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.
- Update frequency
- every 4 days
- Average duration
- 42 minutes
- Episodes
- 369
- Years Active
- 2012 - 2025
Ill Will: talk and practice
Due to recent events in our culture and world, this talk offers some honest and messy perspectives on how we can come to terms with, and hopefully overcome the ill-will that arises from contempt. If…
Faith and soteriological polarity.
Soteriology: is the study of religious doctrines of salvation. Salvation theory occupies a place of special significance in many religions. In the academic field of religious studies, soteriology is …
Right View: talk and practice
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Concentration Talk: Putting aside desire and discontent
Drawing from the teachings outlined in the Satipatthana, Dave discusses the potential role of concentration within Mindfulness practice. This talk was given for and recorded by the good folks at the …
Metta-Vipassana: Overview and Guided
Here is a recorded session from my weekly practice group. This practice session is designed for students who are actively involved in my mentoring programs. If you would like to find out more, or joi…
Right Effort: guided practice
This audio goes along with the talk from Boston Meditation Center.
Right Effort: prevent, overcome, develop and maintain.
I was invited to teach a zoom session for the Boston Meditation Center. The talk is on right effort. Much love and thanks to my good friend and dharma colleague, Chris Crotty for inviting me in.
Interview: George Hofmann: Practicing Mental Ilness
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I met George Hofmann just before the Covid-19 shutdown. We were both attending a retreat with Stephen Batchelor at Upaya Zen Cent…
Compassion: Overview and Guided Practice
One from the vault. Today, looking thru my voice recorder in my phone I stubbled across a series of meditations form the Cultivating Emotional Balance Retreat (CEB) that I taught in September of 2019…
Wise reflection, wise ranting...
A few words on the practice of wise refection. Under difficult times, do we rise to our expectations, or do we fall to the level of our training. A rant, at best :)
Metta Vipassana: Overview and Guided Practice
This guided practice offers some overview and guided practice on metta vipassana. The focus is to bring metta: kindness and friendliness into the three aspects of experience. Change, Tragedy, Self. T…
Perspectives on Faith, Trust and Confidence
Perspectives on Faith, Trust and Confidence: How do we understand and develop these qualities? How are the relevant and useful in the stressful and uncertain moments of our life? How can we develop t…
Metta overview and guided practice
A brief overview and guided practice on the concept and practice of metta. Enjoy.
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Fear in the time of COVID
A short reflection on how to understand and work with fear in these challenging times.
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Dharma as a perspective, a refuge and a raft: talk
This talk was given via ZOOM as an act of generosity to the good folks at ALBX Insight. I recorded it last minute on my iphone. Enjoy.
For those out there looking to find something to sink they're tee…
Mindfulness: Online Learning Opportunity
This short talk is a big thanks to all-y'all for listening to all my talks. I have a new online class available that is the culmination of 10 years of teaching in jails, prisons, treatment centers an…
CITTA: Overview....
This is yet, another, talk on citta. Shit is so important. Also, don't hesitate to take my online course on Mindfulness. These crazy time are a good opportunity to practice at home. The course is red…
4 great efforts: prevent, overcome, develop, maintain:Y'all
This recent talk given at the Durango Dharma Center is a reflection on the idea of "wisdom" (whatever that means *%$!) in relationship to the 4 great efforts. A classic and dynamic teaching. Also. If…
4 qualities of an awakened life
This talk was given at the Durango Dharma Center. Dave offers four qualities of living an awakened life. A non-tradition list of 4. Enjoy!https://www.durangodharmacenter.org/
Awareness of awareness: overview and guided
A brief overview and guided practice on awareness of awareness: AKA the 3rd foundation of mindfulness. This was given on the last day of the CEB 42 curriculum. http://cultivating-emotional-balance.or…