Cultivating virtues, I grow the plant

He explained that lay practitioners of the Dharma both earn a living through farming and cultivate virtue, striving for liberation of body and mind. Therefore, his heart was always pure and serene in the face of all worldly things, wealth, beauty, and fame. Although he still possessed a mortal body like everyone else, he had diligently practiced meditation for a long time, and now his heart was enlightened, free from all delusion. This is his example of virtue for his followers to emulate. (Commentary on the Buddhist Teachings and Sermons (TT@1975))