In English
That is the supreme task of man, the victory for which he has come equipped. He must be light and bright, like a lamp on the waters of the ; if weight is added, it will sink and the light will go out. The weight is "attachment to worldly goods", "the pursuit of sensory pleasures." Just ponder for a moment: how many millions of men have died so far? Have any of them taken from here anything to the realm into which they have disappeared? A man was dragged to court; he asked three comrades of his to come and bear witness to his innocence. One friend said, "I shall not move out of the house; let them who want my statement come here"; the second said, "I shall come up to the doors of the court; but, I dare not get in"; the third said, "Come on! I am ever with you." The first is the wealth one has accumulated; the second is "his kith and kin" who will come as far as the cemetery; the third is "the fame, the honour, he has won.