Into the Mirror: A Buddhist Journey Through Mind, Matter, and the Nature of Reality

Into the Mirror examines the materialism of the modern world through the profound teachings of Mahayana Buddhism and offers an accessible and powerful method for investigating the way our minds construct our worlds.

Into the Mirror combines contemporary Western inquiries into the nature of consciousness, with classical Buddhist investigations into the nature of mind, to offer deep insights into the nature of reality. Andy Karr invites the reader to make this a personal, experiential journey through study, contemplation, and meditation.

The first part of the book presents the Mahayana Buddhist approach to the path of freedom from suffering. It explores foundational teachings, such as the four truths, the notion of enlightenment, and the practice of meditation, from a fresh perspective. The second part deconstructs assumptions about mind and the material world using easily understood tools from contemporary Western philosophy. Part three presents a series of contemplative practices, ethics, and insights, starting with the Middle Way teachings on emptiness and interdependence, through Yogachara's subtle understanding of non-duality, to the view that buddha nature is already within us to be revealed rather than something external to be acquired.

Into the Mirror concludes with a call to cultivate compassion for beings and the environment right within this world of illusion.

Author: Andy Karr
Publisher: Shambhala
Published: 05/23/2023
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9781645471646

About the Author
ANDY KARR is a teacher, author, and photographer who offers profound and penetrating insights into dharma and mind. He trained at the San Francisco Zen Center under Shunryu Suzuki Roshi and under Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche. Andy cofounded the first Shambhala Centre in France and taught regularly in Paris and other European Dharma centers for ten years. Andy is the author of Into the Mirror and Contemplating Reality and the coauthor of The Practice of Contemplative Photography. Andy mainly teaches the Mahayana view and meditation, and Mahamudra.