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.Por dave smith
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Talk number 4 from the Big Bear Retreat. It covers the idea of stream entry and nibbana.Por dave smith
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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.Por 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.Por dave smith
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Talk 2 from the Big Bear retreat. Refections on right view as a complete perspective. A secular vision.Por 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.Por dave smith
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This talk was given at the Durango Dharma Center as part of their Monday night offerings. Enjoy.Por 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-UPPor dave smith
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Talk two from Vallecitos retreat Center with JD Doyle. Exploring authentic happiness and the awakened life.Por dave smith
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Talk one, from Vallecitos retreat with JD Doyle. Entitled: On Cultivation.Por dave smith
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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.Por dave smith
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First talk from Rocky Mt. Ecodharma. August 2024.Por dave smith
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A fun little rant and dealing with dogma all "isms" in general. Enjoy.Por 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.Por dave smith
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Citta 2: talk
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Talk number two on citta. This talk emphasizes the role of the bramha viharas.Por 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.Por 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.Por 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.Por 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.Por 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.Por dave smith
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Talk 1: Rocky Mt. Eco Dharma Retreat. Natural Awareness and Wisdom.Por 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.Por 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.Por dave smith
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Evening one Dharma talk. Southern Dharma NC, mindfulness and the four noble truths.Por 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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A talk on the Dharma of Addiction. Given in Tulsa Ok. May 2023. Online addiction coarse.Por 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!Por dave smith
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Another talk on the dharma of addiction. This was given at the Albq insight group. https://abqinsight.org/Por dave smith
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This talk was given for Big Heart City. https://www.bigheartcity.org/Por 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/Por 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.Por dave smith
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These 2 talks, edited together explore the importance of distinguishing traits and states.Por dave smith
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Two talks edited together that outline the location of dharma in American and potential side-effects.Por dave smith
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Reflections on view related to joy/sorrow & gratitude/compasssion.Por dave smith
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8 fold path: TALK
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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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Random and scattered reflections on 20 years of sobriety. Thanks!Por dave smith
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This talk was given at the NYE Big Bear Retreat. It explores the relationship with faith and renunciation.Por dave smith
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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.Por dave smith
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Day Before Halloween. Enjoy.Por 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. HEREPor dave smith
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Universal Empathy: talk
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Talk 3, Montana retreat.Por dave smith
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Contentment, purpose, meaning: talk
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Talk 4, Montana retreat.Por dave smith
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Courage: talk
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Second night talk, Montana metta vipassana retreat.Por dave smith
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Day one, morning session/guided of the metta vipassana retreat in Montana. https://bozemandharmacenter.org/Por 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/Por dave smith
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Day one, morning session of the metta vipassana retreat in Montana. https://bozemandharmacenter.org/Por dave smith
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