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Talk titled: "The Necessity of Fantasy", given during the event "New Year Retreat". Held at Gaia House, Devon on 2012-12-31.
Topics covered: images: early talks on images, ethics/engagement, fantasies of the path, views of the path, simplicity and simplism, karma, conceptions of dukkha and the four noble truths, dangers or shadow sides in any dharma path
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To donate to Rob's foundation, The Hermes Amara Foundation, visit https://hermesamara.org, and click the Donate button. See Rob's Dharma Seed bio (dharmaseed.org/teacher/210/) for a description of this organization and Rob's founding of it.
Original audio: dharmaseed.org/teacher/210/talk/18111
Transcript link: dl.airtable.com/.attachments/e8820077da80717d3b70897715417dad/0a1f6c3e/2012_1231TheNecessityofFantasy.pdf
Talk titled: "The Necessity of Fantasy", given during the event "New Year Retreat". Held at Gaia House, Devon on 2012-12-31.
Topics covered: images: early talks on images, ethics/engagement, fantasies of the path, views of the path, simplicity and simplism, karma, conceptions of dukkha and the four noble truths, dangers or shadow sides in any dharma path
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To donate to Rob's foundation, The Hermes Amara Foundation, visit https://hermesamara.org, and click the Donate button. See Rob's Dharma Seed bio (dharmaseed.org/teacher/210/) for a description of this organization and Rob's founding of it.
Original audio: dharmaseed.org/teacher/210/talk/18111
Transcript link: dl.airtable.com/.attachments/e8820077da80717d3b70897715417dad/0a1f6c3e/2012_1231TheNecessityofFantasy.pdf
