Shortcut to Bliss

About this episode

Martha Beck discusses how to transform painful moments into bliss through meditation and the concept of satcitānanda.

What if you could turn even your most painful moments into a pathway to bliss? In this episode of The Gathering Room, I talk about the Hindu concept of satcitānanda—which means the joining of truth, consciousness, and bliss—and how we can drop into this state by letting go of resistance. I’ll share a "formula" for how to do this that I learned from the zen monk and mathematician Shinzen Young, and I’ll guide you through a meditation to help you take a shortcut to bliss right now. Join me!

People in this episode

Host: Martha Beck

Topics covered

• bliss
• meditation
• Hindu philosophy
• resistance
• self-improvement

Keywords

• bliss
• meditation
• Hindu philosophy
• satcitānanda
• Shinzen Young
• self-improvement
• resistance

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: satcitānanda

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