
• Title in Sekida (2005): Chimon’s Lotus Flower and Lotus Leaves
• Named characters (in Pinyin):
  • Zhimen
• Named characters (in Wade-Giles):
  • Chih Men
• Named characters (in Japanese):
  • Chimon
• 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)
  • Gyomay Kubose (contained in Zen Koans, page 26, 1973)
  • Stefano Mui Barragato (dharma talk)
  • Kurt Spellmeyer (audio dharma talk)
  • Genjo Marinello (audio dharma talk)
  • Bodhin Kjolhede (audio dharma talk)
  • Ken Morgareidge (audio dharma talk) 
  • Geoffrey Shugen Arnold (audio dharma talk)
  • Yamada Kôun (dharma talk with paywall)
• Scholarly commentaries:
  • Steven Heine (contained in Chan Rhetoric of Uncertainty in the Blue Cliff Record, page 166, 2016)