[OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: Money as Mother's Milk

[Carolyn Gimian]

Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week

December 16, 2007

MONEY AS MOTHER'S MILK

As far as business ethics go, it's a question of friendship. When we 
have a business deal with somebody, we should not think in terms of 
cutting his throat, but we should have good faith in that particular 
person and a sense of tenderness toward him. Whether we are buying 
land from that person or just a tee shirt, there should be tenderness 
and faith. That goes a long way. 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 the past; many 
people worked for that particular one dollar, one cent. They worked 
so hard, with their sweat and tears. So we should respect it, like 
mother's milk. But at the same time, mother's milk can be given away 
to others, and we can produce more mother's milk. So we shouldn't 
hang onto it too tightly.

 From "Regarding Money as Mother's Milk," an address at a business 
conference, June 19, 1981. Unpublished transcript.

All material by Chogyam Trungpa is copyright Diana J. Mukpo and used 
by permission.

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