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 422 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 56 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 yesterday, with 26 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 422 episodesUnwise consideration: Talk
Knowing: Talk
The story of redemption, liberation pt. 2: Talk
Dave and Mark Miller convo
sila bramha vihara: overview and guidede
Liberation pt. 1 seed/fruit: Talk
Metta Vipassana: Talk
Desire and Faith: Talk
Mindfulness, perception, right view: talk
Mind -- the thing that you are:Talk
five 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.