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
Dec 11, 2023 • 3h 50min
1st Foundation of Mindfulness: talk
This is my 300th episode! I can't believe it. I started uploading dharma talks back in 2012. Thanks for listening. This talk is HUGE. Seven talks spliced together from my dharma/live online course. It covers the entirety of the first foundation of mindfulness as it appears in the satiphatthana sutta. If you want to join the class, I have a big discount running. You will also get access to my new class called Audio Dharma Talks which has over 250 talks. Those talks are not here on this podcast. Click HERE.https://www.davesmithdharma.com/contact/
Nov 8, 2023 • 33min
Talk: Feeling
This talk was given for the Dharma Live/Online weekly class. Feel free to join the practice community. HERE
Nov 3, 2023 • 1h 4min
Contentment, purpose, meaning: talk
Talk 4, Montana retreat.
Nov 3, 2023 • 1h 1min
Universal Empathy: talk
Talk 3, Montana retreat.
Nov 1, 2023 • 1h 5min
Courage: talk
The podcast explores the significance of courage in the Buddhist tradition and the existential dimension of personal suffering. It discusses different frames of understanding life and the hindrances that hinder us from living the lives we want. The connection between aversion, pain, and difficult emotions is explored. The impact of lethargy and restlessness on the mind is discussed, as well as the hindrances that prevent happiness and contentment.
Nov 1, 2023 • 19min
Metta Vipassana: guided
Day one, morning session/guided of the metta vipassana retreat in Montana. https://bozemandharmacenter.org/
Oct 31, 2023 • 22min
Metta Vipassana: Intro to practice
Day one, morning session of the metta vipassana retreat in Montana. https://bozemandharmacenter.org/
Oct 31, 2023 • 1h 2min
The paradox of suffering: talk
First night talk of the metta vipassana retreat in Montana. https://bozemandharmacenter.org/
Oct 13, 2023 • 48min
Talk: Genuine happiness
Talk number 3, form Vallecitos retreat, October 1-8.
Oct 12, 2023 • 49min
Talk: The sacred mystery of awareness
Talk 2 from Vallecitos retreat, October 1-8.
