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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Oct 4, 2020 • 48min
Ill Will: talk and practice
Due to recent events in our culture and world, this talk offers some honest and messy perspectives on how we can come to terms with, and hopefully overcome the ill-will that arises from contempt. If you are interested in joining this group live, please check out the mentoring program with Dave. https://www.davesmithdharma.com/meditation/mentoring/
Sep 28, 2020 • 45min
Faith and soteriological polarity.
Soteriology: is the study of religious doctrines of salvation. Salvation theory occupies a place of special significance in many religions. In the academic field of religious studies, soteriology is understood by scholars as representing a key theme in a number of different religions and is often studied in a comparative context; that is, comparing various ideas about what salvation is and how it is obtained.We discuss the role of faith within the salvation aspect of dharma work. Here, we are trying to develop a middle way between eternalism and nihilism. Developing skillful means that help us work out our own liberation, here and now. If you enjoy these Sunday session, please consider joining mentoring program. Moving ahead these talk will be only available on my patreon podcast.
Sep 20, 2020 • 35min
Right View: talk and practice
This talk is part of the weekly teaching series for the mentoring program. If you are interested in deepening your practice, please consider joining the program.For more: https://www.davesmithdharma.com/meditation/mentoring/One of the most important aspects of our live and our practice is how we see, experience and make sense of our world. In modern times we are inundated with media and information at a rate that we can barely process. With our attention bias towards negativity combined with the kind of digital food we consume it's no wonder many of us feel defeated, confused and uneasy about many things.The teachings on right view (samma ditthi) are designed for us to push ourselves into a perspective that is construction, wholesome and optimistic. This teaching is vastly misunderstood because for so many, it implies a "belief" in something. A dogmatic view which hinders our ability to take this on as a practice of moment-to-moment inquiry.At its most basic, right view is challenging us to maintain an ethical, philosophical and contemplative perspective on....everything!This talk is part of the weekly teaching series for the mentoring program. If you are interested in deepening your practice, please consider joining the program.For more: https://www.davesmithdharma.com/meditation/mentoring/
Sep 16, 2020 • 31min
Concentration Talk: Putting aside desire and discontent
Drawing from the teachings outlined in the Satipatthana, Dave discusses the potential role of concentration within Mindfulness practice. This talk was given for and recorded by the good folks at the Boston Meditation Center> Enjoy.https://bostonmeditationcenter.org/
Sep 14, 2020 • 41min
Metta-Vipassana: Overview and Guided
Here is a recorded session from my weekly practice group. This practice session is designed for students who are actively involved in my mentoring programs. If you would like to find out more, or join the program read about that here: https://www.davesmithdharma.com/meditation/mentoring/Vipassana meditation (insight or mindfulness practice) unites the stillness of concentration with the immediacy of moment to moment experience. As we learn to calm the body and mind, intuitive wisdom arises. This allows us to open to the truth of each moment’s experience within and around us. In this way, we increase our ability to meet life’s ups and downs with ease and presence. Metta (loving-kindness) meditation practice calls forth the beautiful spiritual emotions within our heart: loving-kindness, compassion, empathetic joy and equanimity. Mindfulness of these qualities strengthens and brings them into fruition. This process guides our thoughts, attitudes and behaviors into the direction of awakening to our full potential.
Aug 6, 2020 • 24min
Right Effort: guided practice
This audio goes along with the talk from Boston Meditation Center.
Aug 6, 2020 • 31min
Right Effort: prevent, overcome, develop and maintain.
I was invited to teach a zoom session for the Boston Meditation Center. The talk is on right effort. Much love and thanks to my good friend and dharma colleague, Chris Crotty for inviting me in.
May 15, 2020 • 46min
Interview: George Hofmann: Practicing Mental Ilness
To join my podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davesmithdharmaI met George Hofmann just before the Covid-19 shutdown. We were both attending a retreat with Stephen Batchelor at Upaya Zen Center. We became fast friends and I was very interested in his process with mindfulness and Dharma. George, has a long personal history of working with Bi-polar disorder. Through medication, meditation and some CBT, he is now living a happy successful life. Hear his journey, process and his contributions to the world of mental health. Find out more about George here.website: www.practicingmentalillness.comBlog on PsychCentral: https://blogs.psychcentral.com/older-bipolar/The book at Amazon:https://www.amazon.com/Resilience-Handling-Anxiety-Time-Crisis/dp/1789046793/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=resilience+handling+anxiety+in+a+time+of+crisis&qid=1588021263&sr=8-4
Apr 11, 2020 • 58min
Compassion: Overview and Guided Practice
One from the vault. Today, looking thru my voice recorder in my phone I stubbled across a series of meditations form the Cultivating Emotional Balance Retreat (CEB) that I taught in September of 2019. This was recorded at the Vajrapani Institute in Boulder Creek CA. You can hear the night time critics in the background. Enjoy!
Apr 10, 2020 • 20min
Wise reflection, wise ranting...
A few words on the practice of wise refection. Under difficult times, do we rise to our expectations, or do we fall to the level of our training. A rant, at best :)https://www.davesmithdharma.com/
