What are the different phases of a śamatha retreat at the CCR? (Part 5 of 15)

In this fifth video in the “Śamatha in the 21st Century” series, Dr. Eva Natanya answers the question: What are the different phases of a śamatha retreat at the CCR? In particular, she describes what the CCR has been learning about how to help people gradually deepen their retreats through three distinct phases.

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)