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Seeing That Frees
Insight Ways of Looking, Dependent Arising and Emptiness practices
​10-Week Online Course

This is a once-a-week online course for people who have a mindfulness practice and who done at least two weeks in total in silent residential meditation retreats. It will run for 10 weeks. The course will cover practices given by Rob Burbea (1965 - 2020), the pioneering and much loved Gaia House resident teacher.  These practice are designed to help understand the deeper teachings of the Buddha. There’s a framework to understand the Path that will be outlined over the weeks as the course progresses. We’ll  cover basic samadhi;  practices that lead to us being less bound up;  how we can use insights that might otherwise fade away; ways of working with the three characteristic (dukkha, anicca, anatta) and understandings of emptiness/shunyata and dependent arising.

The program is based on the first half of Rob Burbea’s book Seeing That Frees: Meditations on Emptiness and Dependent Arising. The aim of the course is to give people familiarity with  a range of meditation practices. The course will include links to recordings of some of Rob Burbea's guided meditations that relate to the book, a couple of short clips from of his talks as well as optional short readings from others writers giving further perspectives on the themes that are covered.

Format of each session. There will be a check-in period in each session, generally related to the practices given in the previous week. There’ll be a talk, often around 20 minutes, then time for questions and discussion. Each session is expected to last an hour and a half.  The course is run as a small group, currently just 8 people. There will  be some reading sent each week, less than 15 pages of the book.

Continuity / Expectations: The course will develop themes that build on each other week by week. It’s best if you try not to miss sessions. The course is meant for people who have the time and inclination to practise the meditations between sessions.

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Course 1: 26 February to 7th May 2023, with no session at Easter (9 April).
Times: 6:00 - 7:30 pm (NSW time) on each Sunday evening. 10 sessions. 
Now fully booked.


Course 2:  21st May to 30th July, with no session on 9th July. 
Times: 6:00 - 7:30 pm (NSW time) on each Sunday evening. 10 sessions. 
Now fully booked.

Course 3:  20th August to 22nd October 
Times: 6:00 - 7:30 pm (NSW time) on each Sunday evening. 10 sessions. 
Please send an email to the address below if you'd like to hear when bookings open.

Where: Online. The Zoom link which will be sent to you before the course begins.

Cost: $30 per person. The registration fee covers only a contribution to course administration, zoom costs and booking fees.
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​Additional cost: 'Dana' -  In keeping with a 2,500 year old tradition no fee has been charged for the teachings. At the end of the retreat you are invited  to give a donation (dana) to express your appreciation and to support the teacher.
For more information email dharmacloud [at] dharma.org.au

About the Teacher
Victor von der Heyde. Victor has been involved in dharma practice for over 35 years and has taken teaching roles since the mid 1990s. He was a student of Rob Burbea from 2012 to 2020​.

This is a combined Sydney Insight Meditators and DharmaCloud event.
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  • Events Calendar
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    • Blue Mountains
    • Bondi Junction
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    • Newcastle
    • North Sydney
    • Northern Beaches
    • Southern Highlands
  • Teachers
  • Resources
    • Guided Meditations
    • Reading list
    • Deepening Into Stillness Recording
    • Audio files >
      • Stephen Batchelor, Sydney 2014
      • Winton Higgins, Four frontiers for Secular Buddhists 2014
      • Other audio links
    • Retreat Reflections >
      • High Country Retreat Reflections 22
      • NY Reflections 21/22
      • NY Reflections 19/20
      • DIS Reflections 2017
      • NY Retreat 2016
    • Teachers Reflections >
      • Winton Higgins. January 2018
      • Jonathan Page. May 2018
      • Gawaine Powell Davies. November 2017
      • Jill Shepherd. October 2017
  • Contact Us
  • List of Events
    • DIS 2023
    • Emb Awake 2023
    • New Year 2023
    • NY Workshop 22/23
    • The Ground On Which I Stand
    • Secular Dharma & Ethical Living