Seeing That Frees
by Rob Burbea
Burbea's profound, practical treatment of emptiness as a liberating way of looking, with graduated practices. Demanding and widely regarded as a modern classic.
Read it if…
you are an experienced meditator ready for emptiness practice.
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Skip it if…
you are a beginner.
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Three things you will actually use
- Perception is fabricated.
- Ways of looking can be chosen.
- Freedom follows seeing.
Do this first
Read the opening chapters on ways of looking.
Our verdict
Emptiness, practically.
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