
Dave Smith Dharma
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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.
Latest episodes

Jan 9, 2023 • 43min
Foundations of Mindfulness 3&4 Citta and Dhammas
Two talks put together. Reflections on foundations of mindfulness 3(citta) and 4 (dhammas). These talks were given as part of dharma/live online. If you would like to join this practice community you can do so here: https://courses.seculardharmafoundation.com/courses/61/about

Oct 26, 2022 • 30min
Nibbana for Everyone: Talk
A talk on Nibbana. This was given at the Durango Dharma Center. https://www.durangodharmacenter.org/

Oct 26, 2022 • 15min
Turning Point: Talk
There are currently open spaces in my dharma mentoring program. You can find out more here. https://www.davesmithdharma.com/meditation/mentoring/

Oct 25, 2022 • 57min
Aspects of Awakening: Talk
Two talks on awaking that have been edited together. From different times and different places.

Oct 19, 2022 • 26min
skillful & unskillful: talk
This was recorded for dharma live/online. This online community is open registration, join and cancel at anytime. https://courses.seculardharmafoundation.com/courses/61/about

Oct 11, 2022 • 26min
Talk: More reflections on effort
This talk was given as part of a weekend program at the Bozeman Dharma Center. https://bozemandharmacenter.org/home/

Oct 11, 2022 • 57min
Talk: This dharma I have reached
From the noble quest. MN 26.

Oct 11, 2022 • 14min
Talk: intro to effort
This talk was given as part of a weekend program at the Bozeman Dharma Center. https://bozemandharmacenter.org/home/

Oct 11, 2022 • 16min
Talk: short reflections on nibbana

Oct 11, 2022 • 52min
Metta Vipassana: talk and guided
The practice.