自归于僧,
当愿众生,
统理大众,
一切无碍。
– 文殊菩萨
(华严经: 净行品11: 第22偈)
Personally taking refuge in the Sangha,*
[reflect that] ‘May sentient beings
harmoniously guide [the] great assembly,**
all without obstacles.’***
– Manjusri Bodhisattva
(Avatamsaka Sutra: Chapter 11 On Pure Practices: Verse 22)
* the assembly of realised monastic and lay Buddhists
** of all sentient beings
*** towards Buddhahood