盛暑炎毒，当愿众生，
舍离众恼，一切皆尽。
暑退凉初，当愿众生，
证无上法，究竟清凉。
– 文殊菩萨
(华严经: 净行品: 第127-128偈)
[During] sweltering summer’s* fierce heat,
[reflect that] ‘May sentient beings,
renounce and depart from all afflictions,*
[with] all [of them] exhausted.’
[When] summer recedes and cooling begins,
[reflect that] ‘May sentient beings,
realise the unsurpassable Dharma‘s**
ultimate coolness.’
– Manjusri Bodhisattva
(Avatamsaka Sutra: Chapter 11 On Pure Practices: Verse 127-128)
* or very hot weather
** of the Buddha’s complete wisdom
