发趾向道,
当愿众生,
趣佛所行,
入无依处。
— 文殊菩萨
(华严经: 净行品: 第49偈)
Setting foot upon, to go towards the path,*
[reflect that] ‘May sentient beings,
[be] inclined [towards the] Buddha’s practices,**
enter the place of non-reliance.’***
— Manjusri Bodhisattva
(Avatamsaka Sutra: Chapter 11 On Pure Practices: Verse 49)
- to Buddhahood
** for Buddhahood
*** which is the state of being unconditioned