心不平安是真正的苦，身體的病痛不一定是苦。 True suffering is a mind without peace or calm. Physical pain and illness are not necessarily suffering. - Master Sheng Yen

 

經常少欲知足的人，才是無虞匱乏的富人。 Having few desires bring riches without worry. - Master Sheng Yen

 

喜愛的就想佔有，討厭的就會排斥，患得患失，煩惱 就來了。 We love to grasp what we love and reject what we dislike; gain and loss, gain and loss - vexations are sure to come. - Master Sheng Yen

 

眼光，是你的智慧；運氣，是你的福德。 Insight comes from wisdom; good fortune, from merit. - Master Sheng Yen

 

能不亂丟垃圾，隨時清撿垃圾，都是做的功德。 Stop the litter, clutter and garbage! Always clean up and pick up what you can. These are virtuous acts. - Master Sheng Yen

 

夫妻是倫理的關係，不是「論理」的關係。 A couple's relationship should be based on mutual respect, not argument. - Master Sheng Yen

 

愛你的孩子，與其擔心，不如祝福吧！ To truly love your children, give them your blessings rather than burden them with your worry! - Master Sheng Yen

 

對青少年，要關心不要擔心，要誘導不要控制，用商 量不用權威。 With teenagers: use care, not worry; guidance, not control; communication, not authority. - Master Sheng Yen

 

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 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

 

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