The prerequisites for concentration
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Cultivating Concentration Retreat 2017 
Sep 2, 2017 Part of a series of teachings given during the Developing Meditative Concentration Retreat at Sravasti Abbey in 2017.
- Prerequisites for training in concentration and wisdom
- Practicing the method and wisdom aspects of the path
- Working with the mind during retreat
- Teachings from Tiantai Master Zhiyi’s texts from the Chinese tradition
- Five requisites for developing serenity: keeping good ethical conduct
- How to do walking and sitting meditation
- Questions and answers
Venerable Thubten Chodron
Venerable Chodron emphasizes the practical application of Buddha’s teachings in our daily lives and is especially skilled at explaining them in ways easily understood and practiced by Westerners. She is well known for her warm, humorous, and lucid teachings. She was ordained as a Buddhist nun in 1977 by Kyabje Ling Rinpoche in Dharamsala, India, and in 1986 she received bhikshuni (full) ordination in Taiwan. Read her full bio.
