What Treasure is Freely Given But Hard to Get?

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The treasure is inner peace or enlightenment. It's freely given (available to everyone), but hard to get (requires effort and the ability to let go of attachments and the concept of self).

Leave off your mad rush for gold and jewels
I’ve got something far more precious for you:
A bright pearl that sparkles more brilliantly than the sun and moon
And illuminates each and every eye.
Lose it and you’ll continue to linger in a sea of pain;
Find it and you’ll safely reach the other shore.
I’d freely present this treasure to anyone
But hardly anyone asks for it.
- Zen Poems of Ryōkan

"I've learnt that what we want is seldom what we need, and what we need is almost never what we want."
- The Cat who Taught Zen

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