I Walked On A Path Through The Jungle

I walked on a path through the jungle
Which an elephant had made,
And about me lay a tangle of wilderness.
The voice of desolation fills the distant plain.
And the city is noisy with the bells of a tall temple.
Beyond the jungle are the great mountains,
Calm and clear.

In the fear of Life
The temptation of sorrow is created.

Cut down the jungle — not one mere tree,
For Truth is attained
By putting aside all that you have sown.

And now I walk with the elephant.