Absolutization: Early Buddhism @MiddlewaysocietyOrgMWS
Absolutization: Early Buddhism @MiddlewaysocietyOrgMWS
Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
A talk through the main points of the first section of Robert M. Ellis's book 'Absolutization', which introduces key ideas from early Buddhism that can provide a starting point for understanding the process of absolutization - and the Middle Way for avoiding it. This talk is intended to help people understand and get engaged in the book.
0:00 Introduction and Early Buddhism
3:55 Mental Proliferation
10:17 Craving, Hatred and Delusion
17:34 The Absoluteness of Negations
28:00 Excluding Options
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