见趣下路,
当愿众生,
其心谦下,
长佛善根。
– 文殊菩萨
(华严经: 净行品: 第53偈)
[When] seeing downward declining roads,
[reflect that] ‘May sentient beings,
their minds [be] humble [to those] below,*
[as they] grow the Buddha’s good roots.’**
– Manjusri Bodhisattva
(Avatamsaka Sutra: Chapter 11 On Pure Practices: Verse 53)
* physically and spiritually
** for reaching goodness and purity