What kind of ethical discipline does one need during śamatha retreat? (Part 7 of 15)

In this seventh video in the “Śamatha in the 21st Century” series, Dr. Eva Natanya answers the question: What kind of ethical discipline does one need during śamatha retreat? She specifically discusses how the five lay precepts of Buddhism need to be refined even further for modern retreatants at the CCR.

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)