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
Fourth foundation of Mindfulness: talk and instructions
MINDFULNESS
The practice of mindfulness is outlined in the Pali canon and is contained within a Buddhist teaching entitled: Satipatthana, which is described as the direct path to realization. The Eng…
Third foundation of Mindfulness: talk and instructions
MINDFULNESS
The practice of mindfulness is outlined in the Pali canon and is contained within a Buddhist teaching entitled: Satipatthana, which is described as the direct path to realization. The Eng…
Second foundation of Mindfulness: talk and instructions
MINDFULNESS
The practice of mindfulness is outlined in the Pali canon and is contained within a Buddhist teaching entitled: Satipatthana, which is described as the direct path to realization. The Eng…
First foundation of Mindfulness: talk and instructions-body
MINDFULNESS
The practice of mindfulness is outlined in the Pali canon and is contained within a Buddhist teaching entitled: Satipatthana, which is described as the direct path to realization. The Eng…
First foundation of Mindfulness: talk and instructions
MINDFULNESS
The practice of mindfulness is outlined in the Pali canon and is contained within a Buddhist teaching entitled: Satipatthana, which is described as the direct path to realization. The Eng…
Ethical mindfulness: Guided instruction 30 mins "aka" equanimity
This is a very good recording of my full practice of ethical mindfulness or equanimity
https://www.amazon.com/Ethical-Mindfulness-David-Smith-ebook/dp/B00VMDKSCY
Equanimity: talk and instructions
Equanimity (Upekkha)
Equanimity is the practice that holds everything together. We simply acknowledge the truth that our happiness and our freedom is dependent on our actions, not on our wishes. Equa…
gratitude and appreciation: talk and instruction
Appreciation (Mudita)
The most common translation for mudita is sympathetic joy. This encourages us to be able to sympathize with or participate in the happiness of others. It is the antidote to jeal…
Compassion: talk and instruction
Compassion (Karuna)
Compassion is the second aspect of heart practices and has the specific aim of being directed toward pain and suffering. It is often defined as a movement of the heart when we mee…
Forgiveness: talk and instruction
Forgiveness
There is no official Pali translation for the word forgiveness but the idea of forgiveness is expressed wholeheartedly throughout the teachings. Forgiveness practice plays a critical role…
metta: talk and instructions
This talk was given at a 7 day retreat at New Life Foundation in Chaing RiThailand in the winter of 2016. Kind-Friendliness (Metta) http://www.newlifethaifoundation.com/
The word metta is derived fro…
Metta Vipassana: Calgary event
On a recent visit to Calgary, Dave outlines the practice of metta vipassana; integrating the foundations of mindfulness with the classic teaching on the bramha viharas. The talk also offers a framewo…
Chuck Berry and heart of dharma...
This talk was given on a Monday night at Against the Stream in Santa Monica. It points to the fact that the buddha didn't really invent anything...but showed us something that was already there. The …
GUIDED: 4 foundations of mindfulness overview and practice
This short 20 minute podcast begins with an overview of practice, followed by a guide practice.
http://rebelsaintdharma.com/meditation/mentoring/
Awakening into the five spiritual faculties
This talk, which was discovered deep in the vault of I tunes was given at Dave and Cheryl's NEW YEAR RETREAT in Malibu. An honest reflective talk on the practice and the teaching of the 5 faculties.
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Awakening into your own freedom
The final talk, written at the last minute for the lovely folks at New Life. Enjoy!
Dave Smith is a Buddhist meditation teacher, addiction treatment specialist, and published author from the "Against…
The faith to let go: the hearts release
The dharma is a practice of subtraction not addition. What can we let go of...?
Dave Smith is a Buddhist meditation teacher, addiction treatment specialist, and published author from the "Against the…
Suffering and it's end...
This talk discusses discuss the challenge of embracing the truth, or what is true for you. Mindfulness as a practice of turning towards all of the things that we have been running from and attempting…
Awake
This talk discusses the idea of be awake or buddha
Dave Smith is a Buddhist meditation teacher, addiction treatment specialist, and published author from the "Against the Stream Buddhist Meditation S…
Irrigating the field
This talk, from one of my last nights at ATS Santa Monica discusses the necessity of integration practice into all aspects of our lives. Viewing dharma practice as something that needs to be done, ra…