All scriptures regard attachment to wealth and possessions as a fetter to the religious life.
Attachment promotes greed and avarice, which draw the mind downward into the mire of self-centered desire. Therefore the path to Transcendence requires renunciation of wealth and the desire for its benefits. Renunciation of wealth is of two kinds. A person's work may result in gain, but that gain should never be grasped at, nor even desired if it would conflict with the dem- ands of righteousness and require the exploitation of others. For more texts on total renunciation, see the next section on asceticism.