Chasing Illusion

Now more than ever, in this era of rampant desires, we are constantly tormented day and night by material worries and desires, by attachment and hatred. It is now so important that we recognize the harmfulness of desires for, and attachment to, material possessions and passions. If we understand that all samsaric phenomena are fleeting as waves on the surface of the water, merely illusory appearancs, insubstantial as hallucinations or dreams, we will not be attached to them, and we will be able to content ourselves with what we have and remain happy, our minds open and at peace.

"Luminous Mind: The Way of the Buddha"
~ Kalu Rinpoche