能有因緣的認知，便能從憂苦煩惱得到解脫。 Someone who understands causes and conditions can be freed from the bondage of suffering and afflictions. - Master Sheng Yen

因是主觀的條件，緣是客觀的因素；主觀的條件可以 掌握，客觀的因素則要經營。 A "cause" can be understood as the main factor, our own subjective initiative; "conditions" are objective, auxiliary factors. We can control the "cause" but the "conditions" must be cultivated and fostered. - Master Sheng Yen

開花結果是自然現象，開花而不結果也是正常，這就 是因緣。 Flowers blossoming and bearing fruit is a natural phenomenon. Flowers blossoming and not bearing fruit is also natural. Both accord with the workings of causes and conditions. - Master Sheng Yen

人人都可助人，真心的讚美人、鼓勵人、安慰人，給 人勉勵、疏導，就是在幫助人。 Everyone has the capacity to help others. We can help others through our sincere appreciation, encouragement, consolation, and guidance. - Master Sheng Yen

只要常以眾人的安樂為安樂，以眾生的幸福為幸福， 必然就是一個平安的人了。 We will be a harmonious and peaceful person if we take the peace, joy, and fortunes of others as our own source of joy, peace, and fortune. - Master Sheng Yen

心中不存得失想，便是世間無事人。無事不是沒事 做、不做事，而是做事、任事之間，心中沒有罣礙。 If you do not entertain self-referential thoughts of gain and loss, then in Chan you are "one with nothing to do." Nothing to do does not literally mean doing nothing. Rather, it means your mind is unobstructed when you engage in any task. - Master Sheng Yen

人生的苦與樂，往往來自心的體驗。若能把人生的苦 樂，當成是增長慈悲心和智慧心的過程，就是大自在 人。 The suffering and joy you feel comes from the mind's perception. If you take all of life's favorable and adverse experiences as a process to develop wisdom and compassion, then that you are free. - Master Sheng Yen