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

 

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

 

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

 

若希望人際關係相處得好，就要把心量放大，多接納 人，多包容人。 If you wish to build good relationships with others, develop a broad mind, and become more tolerant and forgiving. - Master Sheng Yen

 

好人不寂寞，善人最快樂，時時處處助人利己，時時 處處你最幸福。 The good are not lonely; the benevolent, happiest; ever and always help others and thus achieve the utmost happiness for yourself. - Master Sheng Yen

 

現在所得的，是過去所造的；未來所得的，是現在所 做的。 Right now you gather what you have planted; what you harvest tomorrow, you plant at this moment. - Master Sheng Yen

 

擁有的多，不一定讓人滿足；擁有的少，不一定讓人 貧乏。 Great possessions don't necessarily bring satisfaction; few possessions don't necessarily lead to poverty. - Master Sheng Yen

 

奉獻即是修行，安心即是成就。 Offering yourself is cultivation; calming your mind is success - Master Sheng Yen

 

人品等於財富，奉獻等於積蓄。 Character creates wealth; giving creates savings. - Master Sheng Yen

 

自求心安就有平安，關懷他人就有幸福。 Seek a peaceful mind, and you will find a peaceful refuge; treasure others and you will find fortune and happiness. - Master Sheng Yen

 

內和外和，因和緣和，平平安安真自在。 Harmony within and without, harmony in causes and conditions, and thus freedom, peace and tranquility will follow. - Master Sheng Yen

 

我和人和，心和口和，歡歡喜喜有幸福。 Harmony with myself and others, harmony in mind and speech, and thus blessed with joy and happiness. - Master Sheng Yen

 

急須要做，正要人做的事，我來吧！ An urgent task needs immediate attention? Be ready now! - Master Sheng Yen

 

每人每天多說一句好話，多做一件好事，所有小小的 好，就會成為一個大大的好。 If everyday, everyone spoke another kind word, did another good deed, then all of these little beneficial acts would turn into a great, great good. - Master Sheng Yen