On the Seven Factors of Enlightenment, Part Three: Arousing Energy and Attaining Rapture
Prof. David Dale Holmes
29 November 2023
Prof. David Holmes continues his examination of the seven factors of awakening
Theravada Teachings
Prof. David Dale Holmes taught English and World Literature and Creative Writing at the University of Maryland, Munich Campus, European Division, from 1966–92, after which he moved to Asia to lecture at Thailand’s Chulalongkorn University, and later at the World Buddhist University in Bangkok. From 1986–92, he traveled yearly between Munich, Germany, and Kandy, Sri Lanka, to study under Ven. Nyanaponika and Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi. Here he became familiar with the body of literature disseminated by the Buddhist Publication Society, and later assisted in editing the BPS Wheel Series to make it available online for free download.
Theravada Teachings is published monthly.
On the Seven Factors of Enlightenment, Part Two: Mindfulness and Keen Awareness
Prof. David Dale Holmes
2 November 2023
Prof. David Holmes continues his examination of the seven steps to awakening in the Pali Canon
On the Seven Factors of Enlightenment, Part One
Prof. David Dale Holmes
3 October 2023
Prof. David Holmes examines the seven steps to awakening in the Pali Canon
Starving the Beast
Prof. David Dale Holmes
29 August 2023
Prof. David Dale Holmes offers a meditation on the Five Hindrances, and responding with mindful wisdom
The Dangerous Six Sense Doors
Prof. David Dale Holmes
2 August 2023
Prof. David Dale Holmes offers a Theravada perspective on guarding the gates of the mind
Hindering the Hindrances
Prof. David Dale Holmes
6 July 2023
Progress on the path through eliminating the Five Mental Hindrances
Praise and Blame: What’s Wrong at the Root of Our Society?
Prof. David Dale Holmes
31 May 2023
Prof. David Holmes shares a Buddhist view on being the change we wish to see in society
Living with Meaning, Part Two: Inauthentic Existence
Prof. David Dale Holmes
5 May 2023
The pitfalls of an unexamined life: the Buddhist path to mindful and deliberate compassion
Living with Meaning, Part One: Authentic Existence
Prof. David Dale Holmes
3 April 2023
Facing fear and break free of delusion: the Buddhist path as a quest for truth
The Four Sublime States
Prof. David Dale Holmes
9 March 2023
Notes from Ven. Nyanaponika Maha Thera on the path to the end of suffering
The Detached View of One Who Knows
Prof. David Dale Holmes
1 February 2023
Right View and Right Intention on the Buddhist path
The Way of Mindfulness
Prof. David Dale Holmes
5 January 2023
Approaching the Four Foundations of Mindfulness on the path to clear comprehension and liberation