若举于足,
当愿众生,
出生死海,
具众善法。
– 文殊菩萨
(华严经: 净行品: 第35偈)
If raising [your] foot,
[reflect that] ‘May sentient beings
exit [from the] sea [of] birth [and] death,*
[to be] complete [with] many good Dharma [teachings].’
– Manjusri Bodhisattva
(Avatamsaka Sutra: Chapter 11 On Pure Practices: Verse 35)
* or cycle of rebirth (Samsara)