54a 如果人人向自然環境求滿足，向社會環境求公正，向他人求平等，儘管會有若干程度的效果，但是終究無法真正化解衝突。People may seek satisfaction by exploiting the environment, they may seek social justice, they may seek social equality, and indeed they may enjoy some degree of success in these endeavors, but ultimately they will fail to truly bring conflict to an end. - Master Sheng Yen

 

自在的人生，並不是沒有挫折，而是在有挫折的狀況下，仍能保持身心平穩，從容以對。Freedom is not life without obstacles; rather it is the ability to be calm and stable in body and mind when confronting obstacles. - Master Sheng Yen

 

這個世界隨時可能發生災難，平時做好預防工作和心理準備，就能在災難發生時，把傷害減到最低。 The world can face great danger and calamity at any time. If we are mentally prepared for anything, then when misfortune strikes we reduce the potential injury to the bare minimum. - Master Sheng Yen

 

51a 如果觀念正確，知道生老病死都是自然現象，就不會怨天尤人。 If our views are correct, then we know that birth, aging, sickness, and death are natural and we will not blame others. - Master Sheng Yen

 

50a 多想兩分鐘，還有許多活路可走；只要還有一口呼吸在，就有無限的希望。 Ponder for two more minutes, and opportunities may reveal themselves; as long as we have one more breath, our potential is unlimited. - Master Sheng Yen

 

49a 只要有一口呼吸在，心念一轉，環境就會跟著轉變，因為環境是無常的。As long as we have one breath left, when we alter our thinking the environment will change along with it, because the environment is impermanent. - Master Sheng Yen

 

48a 不論外在環境如何改變，只要內心安穩、冷靜面對， 一定能找到解決問題的辦法。 It does not matter how much the environment changes, as long as we face it with calm and composure, we will certainly find a solution. M - aster Sheng Yen