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」不等於拚命，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

 

面對許多的情況，只管用智慧處理事，以慈悲對待人 ，而不擔心自己的利害得失，就不會有煩惱了。 Face whatever is in front of you, act with wisdom, treat people with compassion; forget benefit, harm, gain, and loss, and vexations will diminish - Master Sheng Yen

 

慈悲心愈重，智慧愈高，煩惱也就愈少。 Deep wisdom, great compassion: few vexations. - Master Sheng Yen

 

以智慧時時修正偏差，以慈悲處處給人方便。 When you are off balance, always right yourself with wisdom, everywhere you go, use compassion to make life easy for others. - Master Sheng Yen

 

用智慧處理事，以慈悲關懷人。 Do what you have to do with wisdom; treat people with care and compassion - Master Sheng Yen

 

人生的起起落落，都是成長的經驗。 Life's ups and downs are the stuff of growth and development. - Master Sheng Yen

 

見有機緣宜把握，沒有機緣要營造，機緣未熟不強 求。 Seize opportunity when it arises, create it when it doesn't exist; but when the time is not ripe, don't take unnecessary action. - Master Sheng Yen

 

成功的三部曲是：隨順因緣、把握因 緣、創造因緣。 The three acts of success: accord with causes and conditions, act decisively when they arise, shape the future. - Master Sheng Yen

 

隨遇而安，隨緣奉獻。 Be at ease in all encounters; give of yourself, as conditions permit. - Master Sheng Yen

 

任勞者必堪任怨，任事者必遭批評。怨言之下有慈忍 ，批評之中藏金玉。 Work hard and others may resent you, take up a task and risk criticism; compassion lies within harsh words, treasure buried deep within criticism. Master Sheng Yen

 

不要以富貴貧賤論成敗得失，只要能盡心盡力來自利 利人。 Don't measure success and failure by wealth or poverty; work only to benefit yourself and others with all your heart and strength. -- Master Sheng Yen

 

應該忙中有序的趕工作，不要緊張兮兮的搶時間。 Finish your work quickly, but in an orderly manner; don't become nervous trying to compete with time itself. - Master Sheng Yen

 

工作要趕不要急，身心要鬆不要緊。 Work quickly, not anxiously; mind and body relaxed and unbound.- Master Sheng Yen

 

「忙」沒關係，不「煩」就好。 Busy? No matter. No vexation. All is well. - Master Sheng Yen

 

忙得快樂，累得歡喜。 Be happy being busy! Even when you're tired, be joyful. - Master Sheng Yen

 

忙而不亂，累而不疲。 Busy but not in disarray; tired but not worn out. - Master SHeng Yen

 

踏踏實實做人，心胸要廣大；穩穩當當做事，著眼宜 深遠。 Be solid and forthright; have a great open heart; be sure and steady in accomplishment, with vision penetrating and far-reaching. - Master Sheng Yen

 

唯有體驗了艱苦的境遇，才會有精進奮發的心。 Only after you encounter affliction and adversity will you summon the mind of diligence. - Master Sheng Yen

 

多聽多看少說話，快手快腳慢用錢。 Look more, listen more; speak less, act fast; spend slow. - Master Sheng Yen

 

知道自己的缺點愈多，成長的速度愈快，對自己的信 心也就愈堅定。 The more you come to know your weaknesses, the faster you will grow - your self confidence unwavering. - Master Sheng Yen