Jiddu Krishnamurti: I walked on a path through the jungle

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I walked on a path through the jungle

Jiddu Krishnamurti, Jiddu Krishnamurti poetry, Yoga / Hindu, Yoga / Hindu poetry, Advaita / Non-Dualist poetry, [TRADITION SUB2] poetry, poetry

by Jiddu Krishnamurti
(1895 - 1986) Timeline

Yoga / Hindu : Advaita / Non-Dualist

20th Century

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.

Themes

Bower

Mountain

Sound

Tree

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	From Darkness to Light: Poems and Parables, by J. Krishnamurti

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