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
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Nov 8, 2021 • 31min
Citta Vimutti: Guided
The guided practice that accompanies the talk.
Nov 7, 2021 • 46min
Nibbana: talk
Nibbana. Nirvana. No big deal y'all
Nov 7, 2021 • 24min
2nd Noble truth as Harmlessness: Talk
This talk was given as part of the ongoing mentoring program. It offers some reflection on overcoming reactivity as a largely ethical game. No so much to end suffering, but to stop causing harm. If you would like to join our mentoring program you can find out more here: https://www.davesmithdharma.com/meditation/mentoring/
Sep 29, 2021 • 1h
Interview: Tenzin Chogkyi
Dave zooms down with Tenzin Chogkyi. She has designed an online course for the Secular Dharma Foundation entitled Big Love: Cultivating the Four Immeasurables. (Heart Practices). Sign up here: https://courses.seculardharmafoundation.com/courses/52/aboutVenerable Tenzin Chogkyi (she/her/hers) is a Buddhist monastic, activist and teacher of both Buddhist and secular programs. She loves bridging together the worlds of Buddhist thought, current events, and the latest research in the field of positive psychology. In addition to teaching Buddhist philosophy and meditation and leading retreats, Venerable Tenzin is a certified teacher of Compassion Cultivation Training, a secular compassion training program developed at Stanford University. She also teaches the Cultivating Emotional Balance program, a secular program using contemplative techniques drawn from Buddhism for managing emotions, developed at His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s request.
Sep 8, 2021 • 21min
WTF.... is secular dharma? Talk
This short and choppy talk is a brief overview of secular dharma. Many more will follow. https://seculardharmafoundation.com/
Aug 16, 2021 • 1h 26min
4 Means of Accomplishment: talk
During this talk, Dave explores the four means of accomplishment. This teaching list is often associated with magical powers and is therefore disregarded by the various Buddhist Schools. However, it does show up on the list of 37 aspects of awakening. Lets take a look at it. This talk is comprised of 4 separate talks given over a month during the mentoring program Sunday sessions. If you are interested in joining the program, you can find out more here. https://www.davesmithdharma.com/meditation/mentoring/
Jul 28, 2021 • 17min
The Dead Ends: talk
This short talk, recently given for the Sunday weekly sessions of the mentoring program discusses the two dead ends: defined as the dead end of religion and the dead end of capitalism. If you are interested in joining the mentoring program, read more about that here: https://www.davesmithdharma.com/meditation/mentoring/
Jul 12, 2021 • 4min
18 years sober: Song
Hey friends. On July 12 2003 I began my process of recovery. Soon after I recorded a record with my band, Ragged old Flag. I thought I would share this audio track with you. I hope you dig it. I hope to see you on the path. For more tunes check out: https://davesmithcountryrebel.hearnow.com/
Jun 28, 2021 • 26min
Right Action & Livelihood: talk part 2
More discussion on the teachings of action and livelihood. This talk was give thru the Bozeman Dharma Center. For those interested in deepening their practice and being involved in an interactive community, I am accepting students into my mentoring program. https://www.davesmithdharma.com/meditation/mentoring/
Jun 27, 2021 • 37min
Right Action & Livelihood: talk
This talk, given for Insight Albq offers perspectives on the path factors of right action and right livelihood. https://www.davesmithdharma.com/
