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Andy Karr

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in New York, The United States

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Religion & Spirituality, Arts & Photography

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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 in Boulder, Colorado. Andy co-founded the first Shambhala Centre in France and taught regularly in Paris and other European dharma centers for ten years.

After Trungpa Rinpoche passed away in 1987, Andy and his family moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia. In 1993 he began studying Mahamudra, and the stages of view and meditation, with Khenpo Tsültrim Gyamtso Rinpoche. He later became a senior teacher in his sangha.

In the late 1990s, and early aughts, Andy studied contemplative photography with Michael Wood. This was an opportunity ...more

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	The Practice of Contemplative Photography: Seeing the World with Fresh Eyes by Andy Karr (Goodreads Author), Michael Wood 4.07 avg rating — 335 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Contemplating Reality: A Practitioner's Guide to the View in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism 4.33 avg rating — 102 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Karmapa's Middle Way: Feast for the Fortunate, A Commentary on Chandrakirti's Madhyamakavatara by Wangchuk Dorje, Andy Karr (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.79 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2008 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Into the Mirror: A Buddhist Journey through Mind, Matter, and the Nature of Reality by Andy Karr (Goodreads Author), Matthieu Ricard (Foreword) 4.37 avg rating — 19 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Der Wirklichkeit auf der Spur: Eine Einführung in die buddhistischen Sichtweisen und die Praxis der Kontemplation. Vorwort von Dzogchen Pönlop Rinpoche 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Photography is not purely a mechanical process. You need to know how to look, where to point the camera, and when to press the button. These acts depend on the eye, mind, and heart.”
― Andy Karr, The Practice of Contemplative Photography: Seeing the World with Fresh Eyes

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“Creativity is something to be uncovered, not something to be wished for.”
― Andy Karr