Dave Smith Dharma

Dave Smith Dharma

If you would like to support the work I do, Please consider making a donation. https://www.paypal.me/satisila To find out more, or to join one of my many programs check my site: https://www.davesmithdharma.com/ 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.

Episodes

August 15, 2025 42 mins

From Big Heart City Friday night class. 

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Final talk at Vallecitos - July 2025. 

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August 3, 2025 57 mins

Over of gratitude and guided practice from Vallecitos. 

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From the Sunday weekly mentoring group. If you are interested in our mentoring program you can find out more HERE

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August 3, 2025 56 mins
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August 3, 2025 59 mins

The talk is from Vallecitos, and covers the teaching on the four foundations of Mindfulness. 

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August 3, 2025 47 mins

Talk 3 at RMERC. Natural Awareness Retreat. 

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August 3, 2025 61 mins
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August 3, 2025 67 mins

Second talk at RMERC. 

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Given at Wild Heart in Nashville, just before the Southern Dharma retreat. 

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July 2, 2025 254 mins

Full audio sessions from my 4 week course for New York Insight. Begins with an overview of 4 noble truths, intro sessions, conversations with Stephen Batchelor and then live teaching sessions from the course. If you find these audio offerings of benefit please consider dropping me some cash. This shit takes a lot of time, everything is appreciated. https://www.davesmithdharma.com/contact/

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June 18, 2025 41 mins

2 talks put together from the Sunday mentoring program. Find out more HERE

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June 13, 2025 60 mins

Talk three from retreat at Southern Dharma, mindfulness and the four noble truths. 

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Talk two from retreat at Southern Dharma, mindfulness and the four noble truths. 

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June 11, 2025 57 mins

Talk one from retreat at Southern Dharma, mindfulness and the four noble truths. 

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This talk was given for Big Heart City.

During this talk Shannon offers perspectives on the Dharma as being good in the beginning, middle, and end. Many thanks to Vinny for the invite. Enjoy. 

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Given for my good friends at Sangha Live: https://sangha.live/dharma-library-archive-sunday-sangha-recordings/ . This talk offers current perspectives on the world and how we might relate to it, without all the victimhood. 

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May 2, 2025 39 mins

Found within the Zen tradition, this talk explores the paradox of a sudden awakening followed by a gradual cultivation. It explores the idea of what does it mean to "practice". This was given in person at the Durango Dharma Center. https://www.durangodharmacenter.org/

 

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April 23, 2025 355 mins

This is by far the longest and most thorough talk on the 8 fold path that you will ever find. 5:55. I spliced it all together here for you because it is what I do. If you want to offer some support and send some $$ my way. Much appreciated. https://www.davesmithdharma.com/contact/

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April 16, 2025 24 mins

Existential, therapeutic, contemplative, ethical. 

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