Passage 19

In English

If we compare our life to a tree, even as many birds perch on the branch of a tree, we can conceive of several birds perching on the branches of this tree of life. These birds come to eat food, to rest or to foul the place. When we see a number of birds making noise on the tree in our courtyard, we go out, clap our hands and shout to scare the birds away. The birds that perch on the tree of our life are the bad tendencies that wish to foul our thoughts. We should drive them away with the and the . But in doing this what do we gain? When the birds remain on the tree, the shade below the tree is befouled. When the birds go away, the precincts become pure and clean.