That he might be perfected, he was advised, tortoise-like, to draw his senses in, to have no traffic with earthly things, to shuffle off his mortal coil—then only the important part of him, the " pure spirit, " would remain.

他可能会变得完美，他被建议，像乌龟一样，吸收他的感官，与尘世的事物无关，摆脱他凡人的束缚——然后只有他的重要部分，“纯粹的精神”，会保持。