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# བྱང་ཆབ་སམས་དཔའ་སྤྱད་པ་ལ་འཇག་པ p17

Bodhicaryāvatāra—Chapter 1 p17

- **Language:** English

### [p17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.marga.bodhicaryavatara*bo~en-pearcey.p17)

All other virtues are like the plantain tree:  
They bear their fruit, and then they are no more.  
Yet constantly the marvellous tree of bodhicitta  
Yields fruit and, undiminished, grows for evermore.

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