譬如灵瑞优昙华，亦如随意妙宝珠，若信恭敬一切佛，则持净戒顺正教。
若持净戒顺正教，诸佛贤圣所赞叹，戒是无上菩提本，应当具足持净戒。
若能具足持净戒，一切如来所赞叹，若信恭敬一切佛，则能奇特供最胜。
— 文殊师利菩萨
《华严经》贤首菩萨品第八
For example, like the Uḍumbara flower,*
likewise like a wish-according wonderful treasure gem,
if believing in and revering all Buddhas,
then upholding the pure precepts and following the right teachings.
If upholding the pure precepts and following the right teachings,
by all Buddhas and noble ones those highly praised,
as precepts are unsurpassable Bodhi’s roots,
all should completely uphold the pure precepts.
If able to completely uphold the pure precepts,
all are by the Thus Come Ones those highly praised,
if believing in and revering all Buddhas,
then able to make the outstanding offering most superb.
— Mañjuśrī Bodhisattva
(Flower Adornment Sūtra: Chapter Eight On Virtues Foremost Bodhisattva)
* The Uḍumbara flower represents rarity and thus preciousness.
