dave smith

Dave Smith Dharma

If you would like to support the work I do, Please consider making a donation, via paypal or venmo: https://www.davesmithdharma.com/contact/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 psych...

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Latest episode

Jul 9, 2026

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Episodes

Dharma transmissions: talk 20.06.2024

Talk 4: Rocky Mt. Eco Dharma Retreat. Natural Awareness and Wisdom. Personal reflections on dharmic interventions. Emphasis on: faith, courage, service and authenticity.  https://www.davesmithdharma.com/ https://account.venmo.com/u/davesmithdharma Thank you for subscribing. 

secular 8-fold path: talk 20.06.2024

https://www.davesmithdharma.com/ https://account.venmo.com/u/davesmithdharma Thank you for subscribing. 

Effort, hindrances, awakening factors: talk 20.06.2024

Talk 3: Rocky Mt. Eco Dharma Retreat. Natural Awareness and Wisdom.  https://www.davesmithdharma.com/ https://account.venmo.com/u/davesmithdharma Thank you for subscribing. 

4 foundations/satipatthana: talk 20.06.2024

Talk 2: Rocky Mt. Eco Dharma Retreat. Natural Awareness and Wisdom. Exploring the full implications of the teachings on mindfulness.  https://www.davesmithdharma.com/ https://account.venmo.com/u/davesmithdharma Thank you for subscribing. 

Cultivation and the solar buddha: talk 20.06.2024

Talk 1: Rocky Mt. Eco Dharma Retreat. Natural Awareness and Wisdom.  https://www.davesmithdharma.com/ https://account.venmo.com/u/davesmithdharma Thank you for subscribing. 

Metta and it's qualities: talk 20.06.2024

Talk 5: Rocky Mt. Eco Dharma Retreat. Natural Awareness and Wisdom. The full entire teachings on metta and it's friends.  https://www.davesmithdharma.com/ https://account.venmo.com/u/davesmithdharma Thank you for subscribing. 

A life worth living: talk 04.06.2024

Final evening talk. Exploring secular perspectives on the 8 fold path. Adopting a non-orthodox take on this core teaching. Southern Dharma retreat, mindfulness and the four noble truths.  https://www.davesmithdharma.com/ https://account.venmo.com/u/davesmithdharma Thank you for subscribing. 

The arising of reactivity: talk 03.06.2024

Evening two talk from the Southern Dharma retreat . Mindfulness and the four noble truths.  https://www.davesmithdharma.com/ https://account.venmo.com/u/davesmithdharma Thank you for subscribing. 

Faith: talk 02.06.2024

Evening one Dharma talk. Southern Dharma NC, mindfulness and the four noble truths.  https://www.davesmithdharma.com/ https://account.venmo.com/u/davesmithdharma Thank you for subscribing. 

3 kinds of Mindfulness. Overview of concepts/talk 01.06.2024

Mindfulness is understood to have different applications of different occasions for different purposes. These ideas have been discovered form the work of academics of early buddhist discourse (pali texts: Gethin/Kuan) These crucial teachings have been further developed by Stephen Batchelor and are a core component to his program, Mindfulness Based Ethical Living (MBEL). These 3 talks, where given...

The Dharma of Addiction: talk (again) 01.06.2024

A talk on the Dharma of Addiction. Given in Tulsa Ok. May 2023. Online addiction coarse.  https://www.davesmithdharma.com/ https://account.venmo.com/u/davesmithdharma Thank you for subscribing. 

What is Dharma? 22.04.2024

Talk given recently at the Durango Dharma Center. Exploring seven ways the term dharma is used in the pali texts. Enjoy! https://www.davesmithdharma.com/ https://account.venmo.com/u/davesmithdharma Thank you for subscribing. 

Dharma of Addiction 22.04.2024

Another talk on the dharma of addiction. This was given at the Albq insight group. https://abqinsight.org/ https://www.davesmithdharma.com/ https://account.venmo.com/u/davesmithdharma Thank you for subscribing. 

Clinging and non-clinging: talk 21.04.2024

This talk was given for Big Heart City. https://www.bigheartcity.org/ https://www.davesmithdharma.com/ https://account.venmo.com/u/davesmithdharma Thank you for subscribing. 

4 sets of 3: training, refuge, characteristics, systems: talk 20.04.2024

4 talks put together. Exploring the sets lists: 3 kinds of mind training, 3 refuges, 3 characteristics, and the 3 trainings of the 8 fold path. This was given over several weeks for dharma live online. Sign up here: https://www.davesmithdharma.com/live-groups/   https://www.davesmithdharma.com/ https://account.venmo.com/u/davesmithdharma Thank you for subscribing. 

states & traits: talk 29.02.2024

These 2 talks, edited together explore the importance of distinguishing traits and states.  https://www.davesmithdharma.com/ https://account.venmo.com/u/davesmithdharma Thank you for subscribing. 

Turning point: talk 29.02.2024

This two talks are spliced together. I explore the idea of a "turning point" in our life and in our practice.  https://www.davesmithdharma.com/ https://account.venmo.com/u/davesmithdharma Thank you for subscribing. 

Buddhist modernism & truth: talk 29.02.2024

Two talks edited together that outline the location of dharma in American and potential side-effects.  https://www.davesmithdharma.com/ https://account.venmo.com/u/davesmithdharma Thank you for subscribing. 

20 years sober (6-12-2003): talk from summer 2023 17.01.2024

Random and scattered reflections on 20 years of sobriety. Thanks! https://www.davesmithdharma.com/ https://account.venmo.com/u/davesmithdharma Thank you for subscribing. 

Grateful-Sorrow: Talk 17.01.2024

Reflections on view related to joy/sorrow & gratitude/compasssion.  https://www.davesmithdharma.com/ https://account.venmo.com/u/davesmithdharma Thank you for subscribing. 

8 fold path: TALK 17.01.2024

This is a LONG talk. 8 separate talks spliced together from my weekly mentoring program. It offers academic perspectives on the 8 fold path and its cultivated, along with secular and contemporary points of view in hopes to bring the practice of the 8 fold path to life. Enjoy. If you are interested in joining the mentoring sangha you can find out more HERE. https://www.davesmithdharma.com/ https://...

The faith to let go: Talk 07.01.2024

This talk was given at the NYE Big Bear Retreat. It explores the relationship with faith and renunciation. https://www.davesmithdharma.com/ https://account.venmo.com/u/davesmithdharma Thank you for subscribing. 

2024 Teacher Checkin': talk 07.01.2024

These 2 talks are edited together, they are very similar. Given for my weekly Dharma/Live Online class and also for students in the mentoring program. This transparent talk offers specific reflection on how approach the practice and teaching of the dharma.  To join us: https://www.davesmithdharma.com/live-groups/   https://www.davesmithdharma.com/ https://account.venmo.com/u/davesmithdharma Thank...

Metta: talk 07.01.2024

Overview of metta practice. This was given at the 2023 NYE retreat at Big Bear. Dave and Cheryl.  https://www.davesmithdharma.com/ https://account.venmo.com/u/davesmithdharma Thank you for subscribing. 

Death: talk 11.12.2023

Day Before Halloween. Enjoy.  https://www.davesmithdharma.com/ https://account.venmo.com/u/davesmithdharma Thank you for subscribing. 

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