讽诵经时，
当愿众生，
顺佛所说，
总持不忘。
– 文殊菩萨
(华严经: 净行品: 第129偈)
When chanting sūtras,
[reflect that] ‘May sentient beings,
accord with [the] Buddha[‘s teachings] as said,
totally retaining* [and] not forgetting [them].’
– Mañjuśrī Bodhisattva
(Avataṃsaka Sūtra: Chapter 11 On Pure Practices: Verse 129)
* i.e remembering for upholding in practice
