着璎珞时,
当愿众生,
舍诸伪饰,
到真实处。
– 文殊菩萨
(华严经: 净行品11: 第7偈)
When wearing [a] necklace,
[reflect that] ‘May sentient beings,
renounce all false adornments,*
[and] reach the abode of truth.’**
– Manjusri Bodhisattva
(Avatamsaka Sutra: Chapter 11 On Pure Practices: Verse 7)
* As based on worldly vanity
** By realising the Dharma, to be adorned with truth instead