

Dave Smith Dharma
dave smith
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For nearly 30 years, Dave Smith has held a practice rooted in the Insight Meditation (Vipassana) tradition. He was empowered to teach through the Against the Stream Buddhist Meditation Society, is a certified teacher for Cultivating Emotional Balance (CEB) which is combines contemporary emotion based scientific research with contemplative practices and psychology drawn from Buddhism and has studied Buddhist psychology at the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies (BCBS).
Dave teaches residential meditation retreats, weekly live dharma classes, online courses, and workshops. He has developed educational tools and resources, including mindfulness and emotional skills trainings, in both secular and Buddhist contexts. Dave also works with students 1:1 through his dharma mentoring program.
In 2016 he founded the Secular Dharma Foundation to foster the advancement of emotional and psychological well-being through the education and integration of mindfulness, psychology, and various therapeutic modalities. Dave has brought dharma and meditative interventions into a variety of settings including jails, prisons, youth detention centers and addiction treatment facilities. Dave lives in rural Colorado with his wife and two sons.
https://www.paypal.me/satisila
To find out more, or to join one of my many programs check my site: https://www.davesmithdharma.com/
For nearly 30 years, Dave Smith has held a practice rooted in the Insight Meditation (Vipassana) tradition. He was empowered to teach through the Against the Stream Buddhist Meditation Society, is a certified teacher for Cultivating Emotional Balance (CEB) which is combines contemporary emotion based scientific research with contemplative practices and psychology drawn from Buddhism and has studied Buddhist psychology at the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies (BCBS).
Dave teaches residential meditation retreats, weekly live dharma classes, online courses, and workshops. He has developed educational tools and resources, including mindfulness and emotional skills trainings, in both secular and Buddhist contexts. Dave also works with students 1:1 through his dharma mentoring program.
In 2016 he founded the Secular Dharma Foundation to foster the advancement of emotional and psychological well-being through the education and integration of mindfulness, psychology, and various therapeutic modalities. Dave has brought dharma and meditative interventions into a variety of settings including jails, prisons, youth detention centers and addiction treatment facilities. Dave lives in rural Colorado with his wife and two sons.
Episodes
Mentioned books

Aug 20, 2025 • 20min
Talk: Redemption

Aug 15, 2025 • 42min
Faith (again): talk
From Big Heart City Friday night class.

Aug 3, 2025 • 18min
Progress on the path: short reflection...
From the Sunday weekly mentoring group. If you are interested in our mentoring program you can find out more HERE

Aug 3, 2025 • 59min
Four foundations of mindfulness: Talk
The talk is from Vallecitos, and covers the teaching on the four foundations of Mindfulness.

Aug 3, 2025 • 1h 7min
Beautiful theory of MInd pt 2: talk
Second talk at RMERC.

Aug 3, 2025 • 1h 1min
Beautiful theory of mind pt. 1: Talk

Aug 3, 2025 • 56min
Metta: talk and guided

Aug 3, 2025 • 58min
Gratitude: Overview and guided
Over of gratitude and guided practice from Vallecitos.

Aug 3, 2025 • 57min
Faith: talk
Final talk at Vallecitos - July 2025.

Aug 3, 2025 • 48min
Living in the world: talk
Talk 3 at RMERC. Natural Awareness Retreat.