of one hand clapping? This well-known koan is, as Roshi Joan Sutherland says, a bottomless well of a question. In , she explores koans as both spiritual practice and art, demonstrating that koans call to us from everywhere and nowhere all at once. The way to enter each koan, she tells us, is through the ordinary experience of life, but it demands commitment and courage. For alongside the glimmers of insight and enlightenment comes what Sutherland calls “endarkenment,” the edge of that which is unknowable. This book teaches us that coming to terms with life’s pain means never turning away from the world’s cries but turning toward them, in relationship with others, and
