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 Sjeng 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

 

智慧，不是知識、不是經驗、不是思 辯，而是超越自我中心的態度。 Wisdom is not simply knowledge, nor experience, nor idle speculation; it is an attitude that transcends self-centeredness. - 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 - 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. - 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