Case 25: The Hermit of Lotus Flower Peak Answers Himself
- Title in Sullivan (2021): The Hermit of Lotus Flower Peak Answers Himself
- Title in Cleary and Cleary (1992): The Hermit of Lotus Flower Peak Holds up His Staff
- Title in Sekida (2005): The Master of Rengehō’s Staff
- Named characters (in Pinyin):
- Lianhuafeng Anzhu (“Lotus Flower Peak Hermit”)
- Named characters (in Wade-Giles):
- Lienhua Feng Anchu
- Named characters (in Japanese):
- Master of Rengehō
- 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 188, 1973)
- Shunryu Suzuki (dharma talk and pdf article)
- Albert Low (dharma talk)
- Norman Fischer (dharma talk)
- Dainin Katagiri (audio dharma talk)
- Kurt Spellmeyer (audio dharma talk 1 and 2)
- Ken Morgareidge (audio dharma talk)
- Ron Hogen Green (audio dharma talk)
- Peggy Sheehan (audio dharma talk)
- Koshin Paley Ellison (audio dharma talk)
- Genjo Marinello (audio dharma talk)
- John Suigen Kenworthy (video dharma talk)
- Eve Myonen Marko (dharma talk on this and similar koans)
- Yamada Kôun (dharma talk with paywall)
- Scholarly commentaries:
- Steven Heine (contained in Opening a Mountains, page 1150, 2002).