以水盥掌，
当愿众生，
得清净手，
受持佛法。
– 文殊菩萨
(华严经: 净行品: 第45偈)
With water washing the palms,
[reflect that] ‘May sentient beings,
attain pure hands,*
[for] receiving and upholding the Buddhadharma.’**
– Manjusri Bodhisattva
(Avatamsaka Sutra: Chapter 11 On Pure Practices: Verse 45)
* with motivations as pure as possible
** or the Buddha’s teachings for full purification
