"Right effort" is part of the Eightfold Path of Buddhist practice. It's also said that there is no effort to be made, and that non-effort is the appropriate way to approach practice. What's going on here, and can we reconcile these ideas?

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✅ Suttas mentioned:
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https://suttacentral.net/mn32/en/sujato
https://suttacentral.net/an10.51/en/s...

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https://thetattooedbuddha.com/2023/05...

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00:00 Intro
01:41 Effort in early Buddhism
04:44 Downsides to effort
05:31 Later Buddhism
06:12 Enlightenment vs. full Buddhahood
06:43 Buddha Nature
08:33 Escaping confusion
09:18 Even non-effort is effort
12:28 Choosing which frame is right for us

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