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Dave Smith

Dave Smith is an internationally recognized Buddhist meditation teacher, addiction treatment specialist, and published author. 

His background is rooted in the Insight Meditation tradition and he has taught many times at Sangha Live. He was empowered to teach through the Against the Stream Buddhist Meditation Society. 

He has extensive experience bringing meditative interventions into jails, prisons, youth detention centers and addiction treatment facilities. 

Dave teaches residential meditation retreats and classes, provides trainings and consulting in both secular and Buddhist contexts, and works with students through his meditation mentoring program. He recently founded the Secular Dharma Foundation and lives in Paonia, Colorado. 

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Mindfulness and the Four Noble Truths

Mindfulness and the Four Noble Truths

A Dharma Library Recording with Dave Smith
July 16, 2023
January 24, 2021
June 28, 2020
July 14, 2019
September 23, 2018
July 22, 2018
This Dharma I Have Reached

This Dharma I Have Reached

A Dharma Library Recording with Dave Smith
March 4, 2018
January 28, 2018
Practicing metta vipassana

Practicing metta vipassana

A Dharma Library Recording with Dave Smith
May 14, 2017

Blog Posts

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