若持净戒顺正教,
诸佛贤圣所赞叹,
戒是无上菩提本,
应当具足持净戒。
— 华严经
If upholding the pure precepts [of morality]
to comply with the true teachings,
[which] all Buddhas and virtuous sages praise,
[as] precepts are the basis of unsurpassable Bodhi,
[one] should completely uphold the pure precepts.
— Avatamsaka Sutra
