若见桥道,
当愿众生,
广度一切,
犹如桥梁。
– 文殊菩萨
(华严经: 净行品: 第73偈)
If seeing bridge crossings,
[reflect that] ‘May sentient beings,
widely deliver all [sentient beings],
just as bridges [do].’*
– Manjusri Bodhisattva
(Avatamsaka Sutra: Chapter 11 On Pure Practices: Verse 73)
* from one side to the other