鳳凰好棲富貴宅，白鶴喜落福壽家。 The Phoenix, a symbol of luck, will only nest in an auspicious household, the white crane, a symbol of longevity, will only visit a blessed home. - Master Sheng Yen

枯旱祈降及時雨，隆冬願作送暖人。 Be the heaven-sent rain when there is a draught, be the person who brings warmth and care in the dead of winter. - Master Sheng Yen

聽諍言未必順耳，嚐苦味的是良藥。 Good advice is usually hard to take, just as good medicine usually tastes bitter. - Master Sheng Yen

能中更有能中手，各自努力莫羨人。 There is always competition. Just focus on your own endeavor without envy or jealousy. - Master Sheng Yen

及時行樂乃浪漫，隨處修善積功德。 While it may seem romantic to seize the moment and enjoy life's pleasure to the fullest, it is doing good deeds whenever and wherever you can that will truly bring you life's blessings and rewards. - Master Sheng Yen

菜根清香布衣暖，勤勞健康節儉富。 Simple meals and clothes are as good as fancy ones. Hard work leads to good health and thrift leads to wealth. - Master Sheng Yen

守貧望富當勤儉，處亂守安不動心。 Be content with poverty, but hard work and thrift will lead you to wealth; stay calm in the face of turmoil and keep your mind from being perturbed. - Master Sheng Yen

嚴以律己不虧損，寬以待人受益多。 One will not suffer any loss by being disiplined with oneself, one has much to gain by being forgiving towards others. Master Sheng Yen

寧以勤勉補笨拙，勿仗聰明而懈怠。 Do not slack off because you are smart enough; always compensate for a lack of intelligence with diligence. - Master Sheng Yen

真誠必有應，精勤萬事成。 Be sincere, and your prayer will be answered, be diligent, and anything can be accomplished. - Master Sheng Yen

百年相守，相互尊敬感恩，相互學習所長，相互原諒缺失， 相互關愛扶持。 To live happily ever after, be grateful and respectful to one another, learn from one another, forgive one another, and love and support one another. - Master Sheng Yen

用感恩心看待世界事物，做人若不感恩圖報以奉獻世界，活 水便會枯竭。 View everything in the world with gratitude. If one is not grateful and does not repay the kindness of others, one will soon run out of good luck. - Master Sheng Yen

以慚愧心觀照本身為人，做人若不自我省察檢點邪正，隨時 有失足之危。 Always reflect upon oneself with a sense of contrition. Without selfreflection on one's behavior, one is in constant danger of going astray. - Master Sheng Yen

以慚愧心反觀自己，時時覺得於己於人總是努力不足奉獻不 夠。 Reflect upon oneself with a sense of contrition, and always be mindful that one has not done enough for and given enough to oneself and others. - Master Shen Yen

人生所求四大美事為：求福當先種福，培福，惜福；求祿當 先廣結善緣；求壽當常保健；求喜先應笑面迎人。 Those seeking blessings should first plant, cultivate, and cherish the seed of blessings; those seeking wealth should first create good causes and conditions; those seeking longevity should first take good care of one's body and mind; those seeking good luck should first be pleasant and kind to others. - Master Sheng Yen

看天播種時，耘草施肥日，豐收感恩月，祈求年年好年。 Plant your seeds, weed and fertilize your field, be grateful when you have a full harvest and pray for more auspicious years to - Master Sheng Yen

隨時服務他人，終生幸福；有力不結善緣，後悔莫及。 One shall find lifelong happiness by being of service to others. Sow favorable conditions whenever one is able or regrets will ensue. Master Sheng Yen

家業百年不墜因為積福，富貴不過三代由於自私。 Cultivate blessings, and family wealth may last for a hundred years; be selfish, and family fortunes will not survive three - Master Sheng Yen

布施是經營財富的價值，種福乃過手財富的原因。 - Master Sheng Yen

若不善用財富利益世人，便像錦衣夜行暗自驕矜。 One who does not use his wealth to benefit others is analogous to one who is all dressed up in complete darkness where no one can see him -- it is vain and foolish. - Master Sheng Yen

感恩是終生受用的福報，懷恨乃永世糾纏的魔障。 Harboring gratitude will nurture blessings that you can use all your life, harboring hatred will create obstructions that follow you - Master Sheng Yen

知恩報恩是飲水思源，恩情糾結會相互傷害。 Be grateful to and repay the kindness of others. Avoid emotional entanglement that causes suffering. - Master Sheng Yen

父母之恩重於天地，三寶之德多過恆沙。 The kindness of one's parents is greater than heaven and earth; the virtues of the Three Jewels are greater than the countless grains of sand in the Ganges. - Master Sheng Yen

解開愛恨情仇心結，學習慈悲喜捨心量。 Untie the knot of love and hate, of passions and enmity; instead, learn the generosity of kindness and compassion, of sympathetic joy and equanimity. - Master Sheng Yen

取水飲水以水飲人，受恩謝恩用恩謝人。 When you have water to drink, share it with others; when you receive kindness from others, repay it with gratitude. - Master Sheng Yen