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In this ground-breaking and seminal work, esteemed Buddhist teacher Rob Burbea lays out an original and comprehensive approach to deepening insight. Starting from simple and easily accessible understandings of emptiness, Burbea presents a unique conception of the path along which he escorts the practitioner gradually, through the careful structure of the work, into ever more mystical levels of insight. Through its precise instructions, illuminating exercises and discussions that address the subtleties of both practice and understanding, Seeing That Frees opens up for the committed meditator all the profundity of the Buddha's radical teachings on emptiness. This is a book that will take time to digest and will serve as a lifelong companion on the path, leading the reader, as it does, progressively deeper into the territory of liberation. From the Foreword by Joseph Goldstein: "Rob Burbea, in this remarkable book, proves to be a wonderfully skilled guide in exploring the understanding of emptiness as the key insight in transforming our lives... It is rare to find a book that explores so deeply the philosophical underpinnings of awakening at the same time as offering the practical means to realize it."

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Paperback: 464 pages
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd (October 10, 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0992848911
ISBN-13: 978-0992848910
Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 0.9 x 9.2 inches
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Average Customer Review: 13 customer reviews
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Jason Snyder

I love this book!

January 6, 2015

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This book is outstanding. Probably in the top 2 of my favorite Dharma/spiritual books (The other is Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha, by Daniel Ingram). It is faithful to the title. It teaches you how to use different ways of looking - either in meditation or daily life scenarios - in order to free yourself from stress and ignorance. Step by step, layer by layer, reading this book and practicing its instructions will systematically lead you to greater degrees of liberation. It starts at the most superficial levels, but goes deep, all the way to the core (hint: it is empty). Also, by introducing so many varied practices in such a coherent framework, it is able to bridge many different perspectives and techniques of practice that are usually kept kept separate among traditions and teachers. It recognizes the value of them all at certain stages of practice, but it also recognizes their limitations at other stages. It is eminently pragmatic and non-dogmatic. It gives you what works when you need it and why.

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Matthew Wesley

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August 14, 2015

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This is a brilliant exposition of the architecture of the meditative path to the end of suffering - Robert Burbea covers much of the same territory Dan Brown does but does it in a way that is more immediately accessible to ordinary folk. This is not the complete journey (there are others who will guide once you have been shrived from the center), but - if you pay attention with responsiveness - this points to the moon in ways that will shape your attention and prepare you to move through the gateless gate of the initiation into the beginning of the deeper journey of the evaporation of that process which experiences the world as subject and object. Perhaps as important as the positive guidence as to what is actually happening beyond the preliminaries of a meditative practice, he identifies the traps and cul-de-sacs of the journey with skill and insight and back fills gaps of meditative experience for people who have taken direct paths and crashed through the initiatory gate without doing all of the ground work that the more gradual traditions demand. This back-filling, has been important, for like pebbles in shoes, movements of mind that are not examined in meditative awareness, integrated and dissolved become repetitive distractions on the long walk that follows initiation. In this work, Robert fillets superficial but commonly held confusions about mindfulnesss, detachment, causality and a number of other airy misconceptions generated by the industry that would sell you a gauzy and saccharine "enlightenment". His explanations are deeply rooted in ancient traditions but made current through clear, precise explanation shaped for the Western mind.

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January 25, 2018

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Seeing That Frees is a meditation manual focused in vipashyana practice, based on the Mahayana teachings of the nature of ultimate reality, applyied madhyamaka , instructions for mindfulness meditation, teachings about dependent arising, emptiness and the nature of the mind. Each subject is accompanied by analytical meditation exercises.
At the beginning and at the end of the book the author also uses excerpts from great tibetan and indian Masters to develop and support his own teachings and methods.
I like the way Burbea easily explains subtleties of the functioning of our minds that help anyone to improve his intuitive-introspective practice.
Clearly the book is dedicated for solitary meditation practitioners focused only in the development of wisdom.

Burbea writes with a natural authority about meditation techniques and results, but I must say that I never purchase buddhist books from unknown instructors or "teachers" with no backup from a pure traditional lineage. It`s due to their tendencies to distort or introduce personal alternative concepts in the key points of meditation practice - such as the concept of the samadhi and awareness that Burbea describes. Meditation instructions requires extreme precision on the meaning of vocabulary otherwise it could result in subtles distortions of the practice, failing to accomplish what was supposed intended for: Moksha, liberation. I'm not saying that this is the case, but a possibility in general. Also there is no mention to bodhichitta neither references to the Bodhisattva way of life, so the teachings got unflavored to me; so, I got disinterest and abandoned the reading.

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June 11, 2015

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So many books written on the Buddha’s teachings claim to being key to an individual’s awakening. This work is no exception, bringing emptiness and dependent arising to the fore as the “crown jewels”. You’ll have to decide that point, but here’s a well written book to help you make the determination. What sets this book above the rest is the approach. Buddhist authors agree the path must be experiential, and yet most then go on to write about their academic vision. Rob Burbea doesn’t’ fall into that trap. He lays out the academic explanations, but only in the course of explaining their use in meditation.

This is truly an instructional book and you sense the author has walked the walk, writing from personal experience. He recommends the reader make it personal, looking at his or her own personal life and internal feelings. He knows it really can’t be any other way. You can be new to Buddhism and get a lot from this book, although some experience will certainly help. The author brings you along, layering the explanations and meditation exercises on top of each other. If you’re serious about having a Buddhist meditation practice add this book to your must reads.

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Tim Slocum

Outstanding manual for advanced meditation practices. I know of ...

February 6, 2018

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Outstanding manual for advanced meditation practices. I know of no other book that comes close to this one for guiding the experienced meditator beyond basic mindfulness to meditation practices that can bring deeper levels of freedom. The guidance is deep and also extremely precise.

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Peter Stringham

Great book

January 2, 2015

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This is a very encouraging guide to Buddhist meditation practices for the western mind. Rob explains things carefully and suggests alternate practices. He emphasizes experimentation and persistence toward a goal of living a lighthearted, kind, and creative life.

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