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
Opening to the illimatables: intro talk
This intro talk on the illimitables (compassion & appreciation) was given at the afternoon session at Dave's last Against the Stream retreat in Malibu CA. The guided session is followed by this talk…
Equanimity and its two faces: wisdom and compassion
This was the first night talk given at the New Years Eve Retreat in Malibu with Cheryl Slean. This talk offers reflection and explanation of the practice and outcome of Upekkha/equanimity.
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Guardians of the World: Shame part 2
This talk was given in the early days of Against the Stream Nashville: pre -Refuge Recovery. Circa 2012. This talk was offered at a Wednesday night session where 12 steps and Dharma were discussed. T…
Guardians of the World: Shame part 1
This talk was given in the early days of Against the Stream Nashville: pre -Refuge Recovery. Circa 2012. This talk was offered at a Wednesday night session where 12 steps and Dharma were discussed. T…
Anger and Fear
This talk was given in January of 2017 at Against the Stream Melrose Center. This talk outlines the emotional experience of anger and fear. This was the firs talk given by Dave after his near death m…
desire vs. craving
Pulled from the archive, Against the Stream Nashville circa 2014. This talk points to the difference between desire and craving. Craving not being an expression of desire, but rather a repression of…
This dharma I have reached...
This talk was given at the Against the Stream East Coast Retreat at Earthdance, circa 2013. It discusses the noble quest. This is the first retreat talk ever given by Dave Smith. If you find these t…
authentic communication: aka "right speech"
A talk on being authentic in our communication. From the vaults of ATS-Nashville. 2013. If you scroll down to the bottom, there are many more older talks, and much more to come.
Dharma and Trauma
This talk comes from the vaults hidden deep within my Itunes. Given at Against the Stream Melrose Center a few years ago.
Understanding the illimatables
This talk was given at the Roaring Fork Insight weekly dharma class in Aspen CO. It offers a detailed explanation of compassion and appreciation (gratitude) as wise responses to complex conditions.
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Right view & the middle way
The final talk, right view & the middle way was given at the Vashon Island Against the Stream retreat. The talk outlines how to integrate retreat practice into daily life.
Buddhism without Beliefs
Reaching into the old archives, here is an old talk given on a Monday night class at Against the Stream. The talk challenges us to look at our clinging to views around being a "Buddhist"
Compassion and Appreciation: Guided practice
This day two practice session from Against the Stream Vashon Island retreat offers a practice of compassion and appreciation. The guided practice follows the overview session. FYI
The illimatables: talk and overview
This day 2 talk from the Against the Stream Vashon Island retreat offers an overview on Compassion (karuna) and Appreciation (mudita), by outlining their role from the abhidhamma, or the illimatables…
Citta: guided practice
This guided practice was given at the morning session, day 2, at the Vashon Island Against the Stream retreat. This practice follows the overview session. FYI.
Citta: talk and overview
This overview and talk was given at the morning session, day 2, at the Vashon Island Against the Stream retreat. The often misunderstood concept of Citta heart/mind is introduced.
Our Ultimate Concern
This talk was given on the first night of the Against the Stream Vashon Island Retreat. Offering some reflection on what "drives" one to practice. "What is our ultimate concern"? It offers a Q&A appr…
Embodied Metta: guided practice
This guided practice was given at the afternoon session, day 1, at the Vashon Island Against the Stream retreat. The practice of embodied Metta is introduced. This is the guide that goes with the emb…
Embodied Metta: talk and set-up
This talk was given at the afternoon session, day 1, at the Vashon Island Against the Stream retreat. The practice of embodied Metta is introduced.
Talk and Instruction: developing the mind, intro to the heart
This talk was given on day 1 morning session from the Vashon Island Against the Stream retreat. It explores the basics of developing the mind, and using the attitude of metta as an anchor as well.