God may not be as incompatible with Buddhism as you thoughtAsk many Western Buddhists about God, and you’ll probably get a dismissal. “The Buddha was an atheist” they may say, or “God is irrelevant…Mar 13, 2021Mar 13, 2021
How Jung found the Middle Way — before he found BuddhismIf there’s one piece of clear evidence that the Middle Way is a universal principle, not just a Buddhist one, it’s found in Jung. Carl…Feb 26, 20211Feb 26, 20211
Responsibility: What we Feel, not What we’re Held toDo we hold people responsible, without feeling responsible? Social media storms, political campaigns, and organizational disputes often…Feb 24, 2021Feb 24, 2021
Sangharakshita: Time to Depolarize the DiscussionThe mention of the name of Sangharakshita, founder of the Triratna Buddhist Movement, tends to produce very two kinds of reaction. From…Feb 19, 2021Feb 19, 2021
Embodiment means Rethinking tooWhat does it mean to adopt an embodied view of the world? The actual experience of your body — for instance developed through yoga or…Feb 18, 2021Feb 18, 2021
There’s a Middle Way for Christians tooLike Gautama the Buddha, Jesus also left home to go out into the wilderness. Just as the Buddha is depicted as being tempted by Mara (the…Feb 15, 2021Feb 15, 2021
The Fact-Value Distinction is a Disaster: and there is an AlternativeIf your dog is hungry, should you feed him? In practice, as an embodied human being, you are likely to feel that you should. From the…Feb 13, 2021Feb 13, 2021
The Buddha was Pointing to Something Bigger than BuddhismWhat is the value of engaging with the stories, ideas and practices of great figures from the past — particularly the founders of great…Feb 11, 20211Feb 11, 20211
Why Sceptical Argument is Completely PracticalThe story of scepticism is a story of hijacking. It begins with uncertainty as a basic human state. Uncertainty is simple enough, you…Feb 10, 2021Feb 10, 2021
Absolutization and the Middle Way: An Introduction to my WorkThe Middle Way is the common focus of all my work over the last twenty years as an independent philosopher and author, including around…Feb 9, 2021Feb 9, 2021