人的價值，不在壽命的長短，而在貢獻 的大小。The value of life is not in duration but in contribution. - Master Sheng Yen

人生的目標，是來受報、還願、發願 的。 The aim of life is to receive karmic retribution, fulfill vows, and make new ones. - Master Sheng Yen

生命的意義是為了服務，生活的價值是 為了奉獻。The meaning of life lies in serving; the value of life in giving. - Master Sheng Yen

隨時隨地心存感激，以財力、體力、智 慧、心力、來做一切的奉獻。Help others with strength of mind and body, with wealth and wisdom - always and everywhere with a thankful mind. - Master Sheng Yen

用感恩的心、用報恩的心，來做服務的 工作，便不會感到倦怠與疲累。Serve others with a mind of gratitude and reciprocity and you will be neither tired nor weary. - Master Sheng Yen

壓力通常來自對身外事物過於在意，同 時也過於在意他人的評斷。Pressure usually comes from too much concern with what we encounter around us as well as how people judge us. - Master Sheng Yen

甘願吃明虧，是仁者；受辱吃暗虧，是 愚蠢。The noble one suffers mistreatment willingly; the fool is humiliated by what he suffers.

給人方便等於給自己方便。 Making life easier for others is making your life easier for yourself. - Master Sheng Yen

船過水無痕，鳥飛不留影，成敗得失都 不會引起心情的波動，那就是自在解脫 的大智慧。Boat passes, wake disappears; bird flies, shadow departs. Gain or lose, succeed or fail - emotions do not stir: this is the great wisdom of freedom and liberation. - Master Sheng Yen

「精進」不等於拼命，而是努力不懈。True diligence doesn't mean placing your life at risk. It is simply unwavering persistence. - Master Sheng Yen

山不轉路轉，路不轉人轉，人不轉心 轉。Can't move the mountain? Build a road! Road blocked? Start climbing! Can't climb? Shift mind! - Master Sheng Yen

大鴨游出大路，小鴨游出小路，不游就 沒有路。Big duck swims, big wake; little duck swims, little wake. No duck in the water? No wake at all. - Master Sheng Yen

心隨境轉是凡夫；境隨心轉是聖賢。An ordinary mind bends to circumstances; a sage mind transforms circumstances. - Master Sheng Yen

面對許多的情況，只管用智慧處理事， 以慈悲對待人，而不擔心自己的利害得 失，就不會有煩惱了。Face whatever is in front of you, act with wisdom, treat people with compassion; forget benefit, harm, gain, and loss, and vexations will diminish. - Master Sheng Yen

慈悲心愈重，智慧愈高，煩惱也就愈 少。Deep wisdom, great compassion: few vexations. - Master Sheng Yen

以智慧時時修正偏差，以慈悲處處給人 方便。When you are off balance, always right yourself with wisdom, everywhere you go, use compassion to make life easy for others. - Mster Sheng Yen

用智慧處理事，以慈悲關懷人。Do what you have to do with wisdom; treat people with care and compassion - Master Sheng Yen

人生的起起落落，都是成長的經驗。Life's ups and downs are the stuff of growth and development. - Master Sheng Yen

見有機緣宜把握，沒有機緣要營造，機 緣未熟不強求。Seize opportunity when it arises, create it when it doesn't exist; but when the time is not ripe, don't take unnecessary action. - Master Sheng Yen

成功的三部曲是：隨順因緣、把握因 緣、創造因緣。The three acts of success: accord with causes and conditions, act decisively when they arise, shape the future. - Master Sheng Yen

隨遇而安，隨緣奉獻。Be at ease in all encounters; give of yourself, as conditions permit. - Master Sheng Yen

任勞者必堪任怨，任事者必遭批評。怨 言之下有慈忍，批評之中藏金玉。Work hard and others may resent you, take up a task and risk criticism; compassion lies within harsh words, treasure buried deep within criticism. - Master Sheng Yen

不要以富貴貧賤論成敗得失，只要能盡 心盡力來自利利人。Don't measure success and failure by wealth or poverty; work only to benefit yourself and others with all your heart and strength. Master Sheng Yen

應該忙中有序的趕工作，不要緊張兮兮 的搶時間。Finish your work quickly, but in an orderly manner; don't become nervous trying to compete with time itself. Master Sheng Yen