能不亂丟垃圾，隨時清撿垃圾，都是做的功德。 Stop the litter, clutter and garbage! Always clean up and pick up what you can. These are virtuous acts - Master Sheng Yen

夫妻是倫理的關係，不是「論理」的關係。 A couple's relationship should be based on mutual respect, not argument.- Master Sheng Yen

愛你的孩子，與其擔心，不如祝福吧！ To truly love your children, give them your blessings rather than burden them with your worry! - Master Sheng Yen

對青少年，要關心不要擔心，要誘導不要控制，用商 量不用權威。 With teenagers: use care, not worry; guidance, not control; communication, not authority. - Master Sheng Yen

每一個孩子，都是幫助父母成長的小菩薩。 Every child is a little bodhisattva that helps his or her parents grow. - Master Sheng Yen

死亡不是喜事，也不是喪事，而是一件莊嚴的佛事。 Death is neither a happy event nor a cause for mourning, but a call to practice our faith seriously. - Master Sheng Yen

超越死亡三原則：不要尋死、不要怕死、不要等死。 Three principles to transcend death: don't seek it, don't fear it, don't wait for it. - Master Sheng Yen

超越生老病苦三原則：活得快樂、病得健康、老得有 希望。 Three principles to transcend the suffering of birth, sickness and old age: a happy life, a healthy attitude towards sickness, hope in old age. - Master Sheng Yen

救苦救難的是菩薩，受苦受難的是大菩薩。 A bodhisattva saves others from hardship and suffering; a great bodhisattva takes on hardship and suffering itself. - Master Sheng Yen

只要還有一口呼吸在，就有無限的希望，就是最大的 財富。 Even with a single breath remaining, hope is unlimited, and that is untold wealth. - Master Sheng Yen

面對生活，要有「最好的準備，最壞的打算」。 Live life this way: the best plan anticipates the worst scenario. - Master Sheng Yen

財富如流水，布施如挖井。井愈深，水愈多；布施的 愈多，財富則愈大。 Wealth is like flowing water, and giving like the digging of a well. Dig deeper and more water flows in; give more and wealth multiplies. - Master Sheng Yen

擔心，是多餘的折磨；用心，是安全的動力。 Worry causes needless injury! Mindfulness brings security - Master Sheng Yen

在安定和諧中，把握精彩的今天，走出新鮮的明天。 In calmness and tranquility make good use of this wondrous day! Tomorrow will shine! - Master Sheng Yen

你是有哪些身分的人，就應該做那些身分的事。 You have a particular role and responsibility in life; act accordingly. - Master Sheng Yen

上等人安心於道，中等人安心於事，下等人安心於名 利物欲。 The superior settle their minds upon the Way; the average busy themselves with day to day living; the small-minded pursue fame, fortune and desire. - Master Sheng Yen

積極人生，謙虛滿分；自我愈大，不安愈多。 Great accomplishment - complete humility; big ego - great insecurity. - Master Sheng Yen

積極人生，謙虛滿分；自我愈大，不安愈多。 Great accomplishment - complete humility; big ego - great insecurity. - Master Sheng Yen

不用牽掛過去，不必擔心未來，踏實於現在，就與過 去和未來同在。 There is no need to dwell in the past, no necessity to worry about the future: the enduring present holds both past and future. Master Sheng Yen

過去已成虛幻，未來尚是夢想，把握現在最重要。 The past is an illusion; the future, a dream; the present, essential. - Master Sheng Yen

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