An Old Passage

S. Radhakrishnan writes something which resembles the text here.

The general impression that this requires world denial is not quite correct.
They insist on a spirit of detachment, which is not indifference to the world.
It is not abandonment of objects but non-attachment to them.
We do not raise ourselves above the world by contempt for the world.
It is the spirit of equanimity which is insisted on.
To be tranquil is to envy no man, including Mr. Mark Zuckerberg, to have no possession that another can take from us, to fear none.
When the thinkers ask us to adopt relinquishment of home and possessions, to accept the three great renunciations consecrated in the three vows, evangelical counsels of poverty, obedience and chastity,

they point to  self-denial  as the root of spiritual life.

 One should try to read the whole. Who knows what Ambi has done with the original.

On Currency

A lot of religions do not appreciate their followers accumulating too much wealth. A few of them say wealth of this world is of no use in the other world, where people go after death.
A father advises his son who, he thinks, is wasting time on a video game: "Currency gained in the game's world is not of any use in the real world"

Two Running Fish

We two were fish.
We used to live in a pond.
One day, he screamed to me:
"Dude, our tails are on fire"
I asked:
"What do we do?"
He screamed again:
"Run"
So we ran.
We ran a lot.
While running I asked:
"Are not we supposed to swim?"
He said:
"Nobody knows how to swim. Run"
So we ran.
We ran a lot.
While running I asked:
"How is it possible that fire can burn in water?"
He said:
"To hell with your science. Run, you idiot"
So we ran.
We ran a lot.
While running I asked:
"I do not remember me having a tail. Are you sure I have one?"
He said:
"That does not matter. Just run"
So we ran.
We ran a lot.
While running I asked:
"Dude, I really doubt if I am a fish."
He said:
"Run, run, run. Fire is burning."
So we ran.
We ran a lot.
I stopped asking.
At the end of the run, we shared a laugh and agreed that it was a great run.