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Dave Smith Dharma

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Rating
★★★★★
4.9
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107 reviews
This podcast has
409 episodes
Language
English
Publisher
dave smith
Explicit
No
Date created
2017/07/08
Latest episode
2026/04/10
Average duration
30 min.
Release period
8 days

Description

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 psychology drawn from Buddhism. 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.

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Noble Quest(ion): talk
2026/04/10
A talk on the Noble Question (MN 26). Given at Insight Denver. https://www.insightdenver.org/ https://www.davesmithdharma.com/ https://account.venmo.com/u/davesmithdharma Thank you for subscribing. 
Authenticity (meaning crisis): talk
2026/04/06
From a live event in the fall of 2025. A youtube video, uploaded audio here due to high demands. You are welcome.  https://www.davesmithdharma.com/ https://account.venmo.com/u/davesmithdharma Thank you for subscribing. 
Creativity: talk
2026/03/16
The overlooked power of the creative mind. Religion hates this kind of thing... https://www.davesmithdharma.com/ https://account.venmo.com/u/davesmithdharma Thank you for subscribing. 
Searching for Nanavira: talk
2026/03/16
Come sit at Vallecitos! Ñāṇavīra Thera (born Harold Musson, 1920–1965), an English monk whose work is a cornerstone for those interested in the intersection of the Pali Suttas and phenomenological philosophy. He is best known for his radical, "vertical" approach to the Dhamma, which bypasses traditional commentaries to focus on the immediate structure of personal experience.The primary collection of his later work is titled "Clearing the Path", which includes his seminal book and his extensive correspondence. Notes on Dhamma (1960–1965): This is his most influential work. It consists of highly technical entries intended to correct common misinterpretations of the Suttas. He famously discarded the "three-life" traditional model of paṭiccasamuppāda (dependent arising) in favor of a structural, timeless interpretation. vThe Phenomenological Approach: Ñāṇavīra used the tools of Western existentialists—like Sartre, Heidegger, and Kierkegaard—not as a substitute for the Dhamma, but as a way to clear away "objective" or scientific biases. He argued that the Dhamma must be understood from a "vertical" view—looking directly into the abyss of one’s own existence. https://www.davesmithdharma.com/ https://account.venmo.com/u/davesmithdharma Thank you for subscribing. 
Right Effort: talk
2026/03/15
Unpacking the teachings of right effort aka samma vayama.  https://www.davesmithdharma.com/ https://account.venmo.com/u/davesmithdharma Thank you for subscribing. 
Addiction Economy/Sangha Live: Talk
2026/03/12
Always a big thanks to Sangha Live!  https://sangha.live/ https://www.davesmithdharma.com/ https://account.venmo.com/u/davesmithdharma Thank you for subscribing. 
Random Dharma: talk
2026/03/05
From the Sunday mentoring group. Consider joining us: https://www.davesmithdharma.com/mentoring/     https://www.davesmithdharma.com/ https://account.venmo.com/u/davesmithdharma Thank you for subscribing. 
Talk: mindfulness/metta interwoven
2026/03/02
How do the bramha viharas fit into the satipatthan? A person description.  https://www.davesmithdharma.com/ https://account.venmo.com/u/davesmithdharma Thank you for subscribing. 
Talk: The shame of small fears
2026/02/26
Buried in my zoom folder, sometime 2025.  https://www.davesmithdharma.com/ https://account.venmo.com/u/davesmithdharma Thank you for subscribing. 
View: talk
2026/02/24
https://www.davesmithdharma.com/ https://account.venmo.com/u/davesmithdharma Thank you for subscribing. 
Talk: Transformation
2026/02/01
Sunday morning reflections on this overused and under defined term. To join these live session, consider our mentoring program. https://www.davesmithdharma.com/mentoring/ https://www.davesmithdharma.com/ https://account.venmo.com/u/davesmithdharma Thank you for subscribing. 
Meaning crisis: Talk
2026/01/01
From the 2025 archives. More to come on this soon. Check out posted 2026 programs : https://linktr.ee/davesmithdharma https://www.davesmithdharma.com/ https://account.venmo.com/u/davesmithdharma Thank you for subscribing. 
Metta Vipassana: guided
2026/01/01
From NYE retreat, Bay St. Louis. Flowering Lotus: https://www.floweringlotusmeditation.org/ https://www.davesmithdharma.com/ https://account.venmo.com/u/davesmithdharma Thank you for subscribing. 
Citta: guided
2025/12/31
Get some. Collect and connect.  https://www.davesmithdharma.com/ https://account.venmo.com/u/davesmithdharma Thank you for subscribing. 
Citta, generative & resonant: overview of practice
2025/12/31
The mind, its structure and functionality aka citta.  https://www.davesmithdharma.com/ https://account.venmo.com/u/davesmithdharma Thank you for subscribing. 

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4.9 out of 5
107 reviews
★★★★★
fxvinyl 2023/11/12
An unusual and gifted teacher!
A long time practicing Buddhist friend turned me on to Dave’s teaching. I think he is most excellent & has been very influential in helping me find a ...
★★★★★
K8wo 2023/06/13
Dharma teachings, hold the yoga pants.
Dave Smith’s teachings are thoughtful and accessible. Beautifully delivered with vulnerability, humor, compassion, and grace. Thank you, Dave!
★☆☆☆☆
Sir Carl of Bob! 2023/08/16
Are you kidding me?
Why are we listening to the lisp lord slurp Mountain Dew into his mic, while he gurgles platitudes shallow enough to be on a hallmark card?
★★★★★
xurantianx 2020/05/12
Clear, relatable, down to earth Dharma!
Dave has a way of distilling concepts that makes them relatable and applicable to everyday life. It’s been super helpful for me to listen and practic...
★★★★★
RoyDDonk 2019/12/11
Thoughtful, engaging, and refreshing perspective on practice
I love these talks. They aren’t traditional reflections on Buddhist practice—dharma talks that get really professorial or abstract. They’re relatable,...
★★★★★
Mr.Dr.McPickle 2019/11/18
What a guy
I personally had the opportunity to meet Dave while he was traveling through Durango and taught a Monday class at the Durango Dharma Center. What an e...
★★★★★
mikael nicklas 2018/07/31
Thanks Dave!!!
Thank you Dave! You teaching of the dharma has helped me so much. First in refuge recovery and now with your retreats and podcasts. Hope to see you...
★★★★★
WinkyElf666 2018/04/10
✨Ehipassiko (come & see)
Dave Smith is truly one of my favorite Dharma teachers.
★★★★☆
whipitoutnowboy 2018/06/16
This is Dharma
Sit back and relax. Open up your senses and let the Dharma flow in. Rick
★★★★★
Gashter Travis 2018/03/26
Interpretation of early Buddhist practices w the modern world.
Dave does a great job at integrating the early Buddhist practices with modern language and the new challenges we face in the modern era.
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