见棘刺树，
当愿众生，
疾得翦除，
三毒之刺。
– 文殊菩萨
(华严经: 净行品: 第63偈)
If seeing a thorny tree,
[reflect that] ‘May sentient beings,
swiftly be able to cut and eradicate
[the] three poisons’* thorns.’
– Manjusri Bodhisattva
(Avatamsaka Sutra: Chapter 11 On Pure Practices: Verse 63)
* of greed, hatred and delusion
