

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 25, 2019 • 30min
The Dharma of Addiction: talk
This talk was given at the Durango Dharma Center. Using Dharma as a vehicle for overcoming addiction. https://www.durangodharmacenter.org/If you are moved by these talks, please consider making a donation to support my ongoing work as dana supports me and my family: DONATE

Oct 25, 2019 • 33min
The Noble Quest(ion). MN 26: talk
This talk was given at Albuquerque Insight. http://abqinsight.org/This sutta is commonly understood amongst scholars to be the oldest recording of what the Buddha states that he "awoke" to. This dharma I have reached.....

Sep 30, 2019 • 38min
Spiritual Bypass and the War on Emotion: Talk
This talk was given at Insight Santa Cruz. It explores the idea of how avoiding emotions can give rise to spiritual bypass. This talk integrates classical dharma teachings with the science of emotion blending the wisdom traditions of the east and the west.

Sep 4, 2019 • 24min
Reflections on Practice
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Sep 4, 2019 • 34min
Ilimatables
guided practice: Compassion & Gratitude

Sep 4, 2019 • 33min
mindfulness practice
a brief mindfulness practice from the OKC event.

Sep 4, 2019 • 41min
War on Emotion OKC
Opening night talk given in Oklahoma city.

Sep 4, 2019 • 33min
8 Fold Path and Recovery
This talk was given a the Oklahoma Dharma Collective weekend retreat. Dave outlines the process of the 8 fold path as a vehicle for overcoming addiction.

Aug 20, 2019 • 51min
Metta Vipassana: Y"all
seeing, feeling, responding, living.

Aug 20, 2019 • 31min
Natural Awareness: GUIDED
Guided meditation for the natural awareness overview.