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
Intro to practice: overview and guided instructions
This is the first morning instructions given at the Vallecitos NM retreat in June 2018. It offers a nuts an bolts approach to mindfulness practice. The intro is followed by a guide practice. Enjoy!
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awakening into right view
This was the first night talk given at the Mindfulness and Compassion to awaken the heart retreat at Vallecitos NM, June 2018. It outlines the big picture and moment to moment experience of sama ditt…
Embodied Metta: guided
The guided practice from the overview. These talks and instructions were given at the southern dharma retreat center, March 2018, Metta Vipassana retreat.
Embodied Metta: talk and overview
This talk expands on the metta instructions to bring a wider focus on the practice, internally and externally.
Attitude Y'all: guided practice on Citta
This guided practice follows the talk here on Citta. Attitude of mind, as opposed to object.
Citta: talk overview (aka, third foundation)
This talk was given in the morning session at Southern Dharma retreat center as part of the Metta Vipassana retreat in March 2018.
Metta: guided practice
This guided practice, accompanies the talk preceding it. Southern Dharma, Metta Vipassana, March 2018.
Metta Talk: Overview
This talk was given at the afternoon session, day 1, of the metta vipassana retreat at Southern Dharma in March 2018. http://southerndharma.org/
Anchor: guided practice
This guided practice follows the talk on anchor, listed previously. Enjoy.
Establishing an Anchor: talk
Welcome to my 100th episode! This talk was given on morning 1, of the Southern Dharma Metta Vipassana Retreat in March 2018. This "back to basics" instructional talk introduces and emphasizes the imp…
Genuine Happiness
This talk was given at the Aspen Chapel on 4/25. This talk is part of the weekly groups offered by the Roaring Fork Insight. http://www.roaringforkinsight.org/
Metta Vipassana: short intro and guided practice
This intro and guided practice was given at the Southern Dharma Retreat in March 2018.
The Noble Quest: MN 26
This talk was given at Insight Santa Cruz, http://www.insightsantacruz.org/. A descriptions is below.
Without a doubt, Buddhism is recognized as one of the world’s great religions. For almost three m…
The heart of right view: Complete understanding
This talk was given on the opening night at the metta-vipassana retreat at Southern Dharma. http://southerndharma.org/
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Effort, hindrances, awakening factors
This talk was given at the second night of the metta-vipassana retreat at Southern Dharma.
What is Mindfulness? How does it work...?
This talk was given at the Aspen Chapel. It was part of a monthly group that Dave is leading for the North Fork Insight Meditation group. The term Sati is broken down and discussed.
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Effort, effort, and more effort: a talk
This talk was given in June of 2016 at the Against the Stream Melrose Center. This was the final talk given by Dave Smith prior to his move to Colorado.
3 trainings
This talk outlines the 3 trainings: Sila-Samadhi- Panna. This talk was given at the Aspen Chapel for the Roaring Fork Insight Meditation weekly group. http://www.roaringforkinsight.org/
Perspectives on Citta
This talk was given for an online class for worldwide insight. www.worldwideinsight.org. To watch the video of the entire session you can stream it here: https://player.vimeo.com/video/253296306
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Illimitables: guided
This is the guided practice that follows the talk on compassion and appreciation (the illimitables). For the ATS Malibu retreat.