"The gnosis of a buddha is effortless, thus it is called non-conceptual." Indrabhūti, Jñānasiddhi
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It seems that the pro-"deadening" (i.e., making the mind like dried wood and dead ash) camp, like the effortful camp, saw value in such an approach. For some, effortful practice is a necessary medicine. Likewise with the dry, ashy mind— perhaps intended to correct an imbalance.
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It's a bit coy, but this puts me in mind of the pop Zen adage that awakening is an accident, and practice makes us accident prone. :)
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May be a bit of an extension, but I'm reminded by your note here of Dōgen's Genjōkōan statement, that awakening entails the myriad dharmas coming forward and expressing *us.* There, even our efforts can then be a manifestation of an "effortless" naturalness.
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Another branch on the tree: Dahui, Hakuin, and other Linji/Rinzai masters critiqued Caodong/Sōtō practices, which typically lean more effortless and seemingly "dead" at times. Dōgen's version of effortlessness, however, is luminously bright, at least in my experience.
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