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Robert M. Ellis

God may not be as incompatible with Buddhism as you thought

Ask many Western Buddhists about God, and you’ll probably get a dismissal. “The Buddha was an atheist” they may say, or “God is irrelevant…

4 min readMar 13, 2021

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God may not be as incompatible with Buddhism as you thought

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Robert M. Ellis

How Jung found the Middle Way — before he found Buddhism

If 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…

6 min readFeb 26, 2021

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How Jung found the Middle Way — before he found Buddhism

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Robert M. Ellis

Responsibility: What we Feel, not What we’re Held to

Do we hold people responsible, without feeling responsible? Social media storms, political campaigns, and organizational disputes often…

5 min readFeb 24, 2021

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Responsibility: What we Feel, not What we’re Held to

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Robert M. Ellis

Sangharakshita: Time to Depolarize the Discussion

The mention of the name of Sangharakshita, founder of the Triratna Buddhist Movement, tends to produce very two kinds of reaction. From…

7 min readFeb 19, 2021

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Sangharakshita: Time to Depolarize the Discussion

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Robert M. Ellis

Embodiment means Rethinking too

What does it mean to adopt an embodied view of the world? The actual experience of your body — for instance developed through yoga or…

6 min readFeb 18, 2021

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Embodiment means Rethinking too

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Robert M. Ellis

There’s a Middle Way for Christians too

Like 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…

6 min readFeb 15, 2021

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There’s a Middle Way for Christians too

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Robert M. Ellis

The Fact-Value Distinction is a Disaster: and there is an Alternative

If 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…

6 min readFeb 13, 2021

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The Fact-Value Distinction is a Disaster: and there is an Alternative

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Robert M. Ellis

The Buddha was Pointing to Something Bigger than Buddhism

What is the value of engaging with the stories, ideas and practices of great figures from the past — particularly the founders of great…

7 min readFeb 11, 2021

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Why Sceptical Argument is Completely Practical

The story of scepticism is a story of hijacking. It begins with uncertainty as a basic human state. Uncertainty is simple enough, you…

5 min readFeb 10, 2021

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Why Sceptical Argument is Completely Practical

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Robert M. Ellis

Absolutization and the Middle Way: An Introduction to my Work

The Middle Way is the common focus of all my work over the last twenty years as an independent philosopher and author, including around…

5 min readFeb 9, 2021

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Absolutization and the Middle Way: An Introduction to my Work

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Robert M. Ellis

Robert M. Ellis

Multi-disciplinary practical philosopher. Author of around 20 books on Middle Way Philosophy and founder of the Middle Way Society

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