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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Dec 9, 2017 • 58min
Right view & the middle way
The final talk, right view & the middle way was given at the Vashon Island Against the Stream retreat. The talk outlines how to integrate retreat practice into daily life.
Dec 7, 2017 • 32min
Buddhism without Beliefs
Reaching into the old archives, here is an old talk given on a Monday night class at Against the Stream. The talk challenges us to look at our clinging to views around being a "Buddhist"
Dec 3, 2017 • 32min
Compassion and Appreciation: Guided practice
This day two practice session from Against the Stream Vashon Island retreat offers a practice of compassion and appreciation. The guided practice follows the overview session. FYI
Dec 3, 2017 • 26min
The illimatables: talk and overview
This day 2 talk from the Against the Stream Vashon Island retreat offers an overview on Compassion (karuna) and Appreciation (mudita), by outlining their role from the abhidhamma, or the illimatables. When these practices are skillfully interwoven it becomes the first stage of fruition for metta vipassana.
Nov 29, 2017 • 26min
Citta: guided practice
This guided practice was given at the morning session, day 2, at the Vashon Island Against the Stream retreat. This practice follows the overview session. FYI.
Nov 29, 2017 • 24min
Citta: talk and overview
This overview and talk was given at the morning session, day 2, at the Vashon Island Against the Stream retreat. The often misunderstood concept of Citta heart/mind is introduced.
Nov 21, 2017 • 1h
Our Ultimate Concern
This talk was given on the first night of the Against the Stream Vashon Island Retreat. Offering some reflection on what "drives" one to practice. "What is our ultimate concern"? It offers a Q&A approach to dharma.
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Nov 21, 2017 • 27min
Embodied Metta: guided practice
This guided practice was given at the afternoon session, day 1, at the Vashon Island Against the Stream retreat. The practice of embodied Metta is introduced. This is the guide that goes with the embodied metta talk. FYI.
Nov 20, 2017 • 32min
Embodied Metta: talk and set-up
This talk was given at the afternoon session, day 1, at the Vashon Island Against the Stream retreat. The practice of embodied Metta is introduced.
Nov 20, 2017 • 45min
Talk and Instruction: developing the mind, intro to the heart
This talk was given on day 1 morning session from the Vashon Island Against the Stream retreat. It explores the basics of developing the mind, and using the attitude of metta as an anchor as well.
