受阇梨教，
当愿众生，
具足威仪，
所行真实。
– 文殊菩萨
(华严经: 净行品11: 第24偈)
When receiving acharyas’* teachings [of precepts],
[reflect that] ‘May sentient beings
[be] complete [with] excellent behaviour,**
[in] these practices [being] true [to them].’***
– Manjusri Bodhisattva
(Avatamsaka Sutra: Chapter 11 On Pure Practices: Verse 24)
* Dharma teachers
** With dignity in the four deportments
of walking, standing, sitting and lying down,
according to rules of conduct
*** By practising in body, speech and mind earnestly
