I’m Malcolm Holmes. I’m a software engineer, Buddhist and innovator.

I’m deeply interested in the impact of modern neuroscience on the understanding of traditional spiritual and religious teachings, and how scientific understanding can lead to more efficient teachings that reduce human suffering.

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Recent Posts

What I've been thinking about recently

Fetters and Language
Odoki method Fetters and Language

Some while ago, in Buddhism and Direct Pointing, I touched on the Buddhist Ten Fetters teaching, that has proven itself to be both profound and life-changing for many in recent times.

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AI and Honeylogo
Technology AI and Honeylogo

In the 1980s, as a teenager, I developed a Logo implementation for the BBC Micro, which was widely used in UK schools.

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Non-Reactivity
Odoki method Inquiry Non-Reactivity

The Odoki Method draws on the Buddhist Ten Fetters teaching. In the Odoki Method, the Stage 4 inquiry tackles “reactivity”, particularly how to fundamentally undermine our ability to react.

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Enterprise vs Startup
Startups Triratna Enterprise vs Startup

This post is most likely of interest to those who are already familiar with the Triratna Buddhist movement, and have witnessed the arrival of Liberation Unleashed and the Ten Fetters community.

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Felt Sense Significance
Odoki method Focusing Felt Sense Significance

Over the last month or so particularly, working with between 15 and 20 people each week, doing inquiry work with them, I have been struck by the value of the “felt sense”.

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Projects

Things I've done

Odoki Method

Odoki Method

A broad method aimed at “Deep Wellbeing”, a form of wellbeing that is independent of external circumstance.

Parents Meditation

Parents Meditation

A site and online course sharing an approach to meditation that can work for parents of any age.

Yan Shou Gong UK

Yan Shou Gong UK

A site detailing activities in the UK relating to Yan Shou Gong, a form of Nei Gong, an internal martial art of chinese origin.

Grizzly

Grizzly

A command line utility for Grafana facilitating the move of the source of truth for dashboards and more out of the Grafana database and into version control.

Influential Reading

What I've learned from

PNSE

Future Reading

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