Episode 28: No Complaints Whatsoever
By John Tarrant
Thanksgiving and the whole notion of gratitude can bring along complicated feelings.
In this episode, Roshi John Tarrant shares an old story about a miserable student convinced that he is beyond help.
The teacher he finds tells him she’ll offer him a practice but only if he promises to take it up for a whole year, no questions asked. It goes terribly, but even that turns out perfectly in the end.
Gratitude is far more mysterious than we give it credit for, and impossible to fabricate.
Like awakening itself, it arises by itself as we move deeper on the path.
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We don’t oppose anything that rises in the heart or mind.
— John Tarrant
Show notes:
- How to enjoy being yourself
- What are the mysterious qualities of gratitude
- Why accept the position of host in your own life
- How to reach a state of no complaints
For the time of meditation there is nothing you need to achieve.
— John Tarrant
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You don’t need an opinion about what is appearing.
— John Tarrant