见苦行人，当愿众生，
依于苦行，至究竟处。
见操行人，当愿众生，
坚持志行，不舍佛道。
— 文殊菩萨
(华严经: 净行品: 第92-93偈)
Seeing ascetics,
[reflect that] ‘May sentient beings,
rely on ascetic practices,*
[to] reach [the] ultimate destination.**’
Seeing those with moral conduct,
[reflect that] ‘May sentient beings,
continue upholding [their] aspired practices,***
not renouncing [the] Buddha path.’****
— Manjusri Bodhisattva
(Avatamsaka Sutra: Chapter 11 On Pure Practices: Verse 92-93)
- of simplicity and frugality, to be free from sensual indulgence
(not to be mistaken as extreme asceticism that is self-mortification)
** of Buddhahood
*** of the Bodhisattva
**** to Buddhahood
