Dave Smith Dharma
312 episodes - English - Latest episode: 10 days ago - ★★★★★ - 96 ratingsIf 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.
Homepage Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Episodes
Metta Vipassana: talk
November 02, 2017 03:09 - 28 minutes - 25.8 MBThis talk was given at the Urban Dharma Center in Asheville NC. Vipassana meditation unites the stillness of concentration with the immediacy of moment to moment experience. As we learn to calm the body and mind, intuitive wisdom arises. This allows us to open to the truth of each moment’s experience within and around us. Metta (Loving-kindness) meditation practice calls forth the beautiful spiritual emotions within our heart: lovingkindness, compassion, empathetic joy and equanimity. Mindf...
Appreciation / Gratitude: Guided practice
October 29, 2017 04:13 - 35 minutes - 32.4 MBSession 9 of the a 10 month course at Against the Stream in Los Angeles. Appreciation / gratitude
Compassion: Guided meditation
October 29, 2017 04:11 - 20 minutes - 18.8 MBSession 9 of the a 10 month course at Against the Stream in Los Angeles.
Metta: Guided practice
October 29, 2017 04:08 - 22 minutes - 20.6 MBSession 9 of the a 10 month course at Against the Stream in Los Angeles.
Equanimity: Both/And
October 26, 2017 02:29 - 36 minutes - 33.9 MBEverybody wants one more talk on equanimity! The final talk from the mindfulness and early buddhism study course at 1440. https://1440.org/
Awakening- thru-mindfulness- to- dharma
October 26, 2017 02:11 - 24 minutes - 22.9 MBWhat can we expect from a meditation practice? Realistically. This talk was given at the Aspen Chapel in beautiful Aspen Colorado. This was Dave's first visit to the Roaring Forth Insight meditation group. The talk offers and discusses 3 ideas. Awakening, mindfulness and Dharma. Resting in three questions, what did the buddha do? how did he do it? what was the result? This talk was given at the Aspen Chapel in beautiful Aspen Colorado. This was Dave's first visit to the Roaring Forth Insig...
Fourth foundation of Mindfulness: overview
October 23, 2017 02:20 - 33 minutes - 30.7 MBThis final talk introduces the practice of the 4th foundation of Mindfulness/dhammas. The talk is recorded at 1440 Multiversity in Scotts Valley CA. This practice and study course focus's on Mindfulness in early Buddhism (pali discourses) https://1440.org/
Developing a Gratitude practice: Mudita
October 18, 2017 01:31 - 35 minutes - 32.4 MBThe 3rd heart practice, brahma vihara. Mudita, appreciate joy, gratitude. etc. The talk is recorded at 1440 Multiversity in Scotts Valley CA. This practice and study course focus's on Mindfulness in early Buddhism (pali discourses) https://1440.org/
Mindfulness of Mind: 3rd foundation overview
October 13, 2017 01:22 - 15 minutes - 14.1 MBThis day 3 talk introduces the practice of the 3nd foundation of Mindfulness/citta. The talk is recorded at 1440 Multiversity in Scotts Valley CA. This practice and study course focus's on Mindfulness in early Buddhism (pali discourses) https://1440.org/
Mindfulness of Feeling: Vedana overiew
October 11, 2017 19:48 - 23 minutes - 21.2 MBThis day 2 talk introduces the practice of the 2nd foundation of Mindfulness/vedana. The talk is recorded at 1440 Multiversity in Scotts Valley CA. This practice and study course focus's on Mindfulness in early Buddhism (pali discourses) https://1440.org/
Metta: Talk and Instructions
October 10, 2017 04:14 - 50 minutes - 46.1 MBThe first talk in a series on the heart practices. The talk is recorded at 1440 Multiversity in Scotts Valley CA. This practice and study course focus's on Mindfulness in early Buddhism (pali discourses) https://1440.org/
Livelihood
September 20, 2017 02:23 - 25 minutes - 23.8 MBLivelihood: Looking at our relationship to money, desire and making meaning in this world.
