The Offering Bowl

On the whole we should regard
money as mother's milk:
it nourishes us and
it nourishes others.
That should be our
attitude to money.
It's not just a bank coupon
that we have in our wallet.

Each dollar contains a lot
of past;
many people worked for that
particular one dollar, one cent.
They worked so hard,
with their sweat and tears.
So it's like mother's milk.

But at the same time, mother's
milk can be given away and
we can produce more 
mother's milk.
So I wouldn't hang on to it 
too tightly.

Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche,
"Regarding Money
as Mother's Milk,"
Ratna Society Talks
(1978-81)