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 contempora ...
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Talk number 5 Big Bear Retreat. A secular perspective on the 8-fold path. Compliments to Stephen Batchelor.Par dave smith
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Talk number 4 from the Big Bear Retreat. It covers the idea of stream entry and nibbana.Par dave smith
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Arising of Reactivity: talk
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Talk number 3, Big Bear Retreat. This talk covers the entire dimension of the 2nd noble truth. Without the noble truth crap.Par dave smith
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This the opening talk from the Big Bear, sure hearts' release retreat. It covers my approach to the practice.Par dave smith
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Talk 2 from the Big Bear retreat. Refections on right view as a complete perspective. A secular vision.Par dave smith
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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.Par dave smith
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Mindfulness and the middle way: talk
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This talk was given at the Durango Dharma Center as part of their Monday night offerings. Enjoy.Par dave smith
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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-UPPar dave smith
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Talk two from Vallecitos retreat Center with JD Doyle. Exploring authentic happiness and the awakened life.Par dave smith
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Talk one, from Vallecitos retreat with JD Doyle. Entitled: On Cultivation.Par dave smith
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Gratification, danger, escape: talk
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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 of our experience. Many Buddhist scholars point out that this teaching contains the earliest roots of what we have come to know as the four noble trut…
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Reflections on Nibbana. Reference to attentional systems in the brain. Given at Rocky Mt. Ecodharma August 2024.Par dave smith
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First talk from Rocky Mt. Ecodharma. August 2024.Par dave smith
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Buddhist authoritarianism: talk/rant
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A fun little rant and dealing with dogma all "isms" in general. Enjoy.Par dave smith
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That talk offers a brief overview of the various meditative systems within the theravada tradition. This talk was given for my Sunday mentoring group. If you are interested in being part of the practice group and seek 1:1 mentoring, check out this link.Par dave smith
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Talk number two on citta. This talk emphasizes the role of the bramha viharas.Par dave smith
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This is the first talk of two. Given at Vallecitos in July 2024. It offers reflections on mind or citta.Par dave smith
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secular 8-fold path: talk
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Metta and it's qualities: talk
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Talk 5: Rocky Mt. Eco Dharma Retreat. Natural Awareness and Wisdom. The full entire teachings on metta and it's friends.Par dave smith
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4 foundations/satipatthana: talk
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Talk 2: Rocky Mt. Eco Dharma Retreat. Natural Awareness and Wisdom. Exploring the full implications of the teachings on mindfulness.Par dave smith
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Talk 4: Rocky Mt. Eco Dharma Retreat. Natural Awareness and Wisdom. Personal reflections on dharmic interventions. Emphasis on: faith, courage, service and authenticity.Par dave smith
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Effort, hindrances, awakening factors: talk
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Talk 3: Rocky Mt. Eco Dharma Retreat. Natural Awareness and Wisdom.Par dave smith
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Cultivation and the solar buddha: talk
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Talk 1: Rocky Mt. Eco Dharma Retreat. Natural Awareness and Wisdom.Par dave smith
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A life worth living: talk
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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.Par dave smith
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The arising of reactivity: talk
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Evening two talk from the Southern Dharma retreat. Mindfulness and the four noble truths.Par dave smith
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Evening one Dharma talk. Southern Dharma NC, mindfulness and the four noble truths.Par dave smith
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3 kinds of Mindfulness. Overview of concepts/talk
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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 …
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The Dharma of Addiction: talk (again)
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A talk on the Dharma of Addiction. Given in Tulsa Ok. May 2023. Online addiction coarse.Par dave smith
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Talk given recently at the Durango Dharma Center. Exploring seven ways the term dharma is used in the pali texts. Enjoy!Par dave smith
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Another talk on the dharma of addiction. This was given at the Albq insight group. https://abqinsight.org/Par dave smith
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Clinging and non-clinging: talk
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This talk was given for Big Heart City. https://www.bigheartcity.org/Par dave smith
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4 sets of 3: training, refuge, characteristics, systems: talk
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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/Par dave smith
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This two talks are spliced together. I explore the idea of a "turning point" in our life and in our practice.Par dave smith
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These 2 talks, edited together explore the importance of distinguishing traits and states.Par dave smith
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Buddhist modernism & truth: talk
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Two talks edited together that outline the location of dharma in American and potential side-effects.Par dave smith
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Reflections on view related to joy/sorrow & gratitude/compasssion.Par dave smith
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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 mo…
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20 years sober (6-12-2003): talk from summer 2023
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Random and scattered reflections on 20 years of sobriety. Thanks!Par dave smith
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This talk was given at the NYE Big Bear Retreat. It explores the relationship with faith and renunciation.Par dave smith
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2024 Teacher Checkin': talk
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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/…
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Overview of metta practice. This was given at the 2023 NYE retreat at Big Bear. Dave and Cheryl.Par dave smith
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Day Before Halloween. Enjoy.Par dave smith
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1st Foundation of Mindfulness: talk
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This is my 300th episode! I can't believe it. I started uploading dharma talks back in 2012. Thanks for listening. This talk is HUGE. Seven talks spliced together from my dharma/live online course. It covers the entirety of the first foundation of mindfulness as it appears in the satiphatthana sutta. If you want to join the class, I have a big disc…
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This talk was given for the Dharma Live/Online weekly class. Feel free to join the practice community. HEREPar dave smith
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Universal Empathy: talk
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Talk 3, Montana retreat.Par dave smith
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Contentment, purpose, meaning: talk
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Talk 4, Montana retreat.Par dave smith
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Second night talk, Montana metta vipassana retreat.Par dave smith
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Day one, morning session/guided of the metta vipassana retreat in Montana. https://bozemandharmacenter.org/Par dave smith
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The paradox of suffering: talk
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First night talk of the metta vipassana retreat in Montana. https://bozemandharmacenter.org/Par dave smith
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Metta Vipassana: Intro to practice
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Day one, morning session of the metta vipassana retreat in Montana. https://bozemandharmacenter.org/Par dave smith
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