What To Get The Guy Who is Everything

April 8th is my mothers birthday.  She’s 76 this year.  She’s shares her day with a long dead asian prince-warrior, turned mendicant, turned Buddha.

I’m going to call my mom tonight and wish her a happy birthday.

But what do you do for the guy who is everything?  Buddha, reality, the awakened one, the Tathagata?  I mean giving is wonderful, better than receiving, I say.  But what to give?

I just had an idea.  A smile. One for every Buddha I meet today.

How about you?

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