Fourth foundation of Mindfulness: talk and instructions
August 25, 2017 02:31 - 51 minutes - 47.2 MBMINDFULNESS 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 English scholar Thomas William Rhys Davids first translated sati as mindfulness in 1881. Thus, the English translation that we have used for Satipatthana is mindfulness. If we break the term into its roots, we will find two very important ideas: Sati- the ability to remember, to recognize and to ...
Third foundation of Mindfulness: talk and instructions
August 25, 2017 02:25 - 58 minutes - 53.9 MBMINDFULNESS 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 English scholar Thomas William Rhys Davids first translated sati as mindfulness in 1881. Thus, the English translation that we have used for Satipatthana is mindfulness. If we break the term into its roots, we will find two very important ideas: Sati- the ability to remember, to recognize and to ...
Second foundation of Mindfulness: talk and instructions
August 25, 2017 02:21 - 58 minutes - 53.7 MBMINDFULNESS 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 English scholar Thomas William Rhys Davids first translated sati as mindfulness in 1881. Thus, the English translation that we have used for Satipatthana is mindfulness. If we break the term into its roots, we will find two very important ideas: Sati- the ability to remember, to recognize and to ...
First foundation of Mindfulness: talk and instructions-body
August 25, 2017 02:15 - 55 minutes - 51.1 MBMINDFULNESS 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 English scholar Thomas William Rhys Davids first translated sati as mindfulness in 1881. Thus, the English translation that we have used for Satipatthana is mindfulness. If we break the term into its roots, we will find two very important ideas: Sati- the ability to remember, to recognize and to ...
First foundation of Mindfulness: talk and instructions
August 25, 2017 02:08 - 50 minutes - 46.8 MBMINDFULNESS 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 English scholar Thomas William Rhys Davids first translated sati as mindfulness in 1881. Thus, the English translation that we have used for Satipatthana is mindfulness. If we break the term into its roots, we will find two very important ideas: Sati- the ability to remember, to recognize and to ...
Ethical mindfulness: Guided instruction 30 mins "aka" equanimity
August 16, 2017 03:30 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MBThis 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
August 16, 2017 03:28 - 52 minutes - 47.9 MBEquanimity (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. Equanimity balances compassion with wisdom. It allows us to experience the full range of ethical mindfulness.
gratitude and appreciation: talk and instruction
August 16, 2017 03:24 - 55 minutes - 50.9 MBAppreciation (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 jealously and envy. Mudita has the ability and characteristic of gladdening. It helps us to overcome the common attitude of “how come them and not me.” We may find that we often become jealous or self-conscious when we are faced with the good fortune of others. This creates the experience of separa...
Compassion: talk and instruction
August 16, 2017 03:21 - 58 minutes - 54 MBCompassion (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 meet pain and anguish. Compassion is the ability to both feel and to respond in a way that reduces or holds the suffering of another. Within the context of empathy, compassion is our greatest skill. It is also a skill that we need to learn and maintain through practice. As a quality of mind, it is ...
Compassion: talk and instruction
August 16, 2017 03:21 - 58 minutes - 54 MBCompassion (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 meet pain and anguish. Compassion is the ability to both feel and to respond in a way that reduces or holds the suffering of another. Within the context of empathy, compassion is our greatest skill. It is also a skill that we need to learn and maintain through practice. As a quality of min...
Forgiveness: talk and instruction
August 16, 2017 03:16 - 1 hour - 55.9 MBForgiveness 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 in the development of compassion and empathy because if we can’t forgive, we limit our ability for true connection and empathy. Forgiveness is the antidote to resentment. It allows us to learn how to put aside and ultimately abandon our tendency toward blaming. There is no lasting sense of well...
metta: talk and instructions
August 16, 2017 03:10 - 59 minutes - 54.5 MBThis 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 from the Pali word, mita. Mita, literally means friend. The most accurate translation of the term metta would be kind-friendliness. Metta has the mode of friendliness for its characteristic. Its natural function is to promote good intention. It is manifested as the disappearance of ill-will. Its fo...
