spiritual practices offering salvation, miracles, liberation

bind us in "golden chains of spirituality".

beautiful to wear, with its inlaid jewels and intricate carvings, but it imprisons us.

People think they can wear the golden chain for decoration without being imprisoned by it,

but they are deceiving themselves.

As long as one's approach to spirituality is based upon enriching ego, then

it is spiritual materialism, a suicidal process rather than a creative one."

Chögyam Trungpa