Robert M. Ellis (Books)

Robert M. Ellis Books

Robert M. Ellis is the founder of the Middle Way Society, dedicated to developing the theory and practice of the Middle Way beyond the constraints of Buddhist tradition. His PhD in Philosophy initiated his work in forging Middle Way thought into an innovative practical philosophy, integrating diverse aspects of modern thinking. Iain McGilchrist characterizes his approach as “a departure at right angles to typical thinking in the modern Western world”.

Parables of the Middle Way

313 pages
11 hours of reading

'Parables of the Middle Way' combines fiction and commentary to provide various imaginative ways into the core themes of Middle Way Philosophy already developed in Robert M Ellis's other books. The stories are either original, or adapted from a range of sources: philosophical, Buddhist and Christian. They include the story of a ship caught in a strait between two intractably opposed ports, an inside-out version of Plato's cave, a set of variations of the Good Samaritan suggesting all the other ways of doing good, and the early life of the Buddha transposed to eighteenth century England. Robert M. Ellis is the founder of the Middle Way Society, author of 'Migglism' and of the 'Middle Way Philosophy' series. He has a Ph.D. in Philosophy as well as a long-standing interest in fiction, and is devoted to developing new and more adequate ways of thinking that can be applied in practice.