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View submission: Attaining the Unattainable: "Nothing to Attain" is NOT "Do Nothing Zen"
seems like both of you are talking about the same thing.
to rest in awareness without thoughts arising we must develop certain qualities of mind through shamatha-vipashyana (which chintokkong wrote about). eventually, we realize that awareness is always present, hence "nothing to attain".
Master Dogen was a cunning and funny guy, i believe that his advice to "just sit" aims to relax the mind, but also serves as a reminder to keep our mind from wandering, i.e. walking off, lol.
Hats off to you Master Jundo and a big thank you to u/chintokkong for his wonderful translations.
There's nothing here!