[charbonneau]

Ryokan, a Zen master, lived the simplest kind of life in a little hut at the foot of a mountain. One evening a thief visited the hut only to discover there was nothing to steal.

Ryokan returned and caught him. "You have come a long way to visit me," he told the prowler, "and you should not return empty-handed. Please take my clothes as a gift."

The thief was bewildered. He took the clothes and slunk away.

Ryoken sat naked, watching the moon. "Poor fellow," he mused, "I wish I could have given him this beautiful moon."

[quickthrower2]

What about the hut? A mortgage free residence is an excellent gift

[fallat]

Epitectus would have said: "take my life, for if that's what you wish, have it, but know it will not be easy."

[Nabati]

Can't wear a beautiful moon.