# Seeing That Frees by Rob Burbea

3 Hacker News commenters recommended Seeing That Frees by Rob Burbea and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended for challenging how you view the world, and one reader called it probably the best book they've read. One critic says it is not truly Buddhist.

## Why people recommend it

- Challenges your view of the world (1 comments): "Highly recommended if you want to challenge your view of the world." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49905626))
- Called probably the best book read (1 comments): "probably the best book I've read" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47568681))

## What people warn about

- Not truly Buddhist in teaching (1 comments): "It took me a long time to learn that what burbea was teaching is not 'buddhist' in any sense of the word." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49138581))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [The Mind Illuminated by Culadasa](https://hackerapproved.com/p/mind-illuminated.md): 8 recommend
- [Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind by Shunryu Suzuki](https://hackerapproved.com/p/zen-mind-beginner-s-mind.md): 4 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0992848903?tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Bookshop.org](https://bookshop.org/a/130825/9780992848903) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Seeing That Frees by Rob Burbea", https://hackerapproved.com/p/seeing-that-frees/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).