
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

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

Oct 11, 2022 • 1h 2min
Talk: Effort, sila etc...
This talk was given as part of a weekend program at the Bozeman Dharma Center. https://bozemandharmacenter.org/home/

Sep 13, 2022 • 55min
Mind and Mindfulness: Talk
Day 1 Dharma Talk from Vallecitos: Mind and Mindfulness.

Sep 13, 2022 • 44min
Illimitables/compassion/appreciation: Talk and Guided.
Morning 3: compassion and appreciation talk and guided. Vallecitos Mt. Ranch.

Sep 13, 2022 • 42min
Equanimity: talk and overview
Final Evening Practice Session. Vallecitos Mt. Ranch

Sep 13, 2022 • 51min
Attitude: talk and guided
Morning 2: Overview of attitude and guided practice. Vallecitos Mt Ranch.

Sep 13, 2022 • 50min
Metta: talk and guided
Day 1 Metta talk and guided. Vallecitos.

Sep 13, 2022 • 58min
Effort-Hindrances-Awakening Factors: talk

Jul 22, 2022 • 1h 60min
Right Speech aka "finding your voice"
These 4 talks are edited together. A combined reflection on right speech. To join us in this weekly class you can sign up at: https://courses.seculardharmafoundation.com/courses/61/about

Jun 22, 2022 • 22min
Morning 1: guided
Southern Dharma Retreat: Morning 1 instructions. https://www.southerndharma.org/