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

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

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。 - Master Sheng Yen

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