嚼杨枝时，
当愿众生，
其心调净，
噬诸烦恼。
— 文殊菩萨
(华严经: 净行品: 第41偈)
When chewing willow branch,*
[reflect that] ‘May sentient beings
their minds [be] tuned [to] purity,
biting [off] all afflictions.’**
— Manjusri Bodhisattva
(Avatamsaka Sutra: Chapter 11 On Pure Practices: Verse 41)
- for toothbrushing action
** from greed, hatred and delusion
