Look at life and be filled with limitless hope. Look at death and be prepared at any time. 對于「生命」，要充滿無限的希 望；對于「死亡」，要隨時做好 往生的準備。 - Master Sheng Yen

 

Enduring the suffering of the mind increases wisdom. Withstanding life's suffering increases virtuous retribution. 內心的苦難，增長我們的智慧； 生活的苦難，增進我們的福報。 - Master Sheng Yen

 

. If you hear gossip, be calm and reflect carefully. If it's true, it calls for change. If it's false, continue to do good work. A short temper can turn gossip into a deadly weapon. 聽到流言，先要靜下心來反省自 己，有則改之，無則勉之。如果 心浮氣躁，流言的殺傷力會更大。 - Master Sheng Yen

 

A boss should think less about profit and loss and more about honesty and reputation. This is the true strategy for success. 做老闆，得失心要少一些，把誠 心、信譽放在心上，便會有勝算。 - Master Sheng Yen

 

Warm is the family that lives in mutual love and respect. Cherish the family whose members help and understand one another. 家庭的溫暖在于互敬互愛，家庭 的可貴在于互助互諒。 - Master Sheng Yen

 

Chances for success increase when you eliminate thoughts of gain, loss, success, or failure, and your thoughts turn to pure diligence. 少點成敗得失心，多點及時努力 的精進心，成功機率自然會增加。 - Master Sheng Yen

 

人生要在和諧中求發展，又在努力中見其希望。 Grow in harmony; strive in hope. - Master Sheng Yen

 

多積一點口德，少造一點口過，就是培福求福的大功 德。 In speech add a measure of virtue, take away a degree of vice. Act in this way and you cultivate great merit and blessing. - Master Sheng Yen

 

當我們無力幫助他人，至少可以停止傷害別人。 If you can't be of help, at the very least, don't cause harm.- Master Sheng Yen

 

做人處事要「內方」而「外圓」，「內方」就是原則 ，「外圓」就是通達。 When you interact with other people, be "square" within and "round" without. "Square" means to adhere to principle. "Round" means to be accommodating and understanding. - Master Sheng Yen

 

凡是盡心盡力以利益他人來成長自己的人，便是一位 成功者。 What is the best way to make progress? Devote yourself to the benefit of others. This is the true measure of success. - Master Sheng Yen

 

自愛愛人，愛一切眾生；自救救人，救一切眾生。 Love yourself, love others, love all sentient beings; liberate yourself, liberate others, liberate all sentient beings. - Master Sheng Yen

 

用奉獻代替爭取，以惜福代替享福。 Contribute rather than compete. Use what you have been given wisely, and don't squander your good fortune. - Master Sheng Yen

 

謙下尊上，是菩薩行者的重要功課。 Be humble to those below and respectful to those above. Bodhisattva practitioners, study this well! - Master Sheng Yen

 

淨化人心，少欲知足；淨化社會，關懷 他人。 Purify your mind by curbing desire; refine your community with loving kindness for all. - Master Sheng Yen

 

用慚愧心看自己，用感恩心看世界。 Look at yourself with contrition; at the world with gratitude. - Master Sheng Yen

 

煩惱消歸自心就有智慧，利益分享他人 便是慈悲。 Wisdom comes at the moment when vexations perish from the mind; compassion is nothing more than sharing benefits with others. - Master Sheng Yen

 

要做無底的垃圾桶，要學無塵的反射 鏡。 Be a bottomless receptacle for the ills of the world; study to be a spotless mirror that reflects the world as it is. - Master Sheng Yen

 

學佛的人，有兩大任務：莊嚴國土，成 熟眾生。 Two great tasks lie before Buddhists: to bring grace and beauty to the land in which they live and to help sentient beings grow spiritually - Master Sheng Yen

 

包容別人時，雙方的問題就解決了。 Disputes are best settled by tolerance. - Master Sheng Yen

 

戒貪最好的方法，就是多布施、多奉 獻、多與人分享。 The best way to guard against greed is to give more, to extend yourself more, and to share more with others. - Master Sheng Yen

 

以全心全力關懷家庭，用整體生命投入 事業。 Devote all heart and strength to your family; commit your whole life to the enterprise at hand. - Master Sheng Yen

 

大的要包容小的，小的要諒解大的。 The great must make allowance for the small; the small must reflect upon the great. - Master Sheng Yen

 

人與人之間的相處之道，需要溝通，溝 通不成則妥協，妥協不成時，你就原諒 和容忍他吧。 The way to get along with others is to communicate effectively. When communication fails, compromise, when compromise fails, tolerate and forgive. - Master Sheng Yen

 

只要自己的心態改變，環境也會跟著改 變，世界上沒有絕對的好與壞。 When you change your way of thinking, what is around you will transform accordingly; nowhere in the world will you find absolute good or bad. - Master Sheng Yen