若见池沼,
当愿众生,
语业满足,
巧能演说。
– 文殊菩萨
(华严经: 净行品: 第70偈)
If seeing a pond,*
[reflect that] ‘May sentient beings’
karma of speech be [completely] perfect,
[with] skilful ability [in] expounding.’*
– Manjusri Bodhisattva
(Avatamsaka Sutra: Chapter 11 On Pure Practices: Verse 70)
* or pool yet to be free-flowing
** the Dharma