The Buddha and The Crystal Tree.
The Buddha once came across a man and offered him the gift of enlightenment and it came in the form of a most beautiful crystal tree that the man could hold, as it was small and hand sized. The Buddha told the man," whenever you wish to feel the ecstasy of true enlightenment just pick up and hold the crystal tree that I have manifested for you as a gift from me to you". The man left having thanked the Buddha for his gift. The man revelled in his gift from the Buddha for some time, until a shop opened in his village selling crystal trees identical to the one the Buddha had given to the man. All around him the man saw other villagers carrying crystal trees the same as his and all the villagers said when they held the tree they felt as if they were 'enlightened'. This sent the man into a rage as he felt it could not be so as his crystal tree had been given to him by someone no less than the Buddha himself and their