剃除须发，
当愿众生,
永离烦恼，
究竟寂灭。
– 文殊菩萨
(华严经: 净行品11: 第17偈)
When shaving to remove beard and hair,*
[reflect that] ‘May sentient beings,
forever depart from afflictions,**
[and attain] ultimate tranquillity.’***
– Manjusri Bodhisattva
(Avatamsaka Sutra: Chapter 11 On Pure Practices: Verse 17)
- when shaving as a layperson or to be a monastic
(as beard and hair represent worldliness)
** arising from attachment, aversion and delusion
*** of Buddhahood’s bliss
