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
Feb 29, 2024 • 32min
Buddhist modernism & truth: talk
Two talks edited together that outline the location of dharma in American and potential side-effects.
Feb 29, 2024 • 33min
Turning point: talk
This two talks are spliced together. I explore the idea of a "turning point" in our life and in our practice.
Feb 29, 2024 • 27min
states & traits: talk
These 2 talks, edited together explore the importance of distinguishing traits and states.
Jan 17, 2024 • 2h 34min
8 fold path: TALK
This is a LONG talk. 8 separate talks spliced together from my weekly mentoring program. It offers academic perspectives on the 8 fold path and its cultivated, along with secular and contemporary points of view in hopes to bring the practice of the 8 fold path to life. Enjoy. If you are interested in joining the mentoring sangha you can find out more HERE.
Jan 17, 2024 • 24min
20 years sober (6-12-2003): talk from summer 2023
Random and scattered reflections on 20 years of sobriety. Thanks!
Jan 17, 2024 • 31min
Grateful-Sorrow: Talk
Reflections on view related to joy/sorrow & gratitude/compasssion.
Jan 7, 2024 • 57min
The faith to let go: Talk
This talk was given at the NYE Big Bear Retreat. It explores the relationship with faith and renunciation.
Jan 7, 2024 • 46min
2024 Teacher Checkin': talk
These 2 talks are edited together, they are very similar. Given for my weekly Dharma/Live Online class and also for students in the mentoring program. This transparent talk offers specific reflection on how approach the practice and teaching of the dharma. To join us: https://www.davesmithdharma.com/live-groups/
Jan 7, 2024 • 25min
Metta: talk
Overview of metta practice. This was given at the 2023 NYE retreat at Big Bear. Dave and Cheryl.
Dec 11, 2023 • 29min
Death: talk
Day Before Halloween. Enjoy.
