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Seeing That Frees Paperback – October 10, 2014

by Robert Burbea (Author)

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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
Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
Average Customer Review: 14 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #741,613 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #3597 in Buddhism (Books)
- #175586 in Religion & Spirituality (Books)

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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

Beyond Vacuity

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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Catalin Morosan

Must read

March 1, 2015

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This is the best book I have ever read! All my previous experiences and all my doubts are all explained. And the different Buddhist approaches, Vedanta, Samkhya now all make sense. Emptiness and dependent arising are the master keys to freedom.

The book talks about emptiness for all types of people and at all levels of practice and understanding.

I am currently reading the book the 3rd time and I am discovering even more depth. Almost every sentence is rich with meaning and insight. A huge thank you to all those who made it possible for this book to appear.

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Book Drawn

a Crown Jewel

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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alcatrazstate

Scholarly and insightful work on emptiness

September 5, 2018

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This is a great dharma book.
I stumbled upon this book a few years ago on my path and lost my original copy, and now that I am in a settled position in life I had to order it again so I could put it back in my library.

My favorite part of this book is that reading it really trains you to see emptiness intellectually from a broad perspective that is supported by references to original texts. The heart of this book is in the right place, yet I worry that it's teaching may be mishandled by those who attempt to walk the path early on, without much connection to sangha, and a rigid adherence to the idea of emptiness because of a strong desire to reach enlightenment. My personal experience has led me to mature in relation to avoidance and I am certain that as a younger me, I used emptiness as a way to avoid my own feelings and to mask the tenderness and pain that accompany life.

Overall, such a wonderful book and I am very grateful to Rob Burbea for such a wonderful effort and work as this book. I highly recommend it to those seeking a deeper knowledge of emptiness.

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