Metta Vipassana: Calgary event
August 14, 2017 00:32 - 41 minutes - 38.1 MBOn 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 framework for working with emotions and the development of emotional intelligence. http://atlasofemotions.org/
Chuck Berry and heart of dharma...
July 21, 2017 23:02 - 40 minutes - 36.8 MBThis 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 heart of Buddhist meditation.
GUIDED: 4 foundations of mindfulness overview and practice
July 19, 2017 06:12 - 20 minutes - 19.2 MBThis 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
July 19, 2017 06:04 - 50 minutes - 46.4 MBThis 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. Cheryl Slean: http://amindfullife.org/
Awakening into your own freedom
July 19, 2017 05:56 - 1 hour - 56.9 MBThe 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 Stream Buddhist Meditation Society". In January/February 2016 New Life Foundation welcomed him back for his second annual silent retreat. For all those who couldn't make it, we recorded his nightly Dharma talks. Enjoy! We also sat down with Dave for an interview: www.newlifethaifoundation....
The faith to let go: the hearts release
July 19, 2017 05:49 - 55 minutes - 50.7 MBThe 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 Stream Buddhist Meditation Society". In January/February 2016 New Life Foundation welcomed him back for his second annual silent retreat. For all those who couldn't make it, we recorded his nightly Dharma talks. Enjoy! We also sat down with Dave for an interview: www.newlifethaifoundation.com/...
Suffering and it's end...
July 19, 2017 05:44 - 1 hour - 57.3 MBThis 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 to avoid. Dave Smith is a Buddhist meditation teacher, addiction treatment specialist, and published author from the "Against the Stream Buddhist Meditation Society". In January/February 2016 New Life Foundation welcomed him back for his second annual silent retreat. For all those who couldn't ...
Awake
July 19, 2017 05:37 - 59 minutes - 54.7 MBThis 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 Society". In January/February 2016 New Life Foundation welcomed him back for his second annual silent retreat. For all those who couldn't make it, we recorded his nightly Dharma talks. Enjoy! We also sat down with Dave for an interview: www.newlifethaifoundation.com/general/go…ave-smith/
Irrigating the field
July 18, 2017 15:51 - 37 minutes - 34.8 MBThis 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, rather than dogma to believe in. The talk touches upon the 4 noble truths as tasks. Dave borrows some teaching strategy from Buddhist teacher Chris Crotty: http://chriscrottydharma.org/
Third Noble Truth
July 14, 2017 03:34 - 1 hour - 58.4 MBThe end of suffering is possible. Thus I've heard....this is the 3rd talk in the series from New Life Foundation. http://www.newlifethaifoundation.com/
Second Noble Truth
July 14, 2017 03:30 - 1 hour - 59.8 MBThis is the talk follows the talk of the first noble truth given at New Life Foundation in Thailand. It outlines some perspective on how engage with the seemingly endless process of clinging and grasping. http://www.newlifethaifoundation.com/
First Noble Truth
July 14, 2017 03:24 - 1 hour - 59.3 MBThis talk was the opening talk to a retreat in January of 2015 at New Life Foundation in Chaing Ria Thailand. It offers some reflections on the reality of Dukkha-dissatisfaction. The theme of embracing the wisdom of dissatisfaction. This talk offers some person reflection. http://www.newlifethaifoundation.com/
A new Paradigm
July 09, 2017 03:29 - 57 minutes - 39.6 MBGoing Against the Stream: Mindfulness and Compassion to Awaken the Heart During this 7-day Insight meditation retreat, we will learn to develop a greater sense of care for ourselves and for our world through the revolutionary practices of the Dharma. Using a hybrid of mindfulness, loving-kindness and compassion meditation techniques, we will develop emotional balance by uncovering what blocks us from our own well-being, and begin to free ourselves into the heart of wisdom and compassion. E...
