What would it look like to achieve śamatha in the 21st century? (Part 2 of 15)

In this second video in the “Śamatha in the 21st Century” series, Dr. Eva Natanya begins to answer the question: What would it look like to achieve śamatha in the 21st century, given our modern minds and environments, compared to how this was taught in the historical past? Her response to this question continues throughout the segments that follow.

Additional Resources

• For more information on long-term retreat at the CCR, including recommended reading, talks, and guided meditations, please visit our retreat page.
• The CCR offers in-depth guidance for those preparing for or already in long-term retreat through the Seeds of Wisdom Library—sign up here.
• For an engaging talk on śamatha meditation, please see “Crucial Points in the Practice of Shamatha”
• For the Buddha’s analogy of the cat and the elephant, see the Upāli Sutta (Aṅguttara Nikāya 10.99)