若著上衣,
当愿众生,
获胜善根,
至法彼岸。
– 文殊菩萨
(华严经: 净行品: 第38偈)
[When] wearing upper garments,
[reflect that] ‘May sentient beings
be victorious [in attaining] good roots,*
[to] reach [the] Dharma’s other shore.**’
– Manjusri Bodhisattva
(Avatamsaka Sutra: Chapter 11 On Pure Practices: Verse 38)
* spiritual foundations (relatively) free from attachment, aversion and delusion
** which is Buddhahood