དེའི་དགེ་སྦྱོང་གི་ཚུལ་ཕྱིར་བསླང་དུ་མེད་པར་འགྱུར་རོ། །
It is like a palmyra tree: If you were to lop off its crown, it would no longer be green, nor would it flourish, grow, or expand.
Light, Reality, Assembly