"The very strain of koan meditation [found in
The Sound of the One Hand] is not unlike the self-imposed strain of a creative mathematician, writer, or artist. Such a person deliberately sets himself difficult problems, and deliberately renews them once they have been solved in order to compose or harmonize or solve himself." –Ben-Ami Scharfstein
"For scholars and students of Zen, inquiring readers, or anyone seeking relief from the rhetoric of division in the current political sphere,
The Sound of the One Hand offers helpful didacticisms and poetic reflections that are truly timeless." –Nozomi Saito,
Asymptote "Koans aim for the complete destruction of the rational intellect." –Carl Jung