Dave Smith Dharma
dave smith
Show overview
Dave Smith Dharma has been publishing since 2012, and across the 14 years since has built a catalogue of 412 episodes. That works out to roughly 290 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a fortnightly cadence.
Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 26 min and 55 min — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. It is catalogued as a EN-language Education show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 1 weeks ago, with 16 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2017, with 75 episodes published. Published by dave smith.
From the publisher
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.
Latest Episodes
View all 412 episodesfive faculties: talk
Place & Ground: talk
Thinking: Talk
Ep 410Noble Quest(ion): talk
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/davesmithdharmaThank you for subscribing.
Ep 409Authenticity (meaning crisis): talk
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/davesmithdharmaThank you for subscribing.
Ep 407Searching for Nanavira: talk
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/davesmithdharmaThank you for subscribing.
Ep 408Creativity: talk
The overlooked power of the creative mind. Religion hates this kind of thing... https://www.davesmithdharma.com/https://account.venmo.com/u/davesmithdharmaThank you for subscribing.
Ep 406Right Effort: talk
Unpacking the teachings of right effort aka samma vayama. https://www.davesmithdharma.com/https://account.venmo.com/u/davesmithdharmaThank you for subscribing.
Ep 405Addiction Economy/Sangha Live: Talk
Always a big thanks to Sangha Live! https://sangha.live/ https://www.davesmithdharma.com/https://account.venmo.com/u/davesmithdharmaThank you for subscribing.
Ep 404Random Dharma: talk
From the Sunday mentoring group. Consider joining us: https://www.davesmithdharma.com/mentoring/ https://www.davesmithdharma.com/https://account.venmo.com/u/davesmithdharmaThank you for subscribing.
Ep 403Talk: mindfulness/metta interwoven
How do the bramha viharas fit into the satipatthan? A person description. https://www.davesmithdharma.com/https://account.venmo.com/u/davesmithdharmaThank you for subscribing.
Ep 402Talk: The shame of small fears
Buried in my zoom folder, sometime 2025. https://www.davesmithdharma.com/https://account.venmo.com/u/davesmithdharmaThank you for subscribing.
Ep 401View: talk
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Ep 400Talk: Transformation
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/davesmithdharmaThank you for subscribing.
Ep 395Meaning crisis: Talk
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/davesmithdharmaThank you for subscribing.
Ep 397Metta Vipassana: guided
From NYE retreat, Bay St. Louis. Flowering Lotus: https://www.floweringlotusmeditation.org/ https://www.davesmithdharma.com/https://account.venmo.com/u/davesmithdharmaThank you for subscribing.
Ep 399Citta: guided
Get some. Collect and connect. https://www.davesmithdharma.com/https://account.venmo.com/u/davesmithdharmaThank you for subscribing.
Ep 398Citta, generative & resonant: overview of practice
The mind, its structure and functionality aka citta. https://www.davesmithdharma.com/https://account.venmo.com/u/davesmithdharmaThank you for subscribing.
Ep 396Metta Vipassana: talk & overview
Metta-Vipassana is an integrated practice that unites the Four Foundations of Mindfulness (Vipassana) with Metta practices (Brahmavihāras). Vipassana meditation (insight or mindfulness practice) connects the richness of our shared human experience with the immediacy of moment-to-moment awareness. As the body and mind learn to settle, intuitive wisdom emerges. This wisdom allows us to fully open to the entirety of each moment, both within and around us. By cultivating this openness, we increase our capacity and interest in meeting life’s joys and sorrows with ease and presence.Metta practice (kind-friendliness) calls forth and strengthens beautiful spiritual emotions within the heart: kindness, care, joy, and equanimity. Mindfulness of these qualities helps bring them to full fruition. This process directs our life's energy toward awakening our full potential, providing a stable foundation for contentment, purpose, and meaning...thus I have heard. https://www.davesmithdharma.com/schedule/ https://www.davesmithdharma.com/https://account.venmo.com/u/davesmithdharmaThank you for subscribing.
Ep 393Sila: guided practice
Guided practice session from overview. https://www.davesmithdharma.com/https://account.venmo.com/u/davesmithdharmaThank you for subscribing.