Your mind and my mind are exactly the same as the Buddha's mind; recognize, cherish, and nurture our blessings.- 你心我心同佛心，知福惜福多培福。 - Master Sheng Yen

Persistence will get you through everything, resilience will help you achieve anything. 堅韌心易度難關，長遠心可成大事。- Master Sheng Yen

As we conserve and cherish our water source so that water will never run dry, recognize and repay the kindness of others so that the chain of kindness will continue. 懷恩報恩恩相續，飲水思源源不絕。 - Master Sheng Yen

Virtues are cultivated through a sense of contrition, karmic obstructions are eliminated through a mind of repentance. 慚愧心增長福德，懺悔心消滅罪障。 - Master Sheng Yen

View every experience in life with gratitude, make good use of one's life with diligence. 感恩心體驗生活，精進心善用生命。- Master Sheng Yen

Uphold the Three Jewels with a mind of reverence, spread the Dharma and benefit others with a mind of purity. 恭敬心護持三寶，清淨心弘法利生。- Master Sheng Yen

A mind of kindness and compassion will resolve any rivalry ; a mind of wisdom will dispel all vexations. 慈悲心化解怨敵，智慧心驅除煩惱。 - Master Sheng Yen

Whether one finds oneself with or without blessings, continue to cultivate them; recognize and remember the kindness of others and never neglect to repay it. 多福少福當培福，知恩念恩必報恩。

Make friends with those who are honest, sincere, and knowledgeable; have faith in the Buddhas without getting caught up by the occult; learn the Dharma without dabbling around; revere the Sangha without blindly following any individual. -交友應交直諒多聞，信佛當避怪力亂神，學法幸勿到處摸門 ，敬僧切忌盲從個人。 - Master Sheng Yen

Existence and emptiness are one and the same. 有相無相有無相，真空假空真假空. - Master Sheng Yen

What characterizes one who is enlightened: There is no Bodhi tree, nor sign of a mirror bright. 悟後境：菩提本無樹，明鏡亦非臺。 - Master Sheng Yen

What characterizes a practitioner: The body is the Bodhi tree, the mind a mirror bright. 修行境：身是菩提樹，心如明鏡臺。 - Master Sheng Yen

What characterizes an ordinary person: The body is a tree swaying in the wind, the mind a placid lake with the reflection of the autumn moon. 世俗境：身如玉樹臨風，心如平湖秋月。Master Sheng Yen

While the moon waxes and wanes, it is always there. When all the obstructions are removed, it reveals itself. - 月缺月圓日，若晦若明時；風雨無月夜，月亮本常明。 - Master Sheng Yen

Walking is a great way to train one's body and mind. Walking fast helps dispel illusions, walking slowly helps nurture concentration and wisdom. 走路健康鍊身，更可修行鍊心，快走驅遣妄情，慢走發慧習 定。 - Master Sheng Yen

Always keep humility in mind and one can accomplish anything. 人上有人，山高水長。 - Master Sheng Yen

Whoever wakes from this never-ending dream of ours will be far removed from illusions and inverted views. 大夢誰先覺，離夢想顛倒。 - Master Sheng Yen

The study of Ch'an is the study of mind. All phenomena are manifestations of one's mind. 禪法即是心法，萬法由心生滅。 - Master Sheng Yen

When you can keep your mind unruffled by the ups and downs in life, you will experience true joy. 勿因有事而憂，寧為無事而喜。 - Master Sheng Yen

As you do not wait till you are thirsty to start digging a well, do not wait till you are in trouble to start learning the Dharma. 臨渴掘井緩不濟急，即時學佛即時解惑。 - Master Sheng Yen

You can plan and plot your life down to the smallest details, yet it is when you let go of all self-centered concerns that your life will finally flourish. 百千計畫忙碌一生，萬緣放下前程似錦。 - Master Sheng Yen

Everybody says life is like a dream, so why does everybody refuse to wake from this dream? 人生若夢誰都會說，終生作夢怎麼不醒。 - Master Sheng Yen

You are already near enlightenment if you are aware of your faults; you are near a disaster if you refuse to recognize and rectify them. 驚覺執迷已近悟，知迷不悟錯中錯。 - Master Sheng Yen

Heaven and hell are both in one's mind, there is no attaining Buddhahood outside of one's mind. 天堂地獄由心造，成佛作祖心外無。 - Master Sheng Yen

Turn a crisis into an opportunity, turn a dead end into a new path. 危機化為轉機時，絕路走出活路人。- Master Sheng Yen