Pupphasutta

sn22.94:8.1 Suppose there was a blue water lily, or a pink or white lotus. Though it sprouted and grew in the water, it would rise up above the water and stand with no water clinging to it.

sn22.94:8.2 In the same way, though I was born and grew up in the world, I live having mastered the world, unsullied by the world.”