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
The Dharma of Addiction: talk
This talk was given at the Durango Dharma Center. Using Dharma as a vehicle for overcoming addiction. https://www.durangodharmacenter.org/
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The Noble Quest(ion). MN 26: talk
This talk was given at Albuquerque Insight. http://abqinsight.org/
This sutta is commonly understood amongst scholars to be the oldest recording of what the Buddha states that he "awoke" to. This dhar…
Spiritual Bypass and the War on Emotion: Talk
This talk was given at Insight Santa Cruz. It explores the idea of how avoiding emotions can give rise to spiritual bypass. This talk integrates classical dharma teachings with the science of emotion…
Reflections on Practice
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8 Fold Path and Recovery
This talk was given a the Oklahoma Dharma Collective weekend retreat. Dave outlines the process of the 8 fold path as a vehicle for overcoming addiction.
Natural Awareness: GUIDED
Guided meditation for the natural awareness overview.
Natural Awareness in the third foundation: talk
Afternoon session from Vallecitos August 2019. Overview of awareness in the 3rd foundation. Feeling the force of greed, hatred, delusion.
Citta: Yep
Thanks to my good friend Chris Crotty for inviting me out to the Boston Meditation Center to offer this talk. https://bostonmeditationcenter.org/
Forgiveness: Practice
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Forgiveness as Wisdom: talk and overview
Given at the Vallecitos retreat in August 2019, this talk offers overview on how forgiveness can be implemented as a moment to moment process of letting go.
Bramha Vihara Heart
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Right View: samma ditthi
Samma Dhitti: The sacred mystery of awareness. This talk given on the opening night of the Vallecitos retreat explores the Buddha's teaching and articulation of developing right view or complete unde…
Citta: One more time. (talk)
Recording at Boston Meditation Center, Dave offers perspectives on citta.
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War on Emotion (Insight LA)
This talk was given at Eastside Insight LA (Former ATS). During this talk Dave discusses the war on emotion.
Genuine Happiness: a talk
This talk was given at the Durango Dharma Center as part of their Monday night drop in class. Much thanks to Erin Treat for the ongoing support and invitation.
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Metta Vipassana: practice
A guided metta vipassana. Metta and the 3 characteristics. This was given at the Buddhist Recovery day long at the Bozeman Dharma Center.