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
Oct 11, 2023 • 54min
Talk: A beautifully natural experience
This is the first talk from Vallecitos nature retreat. October 1-8.
Sep 22, 2023 • 21min
Feeling tone/ overview of practice
Overview of feeling tone/vedana. Second foundation of mindfulness.
Sep 21, 2023 • 1h 8min
effort/hindrances/awakening: talk
Talk 2 from Southern Dharma metta-vipassana retreat.
Sep 20, 2023 • 1h 7min
30 years in the Dharma: talk
This talk was given at Vallecitos on September 11, 2023. Dave offers some reflection on 30 years in the Dharma. Photo of Dave and Steven Smith, Thailand 2014.
Sep 20, 2023 • 1h 5min
Suffering: talk
Talk 1 from Southern Dharma metta-vipassana retreat (May 2023). Refections on suffering/dukkha.
Sep 6, 2023 • 1h 5min
Dharma of Addiction: Talk
We have stopped uploading talks to our Buddhist Recovery Podcast. I will slowly be moving those talks to this podcast. I added this first as it was, by far, the most dowloaded episode. Also, we will be launching a secular dharma foundation podcast in November so stay tuned. For more on programs: https://linktr.ee/davesmithdharmaWe also have a Buddhist Recovery online course: HERE
Sep 5, 2023 • 35min
Right View: talk
Not sure when this talk was given. It just popped up in my Itunes, so I thought I would share. For more on my various programs: https://linktr.ee/davesmithdharma
Aug 30, 2023 • 60min
Path and View: Talk
Talk number three from the Big Bear mentoring retreat. Perspectives on path and view.
Aug 28, 2023 • 10min
What is the Secular Dharma Foundation?
This short talk offers some overview on the background and upcoming programs offered by the Secular Dharma Foundation. You can register for the Mindfulness Based Ethical Living Program (MBEL) HERE.
Aug 28, 2023 • 1h 3min
The present alone, is our happiness: talk
Talk one from mentoring retreat at Big Bear Retreat Center. Consider joining the Dave Smith Dharma mentoring program HERE
