If you put your "self" in everything, then you have problems and trouble. Remove "self" concern with gain and loss and you will achieve liberation. 任何事如果把自己放進去，就有 問題、有麻煩。除掉主觀的自我 得失，就得解脫了。 - Master Sheng Yen

 

. If you can cherish causes and conditions as they transpire from moment to moment, then each moment is unique. 若能珍惜當下每一個因緣， 每一個當下，都是獨一無二的。- Master Sheng Yen

 

With no greed and no grasping, you can maintain your dignity and be unaffected by others. 只要無所貪求，無所執着，即能 保有尊嚴，他人是奈何不得的。 - Master Sheng Yen

 

Once the dust from a catastrophe has settled, you reach a critical point where positive thinking can begin and important lessons can be learned. 災難之后，是往正面思考的契機， 人可以由災難中得到很多教訓。 - Master Sheng Yen

 

Nothing around you is either good or bad, but seems so according to how you look at it. 我們的環境從來沒有好過，也沒 有那么壞過，就看自己怎么看待。 - Master Sheng Yen

 

Don't measure yourself as high or low in comparison to others. Just work with all your heart and mind. 不要跟他人比高比低，只要自己 盡心盡力。 - Master Sheng Yen

 

In approaching a method of meditation, once you can pick it up, you can begin to exercise effort. With effort you can put down your thoughts. Progress lies within this picking up and putting down. 提得起是方法、是着力的開始， 放得下是為了再提起；進步便在 提起與放下之間，級級上升。 - Master Sheng Yen

 

If you truly let go of everything, then you can encompass everything and everything becomes yours. 若能真正放下一切，就能包容一 切，擁有一切。 - Master Sheng Yen

 

Do not care about what is past or in the future, good or bad. It is best to care only about what is present. 不要管過去、未來，以及所有一 切的好壞，最好只管你自己的現 在。 - Master Sheng Yen

 

Rather than fighting for something you cannot get, it is better to cherish and use what you already have. 與其爭取不可能得到的東西， 不如善自珍惜運用所擁有的。= Master Sheng Yen

 

It is alright to express feelings in handling personal affairs, but you must use a principled approach in public matters. 處理私人的事可以用「情」， 處理公共事務，就必須用「理」。 - Master Sheng Yen

 

The first important task in life is to learn to be a good and useful person. Work with all your heart and mind to the best of your ability, according to what is required of you. 人生第一要務是學做人，那就是 盡心、盡力、盡責、盡份。 - Master Sheng Yen

 

People usually have no insight into themselves and consequently cause themselves unnecessary trouble. 人往往因為沒有認清自己，而給 自己帶來不必要的困擾。 - Master Sheng Yen

 

Let the doctor care for your disease. Let the bodhisattva care for your life. Once you do this you will become a healthy person with no worries. 把病交給醫生，把命交給菩薩， 如此一來，自己就是沒有事的健 康人。- Master Sheng Yen

 

Will I gain or lose, be helped or harmed? Put that down! Then you will develop penetrating wisdom that encompasses heaven and earth and all phenomena. 把自我的利害得失放下，才能有 通達天地萬物的智慧。 - Master Sheng Yen

 

First, have no worries no matter what you do. Simply choose the right person, adopt the right approach, and when the time is right, you will overcome what is before you. 凡事先不要着急，找對人，用對 方法，在適當的時機，即可安然 過關。 - Master Sheng Yen

 

Don't just express gratitude. Make it a reality. 不要光是口說感恩，必須化為報 恩的行動。 - Master Sheng Yen

 

Have no complaints or regrets about the past. Be ready and prepared for the future. In the present make every step sure and steady. 對于過去，無怨無悔；對于未來， 積極準備；對于現在，步步踏實。- Master Sheng Yen

 

A good method to lighten strain and stress: lessen the mind of gain and loss; increase the mind of appreciation. 減輕壓力的好辦法，就是少存一 些得失心，多用一點欣賞心。 - Master Sheng Yen

 

Live in this moment; don't regret the past; don't fear the future. 活在當下，不悔惱過去，不擔心 未來。 - Master Sheng Yen

 

Doing everyday tasks will always be difficult, but if you carry on with faith and patience, at the very least you will meet some success. 做世間事，沒有一樣沒有困難， 只要抱着信心和耐心去做，至少 可以做出一些成績。 - Master Sheng Yen

 

Here is a method to put an end to unhappiness: be sincere, active, and straightforward; don't be irresolute, passive, and dawdling. 化解不愉快的方法，是要誠懇、 主動、明快，不要猶豫、被動、 等待。 - Master Sheng Yen

 

Education does not determine identity; competence does not determine integrity; fame does not determine virtue. No occupation is in itself great or lowly. Everything is decided by what you think and how you act. 學歷不代表身分，能力不代表人 格，名位不代表品德，工作沒有 49. See that neither the past, the future, 貴賤，觀念及行為卻能決定一切。 - Master Sheng Yen

 

See that neither the past, the future, fame, or position have anything to do with you. A happy and energetic life is itself freedom and good fortune. 過去、未來、名位、職稱，都要 看成與自己無關，但求過得積極、 活得快樂，便是幸福自在的人生。- Master Sheng Yen

 

Both favorable and unfavorable causes and conditions help us grow; treat them with equanimity and gratitude. 順逆兩種境遇都是增上因緣，要 以平常心與感恩心相待。 - Master Sheng Yen