From the Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life

Then wanderers, these dream-like beings, what are they?
If analyzed, they’re like a banana tree.
One cannot make definitive distinctions
Between transcending misery and not.

Under the guidance of Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche, translated and arranged by Jim Scott and Ari Goldfield, August 1999. Translation copyright 2012, Jim Scott and Ari Goldfield.