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
Four kinds of Mindfulness: talk
Existential, therapeutic, contemplative, ethical.
Dark Dharma: rant 2
Due to much chatter amongst the crowd, I have further unpacked my thoughts around the previous rant. Come and see fo yo self.
Dark Dharma: rant...
The dark side of the Dharma is real, and mostly ignored. Some thoughts on the matter.
Addiction Economy: talk (PSA)
This talks highlights the reality that the attention economy is over, we are now in the addiction economy. You have been warned. Double down on your practice. This talk was given at the DSD mentoring…
Relevance: talk
A talk from my Sunday mentoring group. You can find out more HERE
Path and View: talk
Final talk from my NYE Retreat in Bay St. Louis Mississippi. Thanks to Flowering Lotus Meditation. https://www.floweringlotusmeditation.org/
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Practice Overview: talk
Meditation instruction overview from morning session day 1. Flowering Lotus Meditation, NYE retreat in Bay Louis Mississippi.
Explaining vs. Training: Talk
First mentoring session of 2025. From my Sunday program. We do have space for new students. You can find out more: https://www.davesmithdharma.com/mentoring/
Secular 8-fold: talk
Talk number 5 Big Bear Retreat. A secular perspective on the 8-fold path. Compliments to Stephen Batchelor.
Complete Perspective: talk
Talk 2 from the Big Bear retreat. Refections on right view as a complete perspective. A secular vision.
Arising of Reactivity: talk
Talk number 3, Big Bear Retreat. This talk covers the entire dimension of the 2nd noble truth. Without the noble truth crap.
Dharma Approach: talk
This the opening talk from the Big Bear, sure hearts' release retreat. It covers my approach to the practice.
Entering the Stream: talk
Talk number 4 from the Big Bear Retreat. It covers the idea of stream entry and nibbana.
Middle way: talk
This talk discusses how to cultivate a middle way between the having mode and the being mode. This talk was given at my weekly Dharma Live/Online class. You can sign up for free HERE.
A crisis of meaning: talk
The opening talk for the recently updated Dharma/Live Online class. You can now join for no fee. The class is offered as a drop in anytime type of thing. You can do that here: SIGN-UP
Mindfulness and the middle way: talk
This talk was given at the Durango Dharma Center as part of their Monday night offerings. Enjoy.
On Cultivation: Talk
Talk one, from Vallecitos retreat with JD Doyle. Entitled: On Cultivation.
Authentic Happiness: talk
Talk two from Vallecitos retreat Center with JD Doyle. Exploring authentic happiness and the awakened life.
Gratification, danger, escape: talk
The triad of gratification, danger, and escape is one of the Buddha’s most concise and simple teachings for investigating everyday lived experience. This formula can be applied to every single aspect…
Nibbana for everyone: talk
Reflections on Nibbana. Reference to attentional systems in the brain. Given at Rocky Mt. Ecodharma August 2024.