Equanimity: Talk and guided practice
July 09, 2017 03:21 - 1 hour - 55.5 MBThis podcast has a 30 minute talk followed by a 30 minute guided meditation. Focussing on balancing the reality life being BOTH tragic AND beautiful.
Buddhism as behavior
July 09, 2017 03:14 - 29 minutes - 27 MBThe teachings of the dharma is something to do, tasks to perform, ways of operating, behavior. It is not a dogmatic system of belief, but a pragmatic way of living. Dharma is the cultivation of a liberation based lifestyle.
Ehipassiko: Come and see for yourself.
July 09, 2017 03:10 - 37 minutes - 34.7 MBEhipassiko: Come and see for yourself. All of the Buddha's teaching are meantime to be investigated within your own direct experience.
4 foundations of mindfulness
July 09, 2017 03:07 - 36 minutes - 34 MBThis talk from a Sunday night at ATS in Santa Monica CA outlines the 4 foundations of mindfulness. Thus I heard...
hindrances & awakening factors
July 09, 2017 03:02 - 33 minutes - 30.7 MBThis talk was given at ATS Melrose in the spring of 2017. It outlines the goal of mindfulness practice as a strategy to overcome hindrances and cultivate awaken factors as outlined in the 4th foundation of mindfulness in the satipatthana. http://rebelsaintdharma.com/resources/academic-dharma/
What the Buddha taught?
July 09, 2017 02:57 - 29 minutes - 26.9 MBIs there a difference between what Buddha may have said, and what he may have taught. This talk outlines the most basic features of what the earliest buddhist teaching point to. Come and see for yourself... http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/390562.What_the_Buddha_Taught
Aspects of Dharma...
July 09, 2017 02:52 - 47 minutes - 43.6 MBThis talks points to basic aspects of Dharma, dissatisfaction, denial and ignorance. This talk was given at the ATS Center in Nashville TN in mid-2016 on a return visit. https://againstthestreamnashville.com/
The wound that seeks the arrow.
July 08, 2017 19:53 - 40 minutes - 37.1 MBA talk on embracing wounded-ness. Emphasizing that the hearts strength lies in its weakness. A call for vulnerability. The talk concludes with some reflection on the work of Mario Martinez. http://www.beaboveleadership.com/2011/12/07/human-wounds-and-healing-fields/
Metta Vipassana
July 08, 2017 14:27 - 42 minutes - 39.2 MBMindfulness practice unites the steadiness of concentration with the immediacy of moment to moment experience. As we learn to collect the body and mind, intuitive wisdom arises. This allows us to open to the truth of each moment’s experience within and around us. Metta (kind-friendliness) meditation practice calls forth the beautiful spiritual emotions within our heart: kindness, compassion, empathetic joy and equanimity. Mindfulness of these qualities strengthens and brings them into fruiti...
Arriving into dharma
July 08, 2017 14:10 - 54 minutes - 50 MBThis talk was recorded at the Green Papaya Sangha in Chaing Mai Thailand in the winter of 2015. The talk explores my introduction to the dharma. http://rebelsaintdharma.com/about/ http://www.newlifethaifoundation.com/
Cultivating gratitude and appreciation
June 28, 2017 02:47 - 44 minutes - 30.7 MBThis talk was given at Vallecitos mountain retreat center in northern NM, June 2017. This talk explores and offers practical instructions on the cultivation of gratitude & appreciate, aka Mudita. The talk is followed by a guided instruction.
compassion: talk and guided meditation
June 25, 2017 01:58 - 54 minutes - 37.6 MBThis talk was given at the Vallecitos mountain retreat center in NM, June 2017. The talk discusses how the cultivation of compassion can be established. The talk is followed by a guided meditation. Please enjoy.
Compassion and dissatisfaction
June 23, 2017 01:52 - 55 minutes - 38.2 MBThis talk was given at Vallecitos retreat center in the mountains of NM in June 2017. The talk outlines that compassion can be awaken thru embracing the difficulties that we face in life. http://www.vallecitos.org/